I'm just having trouble wrapping my mind around the Christian Republican stance that it is better to throw unwanted Embryos in the trash can, as opposed to using them for stem cell research. Anyone care to elaborate?
2007-06-26 16:42:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The key, of course, is that they are otherwise "unwanted." That means they are not viable. Regardless of whether there is a soul inside or not, by definition at this point, they will never be generated into a fully developed human.
When we are parents, we become responsible to make decisions for our children that can reach the level of life and death. The world community has a collective responsibility by default to decide for these orphan embryos.
The "wisdom of Solomon" was to hack the child in half to elicit the response of a loving parent. The child already existed, with women arguing over it. In this case, viability is already determined. It is the method of death, truly, that's in question.
I think of parents of a dying older child who decide to donate its organs to sustain the life of another. In a way, their child lives on as it passes part of its cellular essence to the new one. I would prefer my child to contribute in this way, even if it had never grown to full development inside my body. And if the life of that unborn child had been known to it before it entered the embryo, I would think it would have chosen that more dignified death for its shortened life as well.
I've heard so many religious people rationalize the death of a baby or young child or even an adult by saying that "God needed her with him in heaven." How could this be any less?
2007-06-27 08:17:32 · answer #1 · answered by Suzanne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting question.. I had not thought about that before. I would say let what embryos are no longer needed be used for testing. I am not opposed to throwing them out but why not use them for research. They most likely will not be used to come to full term, I don't see many Christians stepping up to become pregnant by these left over embryos. What are you going to do, test-tube them to life and who will raise them? Research... that is what needs to be done.
2007-06-27 00:48:43 · answer #2 · answered by cariebear197 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, you see, it was a decision mandated upon all ofther conservative christians by the decider, who in turn had it passed down on to him from his boss, Cheney, who in turn had it passed to him from his subordinates, all the legions of hell... You see, apparently, as long as someone's cells are still alive, God can't snd them straight to hell for not agreeing with him, so hell was being deprived of souls. Cheney doesn't like it when he doesn't have fresh souls to feast upon, so he sent his staff to find an answer in a policy decision.... They obviously made a good one.
2007-06-26 23:53:34 · answer #3 · answered by yelxeH 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
How is using human beings as a source of research materials, and murdering them in the process, any more "Christian" than simply throwing them away, and murdering them in the process? Murder is murder. Either is equally evil.
2007-06-26 23:51:57 · answer #4 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
They'll throw them away, but at night so no one will see. They do that to all the bodies they don't want America to see.
2007-06-26 23:52:50 · answer #5 · answered by Elphaba 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
They should actually be sent to agencies for adoption. If nobody else will take them, why not CPS?
2007-06-27 00:11:44 · answer #6 · answered by Brigid O' Somebody 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋