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Sunday, February 04, 2007
The first clone ever, Dolly, started a new revolution in humankind - The war to see who could become god (no capital G yet).
Humans have become so advanced
that DNA is now a new toy on science lab shelves. It is amazing how far
humans would play around with genetics, to create beings without a
soul. Playing god... that's what they call it. Colning shouldn't even
be an issue. It shouldn't even be discussed, because it shouldn't exist
in the first place. It is human foolishness at its best.
I am amazed at how far
technology has gone, and looking back in the past ten years of my life,
the digital world I once knew, is no more digital, it is something
totally way beyond that already.
Cloning, for whatever reason, is
still wrong, and unethical. Who said we have the right to make another
human being exactly like how we want it to be? It takes away the
suspense in life, and takes away the creativity of God. We're
manipulating nature. We're transferring genes as we like between
species. We're fooling nature. One day, nature will fool us back.
As we speak, bioengineers are putting human genes into pigs, in order to produce human blood. Sickening.
One day, we will be creating
clones as backups. If we get a kidney failure, just call up your clone
and take his kidney instead. Think the movie "The Island" is rubbish?
Think again. The movie shows the very rawness of human greed. In the
far future, if all goes "well", we will be making humans, making every
organism.. making is probably the wrong word. We will be creating and
designing what should or should not be on this earth....
Imagine reading the bible in the year 2080....
"So man created man in his own image, in the image of man he created him.."
"And man saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good."
Posted at 01:33 pm by seizetheday
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February 7, 2007 12:31 PM PST
i truly think that technology is the gift of God. Behold, God made us in His image; thus, the depths of knowledge that we have managed to achieve today are a reflection of how intellectual God was.
and i also truly believe that cloning is just like all other technologies (communication, education, agricultural etc). Perhaps it is unfair to single our cloning just because our believes are being threatened by it?
Cloning, for the most part, is the ability to reproduce an exact replica of any part of the body (or even the whole body for that matter).
Yes, it IS ricidulous to clone another me, just in case i need an extra heart or limb, but that is the flipside of cloning.
Cloning, especially of stem cells in our umbilical cord, saves lives of those with spinal chord injuries. Cloning tissue and muscles gives hope to people with polio or those who suffered through a fire and had their flesh burnt off. Cloning bone marrow gives a second chance to leukemia patients. Cloning good blood might cure thalassemia.
Cloning is playing God, but it is not ONLY playing God, (unless you classify saving a child's life by cloning stem cells as playing God - prolonging life when death is suppose to come). What would God have wanted then? For the child to die? Or for us to utilize the technology He has given us to save the child? If your choice is the former because you are against cloning, then well, we can all stop finding cures for illness and dieseases then. We are all meant to die from them then.
Like it or not, cloning has life-saving benefits.
i suppose that is why when God decided to give us technology, He gave us a mind as well - to discern right and wrong, good and bad.
So, i think that the issue in question here is not cloning per se, but the ethical and unethical USES of cloning.
That's what i think =) | |
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The good you find in others,
is in you too.
The faults you find in others,
are your faults as well.
After all, to recognize something you must know it.
The possibilities you see in others,
are possible for you as well.
The beauty you see around you,
is your beauty.
The world around you is a reflection,
a mirror showing you the person you are.
Show your best face to the mirror,
and you'll be happy with the face
looking back at you.
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