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Steven Barrett
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| Location: | Hadley, Massachusetts USA |
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| First Name: | Steven | | Gender: | Male | | Faith History: | Catholic, Episcopal communicant, Baptist, Catholic |
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Posted: Wed May 21st, 2008 08:33 pm |
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HYBRID HUMAN EMBRYOS: Read (and retch) all about it. 
"VATICAN CITY, MAY 20, 2008 (Zenit.org).- British Parliament has now approved one of the horrors that has always been rejected by ethics, says the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
Members of Parliament approved 336-176 on Monday evening the creation of hybrid embryos, made by introducing human DNA into animal ova. The measure aims to compensate for a "shortage" of human embryos used for embryonic stem cell research.
Bishop Elio Sgreccia told Vatican Radio that the law is particularly grave from the ethical point of view since "it constitutes an offense against the dignity of man. It is an attempt of fertilization between species that until how has been prohibited by all the laws on artificial fertilization."
Even the Muslims are outraged. (spb) 
"Doctor A. Majid Katme added that Muslims are also against the idea of hybrids: "Islam prohibits the making of a new creation through a cross-species -- human-animal -- hybrid. […] Every human embryo is a human being and is fully respected and protected in Islam -- yet the bill will destroy countless of thousands of embryos.
"We fully support scientific and medical progress aimed at finding the causes and treatment of diseases. Seeking to use stem cells from this new unnatural, man-animal production is knocking on the wrong door, especially when there have been many successful medical results using adult stem cells, an ethical alternative.
"Muslim doctors, Muslim parents and the British Muslims generally will oppose strongly this bill, a minefield of dangers and immorality." In the meantime, Anglican bishops are meeting at Lambeth Palace across the Thames without any plans to take votes, but they will have nice chats, "bible studies" and even learn how to do their jobs better.
Does anyone suppose learning how to be better bishops will include sessions on bishophoric backbone reconstruction?
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