2007-12-23 00:58:08 · 17 answers · asked by yrag 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes to both.
2007-12-23 01:00:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
All the controversy around stem cells depends on where the stem cells come from. There are two types. Adult stem cells come from the tissue of adults and have no ethical controversy surrounding them.
Embryonic stem cells are harvested from blastocysts (a cluster of 70-100 cells from a fertilized egg that also happens to be technically an embryo) and that's where all the controversy lies because getting stem cells from the blastocyst requires destruction of said blastocyst.
The only problem is that most of the promise and potential of stem cells lies in their ability to renew and their "pluripotency"--that is, their ability to transform into other tissues. It's that latter ability particularly which is where the hope is, because if you can transform stem cells into the right kind of nerve cells you can cure Parkinson's disease, and so on.
The bottom line is while adult stem cells may demonstrate limited pluripotency (they can transform into several kinds of tissues depending upon where they come from) embryonic stem cells can transform into any kind of tissue, and their ability to renew and proliferate is much greater than that of adult stem cells.
That potential is balanced against the costs of harvesting the stem cells, which for many is unacceptable.
If adult stem cells can be made to realize all the potential of embryonic stem cells, the controversy goes away. Similarly, if stem cells with the renewal, proliferative ability and pluripotency of embryonic stem cells can be found by a different source and/or nondestructive method then the controversy also goes away. While there appears to be progress on these fronts, there's still a long way to go.
2007-12-23 09:19:09 · answer #2 · answered by Ralph S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unortunately they are. I live in the hope that one day the world will stop living by the medieval rules of religion "created" by the mythical figure of "God" and see humans flourish because they are thinking for themselves.
For everything else in this world people demand evidence before they take something as truth, yet with religion they just blindly follow, it never ceases to amaze me.
As for the argument against stem cell research using aborted foetus', yes, it is a tragedy that they have been aborted in the first place but how can it be better for them to just be incinerated rather than to be used for something so worth while?
2007-12-23 09:14:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catholics are against EMBRYONIC stem cell research, and against all abortion.
2007-12-24 10:56:58 · answer #4 · answered by Daver 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stem cell research: when human embryos are used, the RCC is against stem cell research.
Abortion: against as well, but I guess you knew that
2007-12-23 09:06:31 · answer #5 · answered by kwistenbiebel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We're against both of them. But (excuse my ignorance of stem cell research) if reseaching cell cells saves lives it ok, right?(this question asked with no knowledge at all about stem cell reseach)
2007-12-23 09:25:23 · answer #6 · answered by Micky_Mad 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes we are against fetal stem cell research and induced abortions.
2007-12-23 09:01:44 · answer #7 · answered by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Catholic Church condemns abortion and other forms of murder. It also condemns stem cell research using cells obtained by the murder of human beings in the earliest stages of their lives. It has no problem with stem cell research using stem cells from other sources.
2007-12-23 09:03:49 · answer #8 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
I think it is now possible to create stem cells from normal cells now , so it should not be an issue any more.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7101834.stm
2007-12-23 10:12:30 · answer #9 · answered by londonpeter2003 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because these idiots do not believe that people with diseases
should be cured and right to live but for them imaginary God
is more important then human beings.
2007-12-23 09:24:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
any thing including medicine or science that removes trust in the church or shows a god to be inferior to modern technology is the "enemy" and frowned upon
lately for the past few decades a long train of apologies has been coming from the catholic headquarters, one apology of abuse and apparent mistake of human error after the other, all tied to "god / pope" abuses of liberty tied to power over others based on faith/trust
2007-12-23 09:03:14 · answer #11 · answered by voice_of_reason 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋