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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: Re:Secular Humanism/Existence of God
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Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 00:03:57 EST
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> Ah, but isn't cloning just tweeking the natural laws that make a leaf,
> and thereby changing its appearance, or duplicating it?  Scientists have NEVER
> created a DNA that builds a perfect leaf.  The cloning example is like
> taking a priceless painting, photocopying it, and then saying "See?  I made
> one just like it - the painter was not necessary!".  You're ignoring the
> fact that God did the real work of designing the leaf in the first place, and
> creating a blueprint that replicates that leaf over and over. [GATES]

And YOU'RE assuming that there is a god who did this "design" work...
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Life is complex.  It has real and imaginary parts.
					Rich Rosen  ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr