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Originally posted by Mr.Vicchio,
There is nothing wrong with the death penalty and being christian.
As for invitro vs stem cell.
Again you misunderstand. InVitro is trying to create life, help parent shave children, which is good, vs Stem Cell is which is creating life for research, which is not so good. |
The death penalty is a larger debate, so I'll have to leave it at that. If there is a topic devoted on that, I'll back up my comments with some research.
InVitro fertilization is a process where one zygote (embryo) out of many is chosen to be implanted in the mother. The rest are discarded (die) when the mother is finally successful in becoming pregnant. So for every one baby, ten or more embryos die as a result. Keep in mind that not every attempt is successful.
Stem Cell researchers used to take those formerly discarded embryos, that already had a certain fate, and find applications to them in diabetes, cancer, aging, burn victims, parapelegics, etc...
The applications of "creating life" is reserved mainly for cloning, which is different than Stem Cell research because it is devoted in creating one specific type of cell, like a muscle or a nerve ending, and is being used to save lives on a scale greater than that one or two children in vitro
could make per trial. The government knows of this difference by banning cloning research in the US outright while allowing stem cell research with existing lines.
If you want some moral consistency, the Pope denounces both methods.