OK, I assumed they were your comments. If you are in a position to send my comments to the originator, I'd be glad if you would, and see what response they get.
On 10 June 2014 21:43, Samiya Illias <[email protected]> wrote: > Liz, I had forwarded that message within inverted commas as another > person's opinion, as it had been asked for. Therefore, I will neither argue > for or against any of below. > Samiya > > On 10-Jun-2014, at 2:02 pm, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 10 June 2014 16:33, Samiya Illias <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The only logical explanation that comes to mind is that the abhorrence of >> this practice was, is and forever shall be part of our genetic program as >> designed by our creator. Of course the evolutionists among us would beg to >> differ as did those that ostracized Copernicus for his heliocentric idea of >> the universe. >> > > Wow, I have to give you credit for chutzpah if not logical reasoning here! > I'm sure there is a word for this type of specious parallel-drawing. "Those > who ostracised Copernicus" were religious people who believed the creator > had put the world at the centre of the universe, which is "obviously" what > a creator would do with his chosen people. > > I can think of a few other possible reasons for the prohibition against > cannibalism, one of which is the same as the prohibition against eating > pork - we can catch nasty diseases from doing it if we aren't careful. > > And "1500 species that engage in devouring their own kind" is a drop in > the ocean with several million species of beetles on Earth alone. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
