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From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: animal vs human rights, morality
Message-ID: <295@psivax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 1-Feb-85 17:40:39 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb  1 17:40:39 1985
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Reply-To: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley friesen)
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In article <3300001@uiucdcsp.UUCP> ashby@uiucdcsp.UUCP writes:
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>As far as devising moral yardsticks, how about deciding whether or
>not a fetus possesses a soul.  This is unlikely to change many minds
>however, especially among those who don't believe in souls.  

	Actually we need to start with a definition of 'soul'.
A nice place to start might be "The Interpreter's Dictionary of the
Bible".  It gives the meaning of such concepts to the writers
of the Bible, which may turn out to be *quite* different than
what you think they are.
-- 

				Sarima (Stanley Friesen)

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