Your 946 was disgustingly well worded. I feel that way partly because I already believed and agree with much of what you said, and partly because you brought up reasonable perspective and conclusions I had not yet thought about. 8^>
I'm also embarrassed that I have not yet read "The Abolition of Man" yet.
That book's chillingly "futuristic," RobRoy; but not in a "science fiction" sort of way. For you can already see the description Lewis sketches is increasingly assuming "real form." To point to an example, the current "bioethical opinion" surfacing around such issues as partial birth abortion, assisted suicide, euthanasia, and embryonic stem cell research.
It seems to me all these questions drive straight into what it means to be human. The Abolition of Man shows you what your future would look like, if the current state of "bioethics" were to stand up on its hind legs as qualified to validate "mainstream science."
It would have to "kill" Judeo-Christian morality first. And so perhaps the battlelines are even now forming up.
There's a happy thought! Thanks so much for writing, RobRoy, and for your very kind words.