Posted by Darius Uible on June 22, 1999 at 22:19:52:
In Reply to: Re: Are there no supporters out there? posted by Anna on June 21, 1999 at 13:09:17:
So many points made... Let's see. First off, you're correct in stating that any two parents can create an immense number of different children. But it's not "unlimited." Point noted though.
Your assumption was correct on the fate thing. I don't believe in it. It kind of goes along with when the embryo receives a soul. I don't believe in such a thing as a soul. It sounds so far fetched to many people. In case you're one of them which I don't think you are, I'll explain simply. Imagine (hey, like the song!) that we just, happened. We are organisms that just multiply and attempt to survive. There is no universal truth or morality. We're just, here. No higher power decided that we should exist. So then we have true and ultimate free will. What we do really doesn't matter in the long run. There is no real "long run." There's just here and now then it's gone. Ok, enough of that tangent...
As far as the experiments with killing embryos, I'd like to see some documentation for that since I'm sure that any authority figure would put an end to such morbid experiments. Unless of course you're referring to frozen balls of a few cells. This sounds to me like the ramblings of an extremist who says that we should stop cloning tehnology because people MIGHT do this in the future. I myself have run into tons of stories that people just assume doctors will do if given the chance. I didn't really pose any questions for you there. But I've got to go.