Comments on: Review: The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, Part IV http://zealfortruth.org/2008/06/review-the-language-of-god-a-scientist-presents-evidence-for-belief-part-iv/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:34:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Jew http://zealfortruth.org/2008/06/review-the-language-of-god-a-scientist-presents-evidence-for-belief-part-iv/#comment-7873 Jew Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:23:06 +0000 http://zealfortruth.org/2008/06/review-the-language-of-god-a-scientist-presents-evidence-for-belief-part-iv/#comment-7873 <blockquote>For instance, should a woman have a preemptive double mastectomy if she learns she has the bad gene?</blockquote> I read an article about a woman who did that. She's the sister of my 10th grade English teacher. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/health/16gene.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin" rel="nofollow">Cancer Free at 33, but Weighing a Mastectomy</a>

For instance, should a woman have a preemptive double mastectomy if she learns she has the bad gene?

I read an article about a woman who did that. She’s the sister of my 10th grade English teacher. Cancer Free at 33, but Weighing a Mastectomy

]]> By: thainamu http://zealfortruth.org/2008/06/review-the-language-of-god-a-scientist-presents-evidence-for-belief-part-iv/#comment-7881 thainamu Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:58:57 +0000 http://zealfortruth.org/2008/06/review-the-language-of-god-a-scientist-presents-evidence-for-belief-part-iv/#comment-7881 Interesting article. The case study given in the appendix told about one of the younger women in this extended family who had had a double mastectomy only to find out later that she did not have the defective gene. That brings up another whole set of issues. But even knowing that you have the defective gene does not make the decision clearcut; it is not hard to imagine men who wouldn't even consider marrying a woman whose breasts had been removed, and for some women, dying as an old maid might be less preferred to dying as a young mother. Not an easy call. Interesting article. The case study given in the appendix told about one of the younger women in this extended family who had had a double mastectomy only to find out later that she did not have the defective gene. That brings up another whole set of issues.

But even knowing that you have the defective gene does not make the decision clearcut; it is not hard to imagine men who wouldn’t even consider marrying a woman whose breasts had been removed, and for some women, dying as an old maid might be less preferred to dying as a young mother. Not an easy call.

]]> By: TANK http://zealfortruth.org/2008/06/review-the-language-of-god-a-scientist-presents-evidence-for-belief-part-iv/#comment-7907 TANK Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:44:17 +0000 http://zealfortruth.org/2008/06/review-the-language-of-god-a-scientist-presents-evidence-for-belief-part-iv/#comment-7907 Ha. The unfit have been surviving ever since Cain killed Abel. Ha. The unfit have been surviving ever since Cain killed Abel.

]]> By: Jew http://zealfortruth.org/2008/06/review-the-language-of-god-a-scientist-presents-evidence-for-belief-part-iv/#comment-7918 Jew Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:43:16 +0000 http://zealfortruth.org/2008/06/review-the-language-of-god-a-scientist-presents-evidence-for-belief-part-iv/#comment-7918 Thanks for the in depth book review, Thainamu. I probably won't ever get around to reading Collins's book, but it's good to know it's out there. Thanks for the in depth book review, Thainamu. I probably won’t ever get around to reading Collins’s book, but it’s good to know it’s out there.

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