Human and pet cloning.

[bdbthinker]

Here is an article that reports an opening of a pet cloning clinic. What do you think about human cloning? Are there moral/ethical problems with it? Theists, do you feel cloning a human is a sin?

[keltzkroz]

Personally, I don't see how cloning goes against what Jesus said about loving God and our neighbors, as long as those clones are meant to become 'individuals' (people or animals), not just for harvesting their 'spare parts' (particularly for people).

[DanMRaymond]

I think that cloning will eventually prevail over the religious, but I doubt it will only be used for good. I mean, nuclear energy is great, but it's also horrible(Nukes,etc..) I think if the study of cloning was legalized and controlled, we would do nothing but benefit from it.

[Dilettante]

How is a clone different from an identical twin anyway? Identical twins are not identical individuals nor do the share the exact same personality. Cloning does not really raise any new metaphysical problems. It does raise the same moral problems that assisted reproductive techniques in general raise.

[bdbthinker]

To my knowledge there is no difference. You are simply making a genetic copy of the host. This is the same as an identical twin.

[seventil]

This is always a tough topic.

My personal belief is cloning is not evil if it is used for good.

Human nature, of course, will be to corrupt and distort our God given knowledge and intelligence into something horrifying and evil.

I do not look forward to the moral and ethical implications that could arise due to such things.

With that being said, I am looking forward to seeing my pet dog again.