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Post by Mr. Daniel on Apr 9, 2013 15:56:13 GMT -5
Is stem cell research a manifestation of a culture of death or a practice of a culture of life?
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Post by betelihmk on Apr 13, 2013 21:10:00 GMT -5
Stem cell research a manifestation is a practice of a culture of life as long as people are not killing fetuses for stem cells. In other words its OK to use an aborted or a fetus that has been ready for abortion and use the stem cells of it to cure someone else's desease and give them life.
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Post by amyb96 on Apr 14, 2013 18:37:53 GMT -5
I agree with betelihmk since stem cell research has the possibility of promoting life instead of harming it.
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Post by dmelson on Apr 14, 2013 18:52:31 GMT -5
I agree with both of you because even though stem cells research comes from the cells of aborted fetus's, they can be used to promote and porlong the lives of others which levels the playing field a little bit.
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Post by jovaneemejia on Apr 14, 2013 20:27:08 GMT -5
I would have to disagree with betelihmk in some aspect of stem cell research. I don't think it would be morally right to use stem cell research to basically kill a fetus, even if ready for abortion, because it is killing someone for the use of another which is immoral. I know she stated that it it not a culture of life if people are killing fetuses for stem cell but later on she says it is ok to use stem cell on a fetus that has been ready for abortion. If the fetus is ready for abortion it is still alive so using stem cell would kill it. My point is that the fetus should not die and therefore stem cell research is a manifestation of death.
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Post by jovaneemejia on Apr 14, 2013 20:42:31 GMT -5
In the second part John Paul II: Millennial Pope video it states"..it is a culture of death and leads to destruction of others." Here is also some evidence why it is a manifestation of death.
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Post by donnelhaley on Apr 14, 2013 20:53:53 GMT -5
i have to agree with betelihmk, because the nopeey amendment prevented people from destroying embryos strictly for research. but they approved using aborted fetuses for research since they are basically "prolonging" life
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Post by isabellar on Apr 14, 2013 21:55:23 GMT -5
Well there are currently no treatments involving aborted fetuses which have prolonged life, just research. Once we can definitively do something with embryonic stem cells to prolong or improve the quality of life of another person, this conversation changes. Right now, since embryonic stem cells have nothing but potential, the are more closely associated with "a manifestation of a culture of death."
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Post by anthonyarocho1 on Apr 15, 2013 17:47:08 GMT -5
I do agree with some of the comments stated above involving the idea that stem cell research is a culture of life because of the great things that the subject can lead to. These include the rehabilitation of organs and other parts of the body which can save lives. In response to isabellar's comment, a lot of stem cell research is just potentials. However the only way we can get away from just potentials to actual results is by experience with the cells which comes by trials and experimentations. There is only so much information one can know about stem cells before experimentation and actual attempts are required. Therefore we may have to sacrifice a little to obtain a whole lot more in the future. This would promote a culture of life.
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Post by isabellar on Apr 15, 2013 20:37:18 GMT -5
Hearing Anthony's argument, I would agree with him. It is rather important the stem cell research be tested properly and can be something truly wonderful once we learn how to properly apply them and promote a culture of life, but how much must we sacrifice to reach the culture of life. Will the death ever be greater spent be greater than the life saved?
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Post by karinad on Apr 15, 2013 21:07:15 GMT -5
At some point, we need to start valuing quality over quantity, because, unfortunately, the Creator of the Universe did not bother to add a couple of other planets suitable for life and in close proximity to Earth so that we might move there when Earth became overpopulated, as it already has. Let me say it again. This is a planet. With a carrying capacity. And it is with this that I will contend that, if something like embryonic stem cell research had the potential to drastically improve the quality human lives by alleviating suffering, then we should invest resources in it. Immediately. Thankfully, Obama reversed Bush's restrictions on federal funding for stem cell research. And just FYI, I have never heard of a baby or a fetus being destroyed solely for the purpose of doing stem cell research on it. The word you are looking for is blastocyst - a 3-day-old cluster of cells.
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