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Originally Posted by Halx
Care to explain your stance?
I'm wondering when they're going to start cloning humans already. I believe the number 1 reason why it is not happening in broad daylight is because it would disprove the existence of a soul.
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If you have faith that God gives humans a soul when they are conceived (or born, or whenever,) I don't think it's a stretch to claim that he'll toss one out to the clone when it's uh, cloned.
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Originally Posted by stevie667
As a long term concept, i'm not so sure, one needs the genetic influx that proper breeding brings to ensure viability.
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Genetic variation concerns me. I am fine with it if cloned animals are neutered to prevent them from contaminating the gene pool. The biggest concern I have is that clones' telomerase genes have already degraded and will lead to them quickly reaching the Hayflick limit, which could seriously fuck over the population if these degraded cells are passed on. As I understand it, the problem would compound with each generation until the species would be unable to produce viable offspring.