Cloning

First I would like to address your questions: I probably should have addressed the issue of "playing god" in a more detailed manner. I do address it in my next argument, but let me clarify. What I should have said about christians believing we are playing god is that we are using possible life forms for our own needs. "Playing God" is when you create potential organisms only to use them, which is displayed in therapeutic cloning. We take an embryo to perform a task/create an organ, and then it dies. Sorry about my misunderstanding. Babies who are clones wouldn"t be treated differently than any other child conceived with biotechnology assistance. They would still have a higher chance of getting bullied at school, most kids with something that makes them different do. Take Gay kids for example, we say they deserve to be equal to us, and that includes anti-bullying circumstances. But they still get bullied more on average than straight children. Questions: You stated in your introduction that cloning saves many lives. But how can you consider it saving lives if at the same time it is killing hundreds of possible living things? (The process of therapeutic cloning involves an egg/many eggs.) I know this was a while back, but you stated in your introduction that cloning saves many lives. But how can you consider it saving lives if at the same time it is killing hundreds of possible living things? (The process of therapeutic cloning involves an egg/many eggs.) You may think that therapeutic cloning is beneficial, but many consider it a case of murder to a living organism. In the process of therapeutic cloning, they take the DNA out of an embryo to make stem cells for the desired organ/tissue. Doing so is taking away the chance of an organism to develop, which is why people consider it a case of murder. By taking the DNA out of an egg you are killing the chance of a living thing to grow. Another reason why therapeutic cloning is a horrible idea is the fact that the egg comes from another woman. You may think, "well why is that a problem?" The issue is, most woman would not want to donate their egg. The only way woman would want to donate their egg is if there is something in it for them. Many politicians, scientists, and citizens of the general public think that poor woman would give up their eggs for money. In fact, currently woman sell their eggs for $1000 to $2000 each. This is just for the eggs. Scientists round up the total cost, averaging about $200,000 per treatment. But, this total doesn"t take into account the growth of the egg demand. These treatments often fail, so there is a need for more than one egg. This will make the price even higher. Is all this money really worth it? This is morally wrong, and I don"t think we should be stirring up this issue along with the many other problems in society. Therapeutic cloning also takes many attempts, according to explorestemcells.co.uk. With the hundreds of failed embryos, this goes along with the murder concept. Therapeutic cloning along with reproductive cloning also deals with the issue of "playing god." By creating life only to use it, we are interfering with religious concepts. This process may be beneficial in the sense of creating organs in order to help a human, but I don"t think it is worth it, We still have not perfected this project. According to a Wall Street Journal published on May 20, scientists have already poured in 100 into this biotechnology, and 40 billion has been lost. This shows the many failed attempts of therapeutic cloning.