Writer's Block: Big Debates
Definitely a good idea that should be funded by the government.
I am going to be a villian here to some people, get over it, this is MY blog.
Most of the objections to stem cell research I have heard have been on religious grounds. An embryo is not a person. Embryos do not have hearts, brain activity, or any other feature that makes them a person. They have the potential to become a person, but they are not a person yet! Scientific discovery and progress have suffered before in the name of Religion. If your objection is on religious grounds, then go pray for God to strike the researchers dead. Until he does, just muzzle it. In MY religious belief system, a human spirit does not attach itself to a physical form until that body/fetus/form is far more developed. Otherwise God (Spirit of the Universe or how ever it really works) would end up with a lot of spirits roaming around that never had a chance due to miscarriages and such. I just don't believe the universe works that way.
If your objection is on non-religious moral grounds (ie it is wrong to deny the "potential person" I mention the chance to develop) then I can respect your position. I just place a higher value on saving the lives of the living than the value I place on the potential for an embryo to become a person.
I am going to be a villian here to some people, get over it, this is MY blog.
Most of the objections to stem cell research I have heard have been on religious grounds. An embryo is not a person. Embryos do not have hearts, brain activity, or any other feature that makes them a person. They have the potential to become a person, but they are not a person yet! Scientific discovery and progress have suffered before in the name of Religion. If your objection is on religious grounds, then go pray for God to strike the researchers dead. Until he does, just muzzle it. In MY religious belief system, a human spirit does not attach itself to a physical form until that body/fetus/form is far more developed. Otherwise God (Spirit of the Universe or how ever it really works) would end up with a lot of spirits roaming around that never had a chance due to miscarriages and such. I just don't believe the universe works that way.
If your objection is on non-religious moral grounds (ie it is wrong to deny the "potential person" I mention the chance to develop) then I can respect your position. I just place a higher value on saving the lives of the living than the value I place on the potential for an embryo to become a person.