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Originally Posted by MMM
We are not at war with Islam, and to say so is simply ignorant. Thank you for pointing that out again.
Stem-cell research is a new field. There is no reason not to explore the possibilities it may open up in fighting diseases like Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, cancer as well as people with fertility problems and a host of other issues.
"I don't know how effective it would be". So therefore we shouldn't explore the possibilities? Come on.
I am curious as to why being pro-life would mean that stem-cell research wouldn't be feasible. Doesn't a woman's body "abort" an egg every month she isn't actively getting pregnant?
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Significant parts of Islam are at war with the West, and though the west may deny they are at war with Islam, well, it takes 2 to tango, doesn't it? The war in Afghanistan is against the Taliban, who are fundamentalist Muslims. We may say that we are fighting against extremist individuals, but we are also fighting against the belief system that drives their actions.
As for stem cell research, that's tricky. Stem cell treatments have shown promise, and some treatments using them have been successful. But these successes lie only with adult stem cells, or those obtained from umbilical cord blood. After years of attempts
there has not been one single successful treatment involving the use of embryonic stem cells. In order for embryonic stem cells to be more or less matched to patients, they must be cloned. In effect, a life must be created, and then destroyed in order to treat a disease. This is where the problem lies with embryonic stem cell research. Nature has it's own way to deal with severe disease, and that is death. People die, and new people are born to replace them. It seems fundamentally selfish to deny a life in order to save another which has already spent it's time in the world. It's almost comparable to someone eating their children to prevent their own starvation.