From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!CAD:tektronix!tekmdp!dadla!dadla-b!hutch
Newsgroups: net.religion
Title: Re: flesh of beasts
Article-I.D.: dadla-b.350
Posted: Mon Feb 21 10:54:38 1983
Received: Wed Feb 23 02:24:40 1983

>From dadla!tekmdp!tektronix!ucbcad!ucbvax:decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!houxa!houxi!houxz!ihnp4!ihuxr!lew Fri Feb 18 17:30:22 1983
Subject: Re: flesh of beasts
Newsgroups: net.religion

Regarding something Lew Mammel said in his defense:

	I think I do know what Paul means in the passage I quoted (I Corinthians
	15:39) He is giving support to his assertion that the spirit can take
	different forms.

Beg pardon, Lew.  Which assertion is that?  I don't recall reading that into
the context, perhaps you have found an interpretation which is new to me.
I thought that what Paul was supporting was his assertion that it is not known
what the post-ressurection body would be like.  I never read anything that he
said that implied that spirit takes any form at all.

	I'm saying that such support as this analogy might have afforded is
	removed by our knowledge of the unity of all life on earth, and
	further that this knowledge is profoundly incompatible with the
	Christian world view.

I don't see either point, Lew.  Christianity and Judaism have always held a
feeling that there is unity of life on earth, right back to Genesis.  The
whole world, not just mankind, was wrecked by Adam's rebellion.  This is
made quite clear.  The Christian point of view extends this with the view
of the Messiah that says He will re-create the world.

I have never held that unity of life is incompatible with my world view.  I
have come to understand that because of my place in this unity, that I am
responsible to preserve and protect this life, as much as I can within the 
limits of my understanding.

I have no objection to the knowledge we gain from the genetic code and from
the analysis of the relations between the various types of life on the earth.
I don't see how it can disprove Christianity, or Judaism, or even the vaguest
notion of a Creator, since a world which was created MUST be internally
consistent or it will collapse.  If you've ever tried to put together a
small closed ecosystem you will recognize that there can be major problems
if the parts aren't properly balanced.  I consider one of the fundamental
requirements for such an ecosystem to be that the components are made of
the same proteins and hydrocarbons, so that they can utilize each other.

Perhaps you will be better understood if you explain to us net-ites more
of what you mean by unity of life.  I can't help but feel that you have
not said all you mean.

Steve Hutchison
... decvax!tektronix!tekmdp!dadla!hutch