The cloning of human beings should be developed and practiced

I will number my responses to your arguments and letter my own counter arguments to avoid confusion. 1) We have the power to change people's genes through splicing and the like, but we will only be able to change the genes that we have already found and tested. The majority of a humans DNA is still unknown, which is why we can't simply remove the cancer gene or the muscular dystrophy gene in newborns. This said, I highly doubt we will be able to add extra intelligence genes to a clone. I realise this isn't exactly how it works, but I'm simplifying here. Also, our interests are not determined by our genes, they are influenced by our environment and interactions. They are a choice we have. For example, I was interested in guitar a few years ago, I learned to play, and then I moved on to a new interest. It is not in my genes to play music, or it would be hereditary, and nobody else in my family can play an instrument, none of them are interested in learning either. Also if it were in my genes I would still be interested. 2) This is a quality of life vs sanctity of life debate. Some may say let the clones fight wars because humans won't die, however, if clones are made from humans, and they are a genetic replica, does that not make them human too? Is it right for us to let them die just because they were created asexually? Is it right to design a person, just so they are better at killing someone? Do clones not deserve to live the way they want to? 3) People may not want a clone as a doctor. Scientists created genetically modified foods, which are made the same way as clones. They remove the genes they don't want and add genes they do want. This is how we have tomato plants that survive through a particularly harsh winter and at one point there was even GM vegetables [1] in an attempt to get children to be healthier. This did not work though as people did not want scientifically modified food going into them, the same would happen with clones. People will not want 'fake humans' or scientifically modified doctors operating on them. And once again quality of life plays a part in this. If clones really are people, would it be fair to give them life threatening diseases just for the greater good of the humans? 4) As for my religion comment, I don't think I explained very well. I meant the majority of people are religious [2] and believe it is not right to play God. They would not accept their government doing this so it simply would not be allowed as governments try to avoid riots and revolts. A) Examples of scenarios that would come with cloning humans would be: Failures. In that we are never going to successfully clone a human the first time. The way a human would be grown is to genetically modify the gametes, grow them in a petri dish and then insert into a womb, like IVF and surrogacy. According to religion once an egg is fertilised it is given life (though according to science I accept this is different) But do you really think people are going to stand for countless 'murders' of children until we can get it right? Also think how this will accept the surrogate mother, surely it is not fair to make her pregnant when she knows she will lose the baby. I doubt the donors will be too happy either. B) Riots. I think people will simply not accept that we are playing with science and they will say we have gone too far. If their government continues with cloning regardless the people will take it into their own hands, causing unnecessary destruction and violence. C) It may simply not work. Sheep (which have been successfully cloned) are made up entirely different from humans (which have not been successfully cloned) this one is simply hypothetically speaking, but what happens if we never develop the technology, or don't have the intelligence to clone ourselves? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org... [2] http://richleebruce.com...