Aasimar
Atheist
This one has always very much interested me. After conception, there is a stage of human development called a Blastocyst. It is bascally a sphere of cells encapsulating a few "stem cells," That is, Pluripotent cells. Now the signifigance of this is these are remarkable human cells, capable of becoming endodermic, ectodermic, or mesodermic, (Interior "gut" tissue, epidermal and nervous tissue, and muscle/blood/bone tissue respectively.) For those who do not know, the remarkable think about these pluripotent cells if they have the potential to become any known human tissue. This would mean that researching these magnificent little cells have a very real potential to end cancer, diabetes, osteoperosis, arthritis, and many many other afflictions. Now the dilemma is that a Blatocyst is of course the conception of human life, which many religions hold to be sacred. So what is your opinion, do you think that the benefits outwiegh the costs? Consider that intercourse is not even required to create a Blatocyst, all that must happen is a sperm and an egg must meet, easily done in a lab or with Invitro-fertilization. The Blatocyst is then destroyed in the process of extracting the stem cells. So the question is where do you stand, and why? Should Stem cell research (Which has been banned, and still is to my knowledge) be allowed to continue or was it good that it was shut down?
I will post my opinion first since I started this I am Agnostic and as such to not believe the Catholic "Soul enters the Zygote at conception" arguement, thousands of lives are lost every day, thousands of miscarriages, that serve no good and simply make those who are affected miserable. The concept that a sphere of cells is sacred because it is a potential human to me is taking religion way too far. Imagine if every sperm was considered to be sacred because it is half of a potential human, as is every egg. So my vote would be life the ban on stem cell research and relieve the world of some of it's misery. How about you?
I will post my opinion first since I started this I am Agnostic and as such to not believe the Catholic "Soul enters the Zygote at conception" arguement, thousands of lives are lost every day, thousands of miscarriages, that serve no good and simply make those who are affected miserable. The concept that a sphere of cells is sacred because it is a potential human to me is taking religion way too far. Imagine if every sperm was considered to be sacred because it is half of a potential human, as is every egg. So my vote would be life the ban on stem cell research and relieve the world of some of it's misery. How about you?