  Pim van Meurs ( Tue, 11 May 1999 21:18:02 -0700  MooradL I do
not think you have ever sent an article for publication in a
reputable  Thinly veiled ad hominem dear Moorad? Is he getting
too close for comfort ?  Moorad: If you propose something you
have to have the evidence to back it.  That's what his posting
tries to do.  life came into being is nothing but a CLAIM.
Backed up with references to data and observations.  MooradL
Nothing wrong with making assumptions in science but lets us not
claim what is DEAD to be ALIVE!  Or vice versa  Moorad: All what
you are saying about protocells sounds like what one can create
make other things like themselves.  Sounds alive to me...
Moorad: I read the article in the SIU website  Your thoughts and
believes are of little relevance unless you can support them.