Wednesday, February 17, 2010

I'm A Man With A Really Healthy Spiritual Hunger

"A caring god would not have designed us like this

Lesch-Nyhan syndrome causes compulsive self-mutilation. Children eat their lips or fingers, and stab their faces with sharp objects. They feel the pain, but they cannot stop themselves. Why would a loving, all-powerful creator allow anyone to be born with such an awful disease?"
-- Michael Le Page, not exactly expecting an answer - everyone's too busy chewing their faces off - because we know, no matter what is done or how much sense anyone makes, belief just looks too damned good, except to a New Scientist.

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