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Ok, I respect your opinion if you are against stem-cell research, but would you be willing to sign a contract, list, petion-- whatever, saying that when a cure is found for a disease or impediment using stem-cell research, you forfeit the right for you and your children to take advantage of the medicine or treatment?
Would you feel different about stem-cell research if you or one of your loved ones had an incurable disease?
I
kind of have the feeling that if stem-cell research proved to find a treatment for a disease, the Bible-toting conservatives would be first in line with the hands out. They love saying how their morality is so wonderful, yet I don't know what 'moral' person would not be willing to potentially save millions of lives, yet feel free to fight for gun laws and completley support the innocent killing of thousands of people in Iraq.
It all seems like one big contridiction to me. I don't see how Christian morals fit in to our government in the slightest. It's crazy!

2006-07-20 16:56:41 · 20 answers · asked by doubled254 3 in Politics & Government Politics

I love how someone just said "There's no proof that stem-cell research works!"
That's so stupid, that's like saying "I don't know if I'll die if I shoot myself in the face. Well, I have no proof that it will, so I won't do it."
You need to TRY IT to see if it is effective.

2006-07-20 17:03:36 · update #1

I am against religion when it clouds our government's decisions.
Do you even know what communism is, dude? 'communism' doesn't mean 'evil and unholy'... it's just a form of government.
I love religion, but you have obviously never heard of 'separation of church and state'.

2006-07-20 17:05:05 · update #2

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I'm not a pro-life fanatic but I am against abortion or any action that would harm a growing baby including stem-cell research. And yes I would sign a petition that I would not use a cure derived from baby-parts, fetus-parts, embryo-parts, etc. Many Jehovah's Witnesses (which I am not) carry around cards in their wallets and purses that let doctor's know that they refuse to take blood in the event that they are unconscious and can't speak their beliefs. I'm not saying I agree with them but I hope you can see my point - that many people actually do follow their convictions whole-heartedly even if it may cost them their lives. I am one of those people. In the end your argument is that a "moral" person would sacrifice the life of a baby to potentially save millions of other people. I say that a truly moral person would not believe that the needs or desires of the many outweigh what is right. And I'm not getting into the guns, war in Iraq, etc. because this answer is already long enough. :)

By the way if a cure for disease was developed from adult stem-cells that were donated or from donated umbilical cords after a baby has been delivered then I would definitely take part in that cure. I just couldn't take part in a cure that I knew someone else had been killed for - I hope you understand.

2006-07-20 17:10:23 · answer #1 · answered by desmartj 3 · 3 1

Bush thinks using embryos for stem cell research is murder. That's why he vetoed the bill. I'm surprised he didn't sign it and then put a signing statement on it. But then he wouldn't get the political mileage out of that. But if that is the case,why doesn't he get his rubber stamp Congress to pass a bill making all stem cell research illegal. And since the embryos are destroyed when they are not needed anymore, why not charge the doctor and the donors with murder. All this bill was for was to get the base energized. It's an election year and the sounds bites from the Congress is going to be in many political ads. It's all just election year politics! From the gay marriage debate to the flag burning amendment to the Pledge of the Allegiance debate. When are people going to wise up an realize that they are being played for suckers. And I hope it's soon before this great country is destroyed beyond repair!

2006-07-20 17:31:31 · answer #2 · answered by ggarsk 3 · 0 0

I am against stem cell research and yes I would sign the petition because cures and/ or treatment can be developed without butchering up embryos. I also don't fight for guns laws and I definetly do not support the killing of any innocent people in Iraq nor do any other Americans for that matter. No one wants to see any innocent people die but in a war it does happen, and it is not as if we are targeting innocent civilians unlike the terrorists that have beheaded innocent peace aid works and news reporters.

2006-07-20 17:01:36 · answer #3 · answered by kindfirez 3 · 0 0

Here in lies the problem. Pro-Life was started as a way to preach abstinence, and has grown from there. The truth is most pro-lifers are just followers they do not really know what they are fighting for. All they know is that they want everyone to live their Way of life. But that can not happen as there are just to many people in the world. The reason why it affects the government is simple. Many religious groups and churches pay for elections, people who do not think this is right don't go out and vote enough, so the church's get what they want. Pro-lifers can say what they want, but you just watch if they found a cure not only would they be the first in line to get it, they would organize special fund raising groups to pay for those that can not afford it, and call it preserving life. as for the war part, most Christians do not know anything more then God had war so do we. The fact is that most people today have no real knowledge of the religions they follow they are just sheep.

2006-07-20 17:14:06 · answer #4 · answered by Artistic Prof. 3 · 1 0

I am pro-life, and have a grandfather on his deathbed with parkinson's, an uncle who died of alzheimer's, and a grandmother who recently died of cancer.

I do not care if private companies try to pursue this goal. I have nothing against it, I just get angry when the government gets involved. This is a mistake many people make. They think George Bush is against stem-cell research. No, he simply did not want the federal government to spend more of its 7 trillion dollars of debt on stem cell research. Go ahead, private companies. Research stem cells. But don't steal the public's money to do research so that you can come up with a cure and make millions.

2006-07-20 17:07:26 · answer #5 · answered by Scrib 2 · 0 0

You'd call me a pro-life fanatic, but I'm not against Stem Cell Research. I'm against FETAL SCR. So, let's take it from there.

Many people think that using FETAL stem cells is taking a human life. Therefore, it is immoral to experiment with them. It's as simple as that.

As for those who don't think that a fetus is a human being, your DNA today is exactly the same as the day that you were conceived. If you're human today, then you were human then as well.

Here are some sources about experimenting on "lesser" humans. Read them and then tell me that FETAL stem cell research is moral.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/tuskegee/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Mengele

Now I've got a question for you. If you could save 8 lives by donating your organs (heart, liver, lungs (2), kidneys (2), stomach, pancreas) for transplant TODAY, would you do it?

2006-07-20 20:54:48 · answer #6 · answered by SPLATT 7 · 0 0

First of all, God loves even nitwits like you."Stem cell research" has been going on even at Christian sponsored hospitals. These stem cell donors were the result of parents, who having lost a child at or just prior to birth agreed to allow it. What the lowlifes on the left want is: 1) Carte blanche( thats French) to remove stem cells from aborted children as a matter of course requiring no parental (as if any parent worthy of the name would abort) consent . 2) Legal authority to remove stem cells from children who miscarry without parental authorization. 3) Approval to fertilize eggs for the specific purpose of destroying these unborn children to get stem cells . As I said in the beginning God loves you....why I'll never know.

2006-07-20 17:17:09 · answer #7 · answered by angelsmommy 3 · 0 0

We don't believe in using human parts of one body
to perhaps perpetrate another's. Besides, there is
absolutely no proof that stem cells will cure anything.
Surely there's a better research system for cures
than other human tissue.

2006-07-20 17:01:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I think that would be a good idea.
Notice, however, that so far, non of the anti-stem cell Klan has given you a definitive answer. It seems like they want to take full advantage of what ever scientific breakthrough using such research.

2006-07-20 17:08:39 · answer #9 · answered by honiebee 3 · 0 0

First of all, the president's decision does not stop stem cell research. It merely keeps federal money from being used in the studies. The president explained his position very clearly and it is your right to disagree. I am glad, whether I agree with him or not, that he was being driven by his conscience.

2006-07-20 17:06:52 · answer #10 · answered by Bentley 4 · 0 0

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