Some religious folks oppose "taking any human life" (except a terrorists). Those folks obviously oppose suicide bombers and the like who kill civilians too. But what about when we kill civilians?
Any killing of civilians is a bad thing, whether there was a terrorist sleeping next door or not. Don't forget, America was founded by terrorists.
Stem cell research on the other hand offers hope for the millions of people and their families suffering from diseases that stem cell research could cure.
How is stem cell research equally bad to bombing innocent civilians.
I say it's not, and religion belongs in the toilet.
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2006-09-14 13:06:03 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i'm on the fence about the issue. i want dying people to stop suffering, but i am also worried about the effects it will have on helping to overpopulate the world even more. the stance of the jewish religion though is that stem cell research is permitted, since it saves lives.
2006-09-14 13:14:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually embryonic stem cell research has produced no benefits for mankind, has a high probability of being rejected by the patient, and doesn't even look very promising.
Adult stem cell research, on the other hand, has delivered concrete benefits already, cannot be rejected by the patient (because it uses the patient's own stem cells) and it doesn't involve questionable ethical practices.
So why is it that embryonic stem cell research gets all the attention? I'll tell you: it's not because it can save lives or help people, but rather because it is a politicized issue meant to divide people and raise tensions.
"There are also reports of successful treatments with adult stem cells in cases of Crohn’s disease (a chronic infection of the gut), thalassemia (a blood disease), and a rare skin disease. And–despite the fact that basic research with adult stem cells is in its earliest beginnings and is in no way being promoted with urgency–there have been a growing number of reports lately of experiments with animals, from which it emerges that adult stem cells can successfully transform themselves into differentiated cells of organs of many kinds.
In contrast, reports of successful conversions of embryonic stem cells are very infrequent and cautious. Thus, we find in Science of Dec. 1, 2000 (Vol. 290, pp. 1672-1674): "In contrast, the human embryonic stem cells and fetal germ cells that made headlines in November 1998 because they can, in theory, develop into any cell type have so far produced relatively modest results. Only a few papers and meeting reports have emerged from the handful of labs that work with human pluripotent cells. . . . The work suggests that it will not be simple to produce the pure populations of certain cell types that would be required for safe and reliable cell therapies. . . ."
This is the restrained language used by established science to describe a truly disastrous set of results."
2006-09-14 13:12:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Stem cell research isn't the problem. The late term abortions, that are supposedly necessary for harvesting the best cells, are the problem.
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I oppose taking any life. Terrorists negate that when they try to take mine or that of someon who can't defend themselves.
2006-09-14 13:37:25 · answer #3 · answered by azar_and_bath 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm all for stem cell research. People who oppose it don't know the science behind it. They should learn more about it before they scream murder. I believe that stem cell research will be the answer for many diseases and conditions in the future.
2006-09-14 13:08:39 · answer #4 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Bombing civilians is bad.
Killing people to harvest their organs is bad (this is not the same as organ donation!).
Harvesting stem cells from human embryos is the same as killing an infant to harvest it's organs for a person that "needs" the donated organ. It is sick! If you have to choose between letting me die from diabetes, or killing a child to give me her pancreas, then LET ME DIE!!!
With that thought, YES, it is just as wrong to kill unborn humans for harvest, as it is to bomb non-combantants!
I don't care what you think about religion!
2006-09-14 13:15:49 · answer #5 · answered by MamaBear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To hold back stem cell research is inhumane to Alzheimer's patients and quadriplegics etal.
Tammi Dee
2006-09-14 13:17:19 · answer #6 · answered by tammidee10 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think stem cell research is bad...it definitely has its downside, but it may prove to be a cure for cancer one day.
2006-09-14 13:14:49 · answer #7 · answered by Kiara 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stem cell research is good: bombing civilians is bad. In only one of the two is a life taken, and it ain't the first.
2006-09-14 13:08:56 · answer #8 · answered by Blackacre 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
stem cells may be harvested many ways, from umbillical cords, from many parts of the body...
embrionic stem cell research... well that should be illegal and it is inhumane
2006-09-14 13:13:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the Bible, killing in time of war is not murder.
Stem cell research involves the murder of the unborn. Keep in mind, you were once a fetus.
2006-09-14 13:10:00 · answer #10 · answered by p2of9 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋