[Vision2020] Re: Baby's coo for a cold and distant Nick........
ToeKneeTime at aol.com
ToeKneeTime at aol.com
Mon Apr 10 23:16:13 PDT 2006
Nick,
I had you pegged as a pretty grounded thinker until your last message. I
gotta' admit that your wistful tale of angst ridden apes and composing whales
was waaay over the top. Apes are people now? Prof, I think you need to ease
up on the caffeine after lunch. Look, it's not nearly as complicated a
proposition as you find it. You see, human beings are human beings. According to
our declaration of Independence, they have an unalienable right to life.
When a boy human and a girl human conceive a third being, it is a human being.
Now then, this third human therefore has an unalienable right to life.
Easy. And it probably won't even be on the test. Monkeys are not human, they
are monkeys. Whales are not human, they are whales, etc.
If you wish to refer to select humans of your choosing as persons and then
conclude that they should be summarily executed, fine. But don't expect to
find a seat at the table in civilized company.
It is not your LOGIC that I find strict and cold, Nick. I'm every bit as
logical. What I find disconcerting is how your logic seams to be unaccompanied
by any empathy or conscience. A whale is a monkey is a rat is a pig is a
boy, right Teach?
You ask how the description of Christian belief as "a personal relationship
with a personal God" could be regarded by me as a "twisted and presumptuous
characterization" of this great religion. What you failed to note and hope
the readership doesn't notice, is that I referred to your presentation of my
position on abortion as "twisted and presumptuous". Period. You could bring
your grade up if you would stop quoting out of context......
As for my "view" of the soul, I would not be foolish enough to advise folks
about the exact nature of such concepts. I merely speculated that at some
point we may come to understand these concepts far better than we do at
present. And I think that science and religion may dovetail in some astonishing
ways.
Chewing gum in class, __ Tony
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