Halx

I'm an atheist, so I don't believe in souls. Its actually very scientific of me to use the term "disprove" because we know that religious people don't need proof to believe or not believe. Alas, the popular Christian take on the human soul is that it belongs to a human who was born of a woman. Test tube babies provided one of the first big theological vs medical debates in this area and was subsequently matched by stem cell research. Cloning a human would be CREEPY. It would also put to rest a lot of psychology debates along the lines of nature vs nurture.

There are lots of reasons to not clone a human, but none of them are good reasons. The authorities treat human cloning like that drunken night where they ended up getting butt-fucked by their best friend; "Let's but this in a bonfire and never speak of this again." The idea that a human who can be as smart, passionate and GOOD can come from a cloning chamber... or whatever the fuck they use to incubate them... will, if you use logic to explain your world, render all the mystical properties of a soul null.

The funny part will be that they will get it wrong the first few times and everyone will go, "See, you cannot replicate a human without the sacred acts of conception and birth." They will also be condemned for creating a life form that is completely useless - trying to play God. Then, they'll finally get it right and everyone won't know what to say because everything they've BEEN saying has just been thrown in their face. Actually, we know they'll say something, but it won't be honest.

But you know, I could be wrong about this whole thing, too.
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LS, that's a funny thought. Could they be outlawing cloning simply because they don't want to spend the time coming up with laws to regulate/validate their existence?

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