Bishops condemn stem cell research
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Catholic bishops on Friday condemned the destruction of human embryos for stem cell research as a "gravely immoral act" in the organization's first formal statement on the issue.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted 191-1 to adopt the statement, without debate or discussion.
"Harvesting these 'embryonic stem cells' involves the deliberate killing of innocent human beings, a gravely immoral act," the organization said.
The identity of the one dissenter or the reason for his dissent was not made public at the gathering in Orlando.
Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, said ballots are signed but are destroyed after they are counted. Naumann said the reason for the 'no' vote could be as simple as a disagreement with the phrasing in the document.
"I'm assuming the person isn't going against the pope's teaching," Naumann said.
The bishops' vote to adopt the statement, which will be distributed to Catholics in a brochure, came without debate.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted 191-1 to adopt the statement, without debate or discussion.
"Harvesting these 'embryonic stem cells' involves the deliberate killing of innocent human beings, a gravely immoral act," the organization said.
The identity of the one dissenter or the reason for his dissent was not made public at the gathering in Orlando.
Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, said ballots are signed but are destroyed after they are counted. Naumann said the reason for the 'no' vote could be as simple as a disagreement with the phrasing in the document.
"I'm assuming the person isn't going against the pope's teaching," Naumann said.
The bishops' vote to adopt the statement, which will be distributed to Catholics in a brochure, came without debate.
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I hope that some Catholics will weigh in here with their take on this decision.
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They are right, it is immoral, but how has that stopped Medicine or anyone, for that matter?
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PRICKS. But they let priests rape little boys...
Stem cells aren't only derived from aborted fetuses anyway. -
Unless they can create just the stem cell...I don't see how what you said is viable.
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OK, read this then:
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/ar...
http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2006/08/24/...
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19426073.800-stem...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/21/science/21stem.html
Does that clear it up a little for you? -
I think the word "soul" is responsible for a lot of this
The notion that you have a ghost living inside of you.....
Soul, mind, heart....they are just names we have assigned to different parts of our psyche in attempts to understand it.
And Embryo is no more a person, than a few skin cells.-
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- Owwmykneecap
- 2 months ago
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I call that justification for murder.
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I was only talking about the embryos. I wasn't even taking about skin for that's not what I saw and if I missed it then that's my oops.
Again not even talking about the skin.
How can that be murder?
Use some of that reasoning you're requesting...just a tad. =P -
I would consider a living being as something with a heart beat, or a heart to beat for that matter. Stem cells are not conscious of their existence because they have not developed and do not yet have the means to develope a cognitive process. Stem cells simply have the potential to become human. However stem cells have many other benificial potentials that we will never be able to utilize if religious dogma continues to interfere with science.
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- Orygoanian
- 30 days ago
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