rat mothers

Rats aren't the only animals that subscribe to "survival of the fittest" . Are we talking about the differences 'tween species here? Are humans to be compared to lower life forms? Is this intended to justify abortion?I'm not weighing in here to critize anyone and as regards the popular abortion issues of the day I will only state the following true story.When I was about 20 years old I related some childhood scenes that I had vivid memories of to my mother. The house we lived in, a car that I was in the back seat of and some mundane street scenes. I still have those memories now at 64.Well, the house was an apartment my parents lived in while waiting for an opening in Naval Housing in San Diego. The car was a 1935 Plymouth that they had borrowed only for a few days and so on.....The point of the story is that I had not yet been born. My mom told me that what I described was correct but at that time she was at about 7 months in her pregnancy with me.Having this experience I am quite sure that I at least have a spiritual body which is independent of the physical.After experiencing the madness of humanity I'm pretty sure I'd rather be somewhere else. At the same time I guess I'm glad my mom didn't flush me down the loo.Jman

nwt NO you are incorrect in your assumption. My parents had only been in that apt for a coupla weeks. No pics exist. It was never mentioned until I brought the subject up.I don't mind responses but try to be more mental and less cavalier. Or how about: "judge not lest ye be judged" ?Jman

The difficulty with the Bible is that it seldom is explicit. When reference is made to life being in the blood the physical blood in not what is meant. From ancient times blood was considered sacred by most religions long before Christianity came in being. The origins of these beliefs were based upon the once known correspondences between physical blood as the conveyor or nutrients to the physical body it's equivalent spiritual blood which nourished the higher life of the spiritual form. It is this higher form which is of real importance because it is the eternal one whereas the physical is not. Reference to this is seen in the story of lion and the lamb co-existing in the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of God "is not of this Earth" according to Jesus. Correct! And in that place humans and animals are nourished in a entirely different manner since they do not have physical bodies with heavy digestive tracts.I have found that the stories in the Bible open up when we look behind what is written. So many of those authors had no clue but only repeated tradition without understanding the source. Am I right? Who cares. It doesn't make any difference. I guess we're all gonna get where we're going just the same. Just for good measure I believe that all is alive. Live is not limited to biologics alone. But maybe this is way too much for some folks...

I'll be right back folks. Someone put some photons in my wine...