Cloning
... or new plants that would grow out of control and bury the herbal competition. Could you imagine another plague that could potentially destroy the entire world? That is just another reason to hold off any cloning practices. The scriptures clearly teach that God alone has the right over life and death. We are dismally unqualified by knowledge or moral stature to take the role of the Creator. This is the word of Chicago physicist, Richard Seed speaking of his opinion of cloning from the religious point of view. “Who gives a scientist the right to take the life of human clones?” This is one of the plans with clones, to create them and to kill them. Father Frank Pavone, International Director of Priests for Life says, “Cloning disregards the dignity of the human person and the dignity of human procreation. It enters the arena of making people. Human cloning should be prohibited by law”. I tend to agree as I was brought up in a strong Christian environment, one that has taught me that taking another life is always unforgivable. Only God has this right. So are scientists claiming to be God? Let’s hope not. Medically, there might be valid reasons for cloning. Scientists claim that cloning can help create a cure for cancer, or make it possible to replace body parts that are damaged by disease or injury. This is a valid argument, but the objection to this is, do we need to create a full human clone to replace an arm, or skin damage. I believe not, we have had the technology to do skin grafts for years, and the practice has gotten to the point that it is almost impossible to notice. Also, there have been instances that scientists have grown an ear on the back of a lab rat. Why not expand on this? Why can’t scientists experiment with other body parts or other animals? Also, how many human embryos will we sacrifice to create one clone? It took 277 attempts to create “Dolly” the first cloned sheep. Is that acceptable? I for one am totally against it. We need more information, more tests. In the mean time why not keep testing with animals, and not humans. Looking at this issue morally, do we need to clone human beings? Picture it this way; imagine walking into a classroom with thirty students, nothing out of the ordinary right? Now, imagine all thirty students look exactly the same, have the same questions, and who talk and walk the same. This is what coul...