Shane for Wax Posted January 29, 2009 Author Share Posted January 29, 2009 Yeah to Wiccans, Pagans, and Buddhists, they ARE. And didn't I say to keep religion out of this? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unstream Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Buddhism isn't a religion. It's a philosophy where all living things should live in harmony together. But I meant the dominant religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane for Wax Posted January 29, 2009 Author Share Posted January 29, 2009 ^Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religion. And throughout the world Christianity is not the dominant religion. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unstream Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Haha maybe considered by most but it's wrong. Trust me, my grandparents are Buddhists, I'd know. They don't consider it a religion. It's basically the idea that all life lives with one another in perfect harmony, and that we should always honor our ancestors, because they live on through us. And Buddha is not a god, he's sort of like a role model, because he's fat, showing plenty of food and wealth, and he has long earlobes, which shows good luck in the Chinese culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macabre Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Zygote------------->Embryo------------>Fetus------------------->Childhood--->Adulthood^Stem Cells ^no cells ^Umbilical cord stem cells ^Adult Stem Cells (Not as good for research) (Somewhat better) (Best Cells for Research) Exactly, I know this. Why do we even need to go into harvesting from zygotes and embryos? Umbilical cords and adults are the best and they don't cause harm to anyone. Embryonic research has not had any real successes when compared to umbilical/adult cells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane for Wax Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 My friend considers Buddhism a religion, and he's Buddhist lol. Anyways, that hardly matters. And thank you to whichever moderator edited my double post. I don't know what happened with that. Sorry the chart I made about stem cells was messed up. lol It looked fine when I was posting it. To my knowledge, and talking to people who are in the field, they DON'T want to harvest from embryos, but rather adults and umbilical cords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unstream Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 It might be where you come from. And what you define religion as. You need a god for religion right? Buddhism has no god. But anyways, I don't think there would be any argument over stem cell research if they didn't use embryonic stem cells though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livvy Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 *stares at off-topicness above her post* Anywho, you're right. It's the use of embryonic stem cells that bothers people. Otherwise there'd be little to no major moral opposition. ~ Livvy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane for Wax Posted January 31, 2009 Author Share Posted January 31, 2009 The only reason people even know embryos have stem cells is because the media blew it out of proportion. The literature I read mentions umbilical cords and adult stem cells, nothing else unless they're arguing about stem cell research and how embryonic stem cells aren't used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazycrazykitten Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 The only reason people even know embryos have stem cells is because the media blew it out of proportion. The literature I read mentions umbilical cords and adult stem cells, nothing else unless they're arguing about stem cell research and how embryonic stem cells aren't used. Isn't that so true though? Everyone I hear talk about it is all like "but they're killing innocent babies!" And for the most part they are not even using the embryos!!! They aren't as reliable as the other ones. And don't even get me started on the topic of cloning. It seems like everyone tries to say that Stem Cell research is there for the purpose of cloning entire humans. *Shakes head* I don't think people even realise how many diseases or deformities we will be able to cure through this sort of research. This topic has been edited by a member of staff (Ruto) because of a violation of the forum rules. Please do not bump topics inactive for more than 21 days. Please check your user inbox to see if you have been contacted regarding this incident, then review our rules. Per the reason above, this topic has been LOCKED. Please contact Ruto if you have any questions regarding this action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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