On 1 Nov 2003 at 0:58, The Fool wrote: > > From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > At 01:50 AM 10/31/03 -0600, The Fool wrote: > > > > From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > At 10:21 PM 10/30/03 -0600, The Fool wrote: > > > > > > From: Reggie Bautista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > > I wrote: > > > > > > >>The only group you are likely to get consistent answers > > > > > > >>from > > >would be > > > > > > >>the anti-religious groups, as you can probably see from > > > > > > >>some > of > > >the > > > > > > >>others who have already answered your email. > > > > > > > > > > > > William T. Goodall replied: > > > > > > >Doesn't this indicate where the compelling evidence leads? > > > > > > > > > > > > That the only group that follows in lockstep and allows no > dissent > > >from > > > > > > their orthodoxy is the anti-religious group? > > > > > > > > > >Interesting. You are attempting to frame freethinkers and > > >rationalists > > > > >as authoritarian thought police. But the fact remains that > > >freethinkers > > > > >and rationalists have thrown off shackles of religious thought > > >control, > > > > >not the other way around. > > > > > > > > Though it is interesting how many of the people who describe > themselves > > >as > > > > "free thinkers" seem to think alike on so many issues, and to > reject > > >the > > > > positions of anyone who disagrees with them on those issues > (abortion, > > > > frex) . . . > > > > > >Because their minds are clear of ignorant religious dogma? Why > > >should anyone consider a parasitic lump of undifferentiated cells > > >any differently from a cancer? Stems cells are not humans, and I > > >am unwilling to give stem cells human rights. > > > > > I was going to ask what you thought a self-described free thinker > > would > say > > to someone who opposes abortion, but you seem to have answered that > > question already, and to have made my point that the free thinkers > > are > just > > as unaccepting and unforgiving of those in their ranks who do not > > agree > > > with them as the members of any religious organization. > > Bullshit. I ask again: Why should anyone consider a parasitic lump of > undifferentiated cells any differently from a cancer?
Ask them. My position is quite clear - a mature Human being is more valuable than an unborn child. That's not to say that an unborn child doesn't have value, but the mother - and her wishes - must come first. Andy Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l