Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!amd!pesnta!hplabs!hp-pcd!orstcs!richardt From: richardt@orstcs.UUCP (richardt) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re:Secular Humanism/Existence of God Message-ID: <7300002@orstcs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 22:44:00 EST Article-I.D.: orstcs.7300002 Posted: Thu Oct 24 22:44:00 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 31-Oct-85 20:50:32 EST Organization: Oregon State University - Corvallis, OR Lines: 20 Nf-ID: #N:orstcs:7300002:000:683 Nf-From: orstcs!richardt Oct 24 18:44:00 1985 > A leaf. Make me a leaf using all your accepted physical, chemical (and > biological) theories. > ray I hate to disappoint you, ray, but I'm fairly certain that one of the first major cloning experiments was to do just that. They succeeded about five years ago. Sorry. God is not necessary for a leaf to be created. Or, for that matter, a baby. He/She/It probably does exist (I believe so, even if you do or do not), but not because of such flimsy proof as you would offer. orstcs!richardt "The Apparition" Richard Threadgill 1230 NW 23rd #7 - SnailMail address recently changed Corvallis Or "You put the tribbles *Where*???" -- Captain Kirk, loosely