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AngieK, you and I were simply lucky
a random throw of the dice. I buy that. That's a healthy
idea. If you think however that you are some how "chosen by God"
and I don't mean to imply that you do (I know you don't). But lots
of religious folks somehow think that they are special, more special
than some other human, who accidentally found themselves born in some
other part of the world. I just don't buy the idea that some people are more "Chosen" than others.
posted by
Cynthia
on October 6, 2003 at 6:42 PM
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It's me again
I will definately read the book. I had a thought for you, just to add a different perspective on the world because for some reason, it's easy for me...I saw this episode of Star Trek where the government created a deadly virus and one of the leaders was testing it on his daughter. Well ofcourse, it was Kirk's job to save her, but it was reasoning with her father about the "ethics" of what he was doing that was very interesting to me. The planet had cured all illnesses and was almost a complete utopia, except for the fact that it was reaching the inability to sustain the flourishing life it had fought so long to perserve and amass. The father thought it was the only way to solve the problem.
So what does he do? Well, I don't remember that part of the show. It was the conflict that stuck in my head. I guess if your Kirk, you could take them all to another planet. But if you are the UN, or Bush, or anyone on earth, that's not even an option. Not that earth is a utopia, but you see what I'm saying. I had to watch my dad suffer when his best friend, who is 51, die of cancer. I knew George for a long time, and it was very sad. George's wife told me that on his last "conscious" day this past May, he sat on his front steps and just looked at the world before he left. Since May, his 18 month grandson will look at George's chair and smile.
My theory is that this world is not just what we see. I think there's alot of things we don't see. Anyway, I am trying to have as much fun with my kids as I can before I "go". The fact that I was born in America, to a middle class family, with no illnesses, is just a miracle to me. I could have been one of those South African women, but I'm not. I am so lucky, even if my neighbor does ride her bike around in a giant pig suit with a pack of dogs at her side. Out of billions of people, what were the odds that I'd get to be me? The day I was born is the day I won the lottery. I'd add meeting my husband at a close second, along with my kids. It IS A MIRACLE.
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Flumpystalls3000
on October 6, 2003 at 5:27 PM
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