As we all know, I've been a slacker for the last few weeks, but I'm back and excited to let you know about things I'm working on and thinking about.
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Human egg donation is a hot topic in the news in light of the accustion that South Korean researcher Woo Suk Hwang obtained eggs through unethical means.
His accuser this time is Gerald Schatten of the University of Pittsburgh, a long-time collaborator of Hwang's. In a statement on 12 November announcing that the collaboration will now end, Schatten cites charges, first aired in Nature in May last year, of "oocyte donation irregularities" at Hwang's laboratory (see Nature 429, 3; 2004). (Nature 438, 257 [17 November 2005])
The donation of eggs is absolutely essential to the pursuit of what's been termed "therapeutic cloning." I still wonder where the feminist outcry is in all of this. Will the true feminists, please stand up?
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On the inside of the cover of the latest issue of Today's Christian Woman (CT), there is an advertisement for the New Living Translation. I don't have any fundamental issues with this particular translation, but I am concerned about the nature of this ad. It depicts a young woman holding a bible, and with arrows pointing to her heart and her head. It states,
Moving God's Word 18 Inches makes miles of difference. Having Scripture in your brain is one thing. Getting those truths to penetrate your heart is quite another. That's the beauty of the New Living Translation. Dynamic, living language brings Scripture to life like you've never experienced before. And precise scholarship means you fan rely on the NLT for serious study. Don't just read the Bible, let it move you. Wrap your heart around the New Living translation today.
This kind of lingo is why women's ministry is in such disarray today. Unnecessarily separating the heart and the mind makes "feelings" and "emotions" a matter of thoughtlessness. Instead, there ought to be no distinction between the intellect and the affections unless there is a willingness on their part to invalidate their own feelings. It seems that the anti-intellectual "school of thought" is quite self-defeating.
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And on another note...I went trumpet window-shopping today and found a vintage Getzen Doc model for around $700. Needless to say, I only came home with a new Parduba mouthpiece to get me through the upper regions of the staff during the holidays. Oh well, Christmas is coming! ;)
