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The last universal ancestor (LUA), also called the last universal common ancestor (LUCA), or the cenancestor, is the most recent organism from which all organisms now living on Earth descend.[1] Thus it is the most recent common ancestor (MRCA) of all current life on Earth. The LUA is estimated to have lived some 3.5 to 3.8 billion years ago (sometime in the Paleoarchean era).[2][
The timeline of human evolution outlines the major events in the development of human species, and the evolution of humans' ancestors. It includes a brief explanation of some animals, species or genera, which are possible ancestors of Homo sapiens. It does not address the origin of life, which is addressed by abiogenesis, but presents a possible line of descendants that led to humans. This timeline is based on studies from paleontology, developmental biology, morphology and from anatomical and genetic data. The study of human evolution is a major component of anthropology.
The chimpanzee-human last common ancestor (CHLCA, CLCA, or C/H LCA) is the last species, a species of African apes, that humans, bonobos and chimpanzees share as a common ancestor.
“It is imperative that the entire Catholic community in the United States come to realize the grave threats to the Church’s public moral witness presented by a radical secularism which finds increasing expression in the political and cultural spheres,” he said Jan. 19 in an address to a group of American bishops visiting the Vatican.
Pope Benedict said that over the past few days many of the bishops have expressed concern over attempts in the U.S. to “deny the right of conscientious objection on the part of Catholic individuals and institutions with regard to cooperation in intrinsically evil practices.”
Meanwhile, other bishops raised the “worrying tendency to reduce religious freedom to mere freedom of worship” without guarantees of respect for freedom of conscience.
At present, the Obama administration is considering imposing a contraception and sterilization mandate that would require all insurance companies to provide those services free of charge. The regulation has a religious exemption clause, but it provides very few exceptions for Church organizations.
Originally posted by Maslo
reply to post by beezzer
Morally, killing is a repugnant act. Abortion is no different. Government has replaced a sense of morality and value of life with the freedom of guilt or responsibility.
Do you think it is immoral to kill an amoeba? An insect? A plant?
Not all killing is immoral, and not all life is valuable. I just happen to believe human embryos are not valuable.
Originally posted by ThirdEyeofHorus
Originally posted by Maslo
reply to post by beezzer
Morally, killing is a repugnant act. Abortion is no different. Government has replaced a sense of morality and value of life with the freedom of guilt or responsibility.
Do you think it is immoral to kill an amoeba? An insect? A plant?
Not all killing is immoral, and not all life is valuable. I just happen to believe human embryos are not valuable.
Some people do value plants and animals more than people. Especially worshipers of Gaia, the earth goddess conjured up by Global Warming scaremongers, members of Club of Rome who are into the Rockefeller depopulation agenda, and members of the UN.edit on 29-1-2012 by ThirdEyeofHorus because: spedit on 29-1-2012 by ThirdEyeofHorus because: typo
Originally posted by Elliot
Back to the original question by the OP, my answer is 'No'. I have never had one regret about having to give up everything to take care of my children. I have never viewed them as a burden, (though certainly a pain in the neck at times, but that's normal). I have no career out of the home, no job and as a family we are supported by a very hard working husband and father.
Originally posted by Elliot
After all, the Hand that Rocks the Cradle Rules the World'. Is that what the so called 'Elite' are really afraid of, the growth in spirit of people who sacrifice everything and so learn and are able to teach their own that there is more to life than the God 'Money'?edit on 30-1-2012 by Elliot because: spelling