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To: TimF who wrote (4204)	1/31/2001 4:09:47 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) of 82486

Many religious people consider eating pork a sin. That is an "idea" coming from divine revelation. What if a group wanted a national law against pork eating? With ideas that do not have theological roots we can all look at the idea, and look at the evidence- and the evidence can be looked at somewhat objectively. With theological ideas the evidence is belief- and it cannot be separated from religion, nor can it be separated from the subjective- because you cannot show your belief- you can manifest behaviors because of your belief, but your belief, is within you- just as your God, whoever or whatever it is, is really, ultimately an idea in your own head. I wouldn't want people legislating because of Gaia any more than I would want people legislating on behalf of the Christian God. Evidence- that can be weighed as objectively as possible. Abortion- especially ru486- can be of the "bundle of cells" you seem to divorce from personhood. So when do the cells become a person? When it has a beating heart? When it can function outside the mother's body with heroic technological equipment? When?

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