the cloned mouse....your cloned child?

Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
They've already passed legislation outlawing human cloning, so that means, somewhere, some place, they've already done it.

Originally posted by generalissimo
but they shouln't have done it, cloning is wrong, its very sad that there are people playing God these days.

Here's a new rub on this: Say you're Hilary Clinton, and you gain access to cloning technology, you could extend your life indefinitely by having your head grafted onto younger, healthier, cloned bodies. How creepy is that?

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
If people have intercourse, are they also playing God?

Originally posted by generalissimo
that's completely different.

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
Oh really? How?

Originally posted by generalissimo
http://www.americancatholic.org/Messenger/May2003/Wiseman.asp#top

first question.

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
The existence of the soul is hypothetical and irrelevant to any rational argument. I can make any metaphysical assumption I like but it doesn't prove anything, nor does it have any relevance for morality. For example, it may as well be that only cloned humans get a soul, and uncloned humans don't. Prove this wrong.

Originally posted by generalissimo
Cloning is tampering with the essence of life. It is morally
wrong to artificially create life.

your last statement is nonsense.

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
The existence of the soul is hypothetical and irrelevant to any rational argument. I can make any metaphysical assumption I like but it doesn't prove anything, nor does it have any relevance for morality. For example, it may as well be that only cloned humans get a soul, and uncloned humans don't. Prove this wrong.

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
Why is it morally wrong to artificially create life?

My last statement is just as nonsensical as claiming humans have a soul without giving an empirical reference to "soul".

Originally posted by Lundos
Oh, did people forget to tell you that you cannot have rational arguements with True Believers? It's all about faith (theirs) and nothing else counts.

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
"Arguing with a believer is like boxing with a quadriphlegic."

Originally posted by generalissimo
would you like to have you, or some member of your family cloned?

Originally posted by generalissimo
moronic statement.