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ESCR (Embryological Stem
Cell Research) and attacked, a poster who opposes evolution and who presents a variety of opinions (some opposed, some in favor) on ESCR was replied to in the following: - - - Someone wrote: > You must despise pretty much everyone in the > whole world. No, you're incorrect, and trying to help cure human diseases through every moral means possible is actually love for everyone in the whole world. I clearly see the danger of promising a pleasant immortality (only -if- you "believe") -and- asso- ciating that with all sorts of anti-humanism, not the least of which are mentions of immortal torment which has been spun down in recent years to immortal death by many of the reli- gious -and- claiming a magic friend will answer your requests -and- tying all that mythos into an institution and calling in "holy" and assign- ing it tax-free status and establishing it as the de facto GOD that almost every parent brain- washes their children to believe in and almost every politician believes he has to "believe in" (or pretend to "believe in") if he wants to hold political office. You apparently don't see that. You apparently don't want to talk much about your particular faith as you probably know about all the anti- humanism in it and find that utterly indefensible. Instead, you want to attack evolution, a stance bordering on the absurd with the voluminous evidence making it the foundationstone of biology, said biological understanding critical in stem cell research which (below) you say you favor. - - - Someone wrote: > You sound like a paranoid. Everyone and > everything is set against you, right? No, you can think of me as a rebel with a cause, or if you prefer to characterize it in the manner utilized by Obama, think of me as endeavoring to maximize the chances of a more perfect United States of America (and a more perfect world, and a much better understanding of the totality of naturalism). - - - Someone wrote: > Science and medicine is a mixed bag of results. > They did fine with polio and TB. Yay for them. > They have not made much headway on diabetes, > MD, CF, and about a dozen other diseases. And embryological stem cell research, along with the understanding gained in other cell research areas, is humankind's greatest hope for finding cures for disease, as well as for contributing to the chances of extending human lifespans far beyond what they've been limited by to-date. - - - Someone wrote: > I am 100% in favor of stem cell research and the > politicians should keep their noses out of the lab. You stated "Up until now all of that stem cell stuff has been a bunch of hype with no cure for anything in sight. It is just a bunch of geeks playing with their microscopes and promising a cure for everything to get more funding." You might notice that is far removed from the most supportive stance regarding stem cell research. Do you favor research into every aspect of stem cells, including embryological, adult stem cells, and all other cells, with appropriate oversight, and do you have any hope that stem cell research and the know- ledge gained from that will be helpful in curing human diseases and in extending human lifespans? - - - Someone wrote: > I have always believed that the French were the > world's best at medicine so if and when something > good comes out of stem cell research I fully expect > it to come from France. ??? Stem cell research is a worldwide enterprise, in countries with the technoligical means to do so that are unrestricted by religions and politicians, and much of the progress thus far has been made in the far east, in Israel, and in America. The travesty that was the religious *wrong* / Republican right-wing Bush attack on embryological stem cell research shortly before the Islamic extremist attack on Amer- ica had a devastating impact on stem cell research in this country, something that heroes like Douglas Melton battled for years, making progress *despite* the Bush restrictions. One can't help but wonder where we'd be today -if- Bush had gone with the progressive members of his party and of the Democratic party rather than going on the attack, doing *nothing* to birth human life, doing *nothing* to save birthed human life, doing *nothing* but handicapping research and keeping embryoes in "deep freeze" while couples, many of whom would have been overjoyed at the opportunity to have their embroyes used to cure disease, instead kept them "deep frozen" (in perpetuity) -or- had them thrown away. - - - For further details, with links/excerts to articles on stem cell researcher Douglas Melton, his family (with -2- type 1 diabetic children), and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, and on refutations of an earlier anti- evolution statement you made, see http://tinyurl.com/stemcellresearch-questresumes - - -
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