Gilbert, Did you forget that it is you who made the following assertion, and you who provided Dinesh D'Souza's explanation for it (with which you agreed)?
ASSERTION "In the western world there is no shortage of voluntary /free kidney donors from total strangers. While in India there is no shortage of kidney donors ... but for a price." .....Gilbert Lawrence EXPLANATION "Dinesh continued "you are following the tradition of religions (of helping thy neighbor) without giving credit to where you got those moral values".(you can see the debate again for this point). I think this is a good point." .....Gilbert Lawrence Do you want to retract the above assertions? If not, I would appreciate it if you could answer the following question: Which Indian religion teaches people to donate their kidneys, but for a price? Now as for Dinesh D'Souza, the point he was making in the so-called debate and in his book is clearly that his is the greatest religion in the world. It has been solely responsible for everything that is good about this world, and none of the bad things. I bought his book yesterday, and read a few chapters whose contents were of particular interest to me. His book claims that the Big Bang theory, the theory of evolution, a tautological statement called the Anthropic Principle and some random assertions made by a cognitive psychologist prove beyond doubt the existence of not just any God, but the particular type of God that he worships. He believes that the Big Bang theory has already been discussed in the Book of Genesis, and that the descriptions given in Buddhist and Hindu texts are simply wrong. He wants us to believe that professional scientists, including Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg, who have not drawn the "logical" conclusions that he, as a political commentator, has drawn, are given to making foolish statements or have an anti-Christian agenda. Do you think these are all good points? Cheers, Santosh --- Gilbert Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Santosh, > > It is a pity you could not come up with a better > scientific explanation as to the disparity between > societies. Interestingly my Chinese physician > colleague tells me there is an antipathy in the > Chinese culture towards organ donation. > > The scientific point I thought a scientist would > make is: Do Indian Christians donate organs much > more often that others Indians? The disparity in > donation rates among various cultural groups (across > the globe), would reinforce the point that Dinesh > was making. The dominant surrounding attitudes > influence human behavior of theists (any religion) > or atheists living in that society. > Kind Regards, GL >
