I complimented the wrong person concerning the quote. It seems both Almandine and myself feel the same way concerning your description of the continuation of life as a biological force through deep time. : )

My apologies for not getting the originator of the wording right. Thanks StokeyBob for what I consider to be a superb, spot-on description concerning the planetary life force.

Carl Nemo **==

I must say Almandine your words concerning our genetic kinship with a long line of variants over the past half billion years or so is quite thoughtful and elegant… : )

Carl Nemo **==

Doubt it. Bigger fish to fry.

Isn’t that whole “we are the chosen” thing a little much?

Twiddle dee, twiddle dum.

“Maybe we should be asking the Creator….”

Where does one tender such questions? And more so where does one look to recieve said answers. E-mail? Snail-mail? Other acclaimed believers, or perhaps the depths of one’s own imagination. I suspect the latter works best for most…

Maybe, just maybe, the time has come for mankind to stop absolving himself of responsibility for his own actions by crediting the “will” of an exalted micro-managing authority.

“INSTEAD, we get failed ideals. Spending others money like the War on Poverty. Trillions later and people still being billed.”

True. But are you equally sentimental regarding the mounting expense of our other failing, endless and unwinnable “war” siblings – terror and drugs.

Ok, some believe a rapist gets a victim pregnant, and then the issue is entitled to life because the Creator values all life. Therefore… the rapist’s seed gets passed on and gets to live out its genes down the road (and pass on the same psychotic behavior).

Maybe we should be asking the Creator if He values life so much, why He allows His creation to defile it in others, and sees to it that He has plenty of enablers of same to champion their right to do so.

Kill ‘em all and let God sort it out.

Shoot! (get it?) Eliot Ness was a conservative. He swore to uphold a law pushed through by the likes of those who followed in the steps of Carrie Nation (have you ever seen a pic of her??? her eyes say psychopath!).

To the point here:
I used to think in terms of the individual’s rights. I mean, how can we deprive a blob a chance at life? It would be inhuman, right?

Um, let me think…..
Was the carrier of this precious life blob raped?

Or… did she spread her legs just because some dude came up and offered her the price of a snootful or told her “i luvs ya baby”?

I have grown up since then and now I have to ask…

Shouldn’t we who believe in a decent society be screaming for a law that mandates abortion????????????

A bit of hyperbole, but you get it, right?