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PLAIN TALK |
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Leonard Horwin September 9, 2004 (310) 785-6600 tel.
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The Mystery of Life
Questions and Answers are cited below as
“Q” and “A”
1.
Q: Why do I select this subject?
A: Because it
is a source of health and stability for us as humans, to take cognizance of the
fact that the whole of life itself, whether it is the initial fact of oxygen on
some parts of the universe, or the evolution which is an unavoidable fact,
there is an overwhelming mystery to the universe, –not just life on some
planets.
2.
Q: Is religion an explanation of that otherwise
seeming mystery?
A: No.
3.
Q: Why not?
A: Because
religion is just one explanation for a whole gallery of explanations as
Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, etc., etc. for the very existence of the
universe or universes.
4.
Q: Are there other answers?
A: Yes. And they are innumerable whether issuing out
of sheer speculation or out of
painstaking science or out of particular needs as they arise, as for
example, the stem cell exploration to lead to the elimination of Alzheimer’s
disease.
5.
Q: Is there a reason for acceptance of the fact
of mystery and inevitable further answers?
A: Yes. Because acceptance of the fact of mystery is
a key to overcoming fanaticism whether of Bin Laden or the Shiites of Iraq.
6.
Q: What is the reason for overcoming fanaticism?
A: That is a
major key to the avoidance of wars.
7.
Q: What is the reason for the avoidance of war?
A: To the
extent it can be achieved, that avoidance is a key to unlimited progress.
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cc: George W. Bush, President
Richard Cheney, Vice
President
Colin Powell, Secretary of State
Donald
Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
Condoleezza Rice, National Security
Advisor8
Colonel Oliver North
Tom Ridge,
Secretary of Homeland
Security
John Ashcroft, U.S. Attorney
General
Tony Blair, Prime Minister of Great Britain
Jack Straw, British Foreign
Secretary
Newt Gingrich, Former Speaker of the
U.S. House of
Representatives
Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu, Economy Minister for the Israeli Government
Israel’s “Women In Green”
National Unity Coalition for Israel
Arianna Huffington, Syndicated
Columnist
Oriana Fallaci, International Journalist,
Interviewer and Author
Yohanan Ramati, Chairman, Jerusalem
Institute for Western Defense
Gerardo Joffe, FLAME (Facts & Logic
About the Middle East)
Mortimer Zuckerman, Editor in Chief -
US News and World Report
Time Magazine
Washington Post - Attn: Bob
Woodward
International Jerusalem Post
The Weekly Standard – Bill
Kristol, Editor
The Wall Street Journal -
Editorial and
Op-Ed Department
Los Angeles Times, Op-Ed
Department