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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (171133)8/13/2001 11:34:19 PM
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RE: " Do you read what you write?"

A: Do you understand what you read?

RE: ["When... scientists say under oath that life begins."
you say A: Science - by definition - has no answers about the supernatural.]

A: I didn't say that LIFE was supernatural (though it may be), I said that existence of a SOUL must be considered a supernatural question... and not within the pervue of science, and that 'personhood' has traditionally been determined by Religions by deciding exactly when the new 'person' was joined with the soul. Answers have variously been: at inception, at birth, at puberty, etc.

I think you are confusing the Legal / Political / Religious question of 'when personhood rights are to be granted to an individual' with the question of 'what is a new life'.... Not the same question at all.

I simply pointed out that Religions and Political Institutions have answered the 'Personhood' question in many different ways throughout all history.
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