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Billo_Really · 01-19-07, 03:31 AM

There is one moral objection (or apprehension) that comes to mind. Since we have covered most of the scientific ground on this subject, I will close with a few points on the moral dilemma of "playing God!"

Without dipping into the hysteria that is prevelant with Big Religion, it is the notion that maybe the human species are taking life too far too the extremes by trying to re-create natural life through mechanical means. No matter how successful the technology becomes, the sense of duplicating life (Creation 101), doing God's work, matching God, topping God, then being God, there is that unknown variable that takes us down a road we don't want to be on.

What I mean by that is this, researchers are struggling with the way some cells react (turning off and on) which indicates, just maybe, the re-creation of life is so un-natural, that what we are trying to achieve is impossible. And as research develops, we might start losing our respect for humanity and the notion of life being very precious. Let's say they perfect the technology to the point of predicting with a high probability how the reactions in the body human will take place. Do we keep going with this until we get to the stage where we are regenerating so much that we rid the world of death by natural causes? Is that what we want? No one to die, ever? And if carried to this extreme, what would be the quality of life in that time?

Life is precious. There are reason's things are the way they are. There are natural mechanisms in place (ie, nutrition, exercize, oxygen 2 therapy's) that keep the human body free from disease and in optimum health if done correctly. And those do not conflict with any moral imperative from a higher power. For anyone not familiar with oxy 2 therapy's, it is based on the findings that bacteria cannot survive in highly oxygenated environments. Which is a big reason exercise is good for the human condition. The more you exercise, the more oxygenated your blood becomes, the less bacteria can survive in that blood. Ergo, the less bacteria you have in your system, the less disease you will have in your life.

With that being said, I'm done!

01-19-07, 03:31 AM	#7 (permalink)
Billo_Really Litre of the Banned Join Date: Jul 2005 Last Online: 11-20-08 12:17 AM Location: HBCA Posts: 18,577 Thanks: 364 Thanked 843 Times in 616 Posts Lean: Very Liberal Gender:	Re: New True Debate #2: Jallman vs Billo_Really There is one moral objection (or apprehension) that comes to mind. Since we have covered most of the scientific ground on this subject, I will close with a few points on the moral dilemma of "playing God!" Without dipping into the hysteria that is prevelant with Big Religion, it is the notion that maybe the human species are taking life too far too the extremes by trying to re-create natural life through mechanical means. No matter how successful the technology becomes, the sense of duplicating life (Creation 101), doing God's work, matching God, topping God, then being God, there is that unknown variable that takes us down a road we don't want to be on. What I mean by that is this, researchers are struggling with the way some cells react (turning off and on) which indicates, just maybe, the re-creation of life is so un-natural, that what we are trying to achieve is impossible. And as research develops, we might start losing our respect for humanity and the notion of life being very precious. Let's say they perfect the technology to the point of predicting with a high probability how the reactions in the body human will take place. Do we keep going with this until we get to the stage where we are regenerating so much that we rid the world of death by natural causes? Is that what we want? No one to die, ever? And if carried to this extreme, what would be the quality of life in that time? Life is precious. There are reason's things are the way they are. There are natural mechanisms in place (ie, nutrition, exercize, oxygen 2 therapy's) that keep the human body free from disease and in optimum health if done correctly. And those do not conflict with any moral imperative from a higher power. For anyone not familiar with oxy 2 therapy's, it is based on the findings that bacteria cannot survive in highly oxygenated environments. Which is a big reason exercise is good for the human condition. The more you exercise, the more oxygenated your blood becomes, the less bacteria can survive in that blood. Ergo, the less bacteria you have in your system, the less disease you will have in your life. With that being said, I'm done! __________________ "With neocons, it just goes to show, when the bar is low enough, you can never be too wrong!" Last edited by Billo_Really : 01-19-07 at 03:39 AM.