<div>Jeff, yours post below is another really beautiful one! Tears of joy indeed, but also sadness for the ones we love who have departed?</div> <div>Many of the religious object to embryonic cell research but what other intractable scientific conflicts can any of you mention? i recently became a moral (not per se mystical) christian and am very eager to know. <BR><BR></div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Bravo! Samantha. Spoken (written, actually) with power and passion.<BR><BR>Like a good American, I learned to believe, and embraced the belief,<BR>that this country was the model of the good life for all of humanity.<BR>The problems of the past would soon be solved by the productivity<BR>emerging in modernity. But dreams outpace reality, and the old cling<BR>to the old ways, slowing the race to the rainbows end. Still, filled<BR>with the vitality of wonder we move ever forward, the young
leap<BR>eagerly to the fore, the mouldering corpses trail away behind,<BR>reuniting with the dust.<BR><BR>When society strays into the minefield of its dark side, assaulting my<BR>optimism, I withdraw to my "happy place ", commune with my inner geek,<BR>and revisit the wonders to come, or simply remember the night I stood<BR>beneath the stars and realized that ultra-low temperature storage was<BR>my ticket to the next stage of the adventure. Such was my geekiness<BR>that the moment arrived as a simple gentle epiphany without bombshell<BR>or blaring of trumpets.<BR><BR>And yes, I agree, tell the world. It's damn fine news. Especially<BR>now, when we need a hopeful message to bring us all back to the path<BR>of our better angels.<BR><BR>No tears but tears of joy.<BR>-- <BR>Best, Jeff Davis</BLOCKQUOTE><p>
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