Posted on 01/02/2003 5:45:16 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
. . .an 'ex' Raelian (sp?)(eighteen years with these people. . .) was just on O'Reilly.
Would have been an interesting interview if O'Reilly had not basically blown him off, This person offered that he thinks the clone is a fraud. . .no surprise here, just wish had O'Reilly taken a more thoughtful approach to his interview.
It was a bit more worthy than what we have seen so far, with these people getting facetime. . .
There it is. If you don't agree with someone, they must be druggees!
It is usually not a good idea to decide that you know the limits of the possible. In fact we know that a cloned human is certainly possible and they or someone else will succeed in the next few months. We really do not know if they succeeded or not.
One might surmise that all the scientists that are doubting their success are really trying to preserve the bragging rights to "first cloned human" for their try that is still months away.
When you see test results, then you will know. Until then it is just an unknown and speculation is foolish, and potentially embarrassing.
There is a lesson here though about busy-body lawyers who will do anything for publicity, even threaten another persons child with the horrors of state seizure with no basis at all.
It seems to a complete idiot (me) that any cloned offspring must be female. Is this correct? I am "reasoning" from the (similar?) phenomenon of parthenogenesis.
Can you make a male clone?
--Boris, equipped with "Y" chromosome.
I don't know the answer to your question, but I have one of my own. I've seen the threads about whether the child-clone has a soul. That's passe, along with how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. The short answer is "however many G-d decides".
My pressing question is one of serious legal importance. "Does the clone have social security rights?"
Just wait till the lawyers get ahold of this one....
/john
But I simply MUST respond to your statement:
state seizure with no basis at all.
Who said anything about state seizure here?
P.S. - I like my kids the way they are: clones of a seemingly random combination of my DNA and that of my wife.
The busy-body lawyer in Broward County Florida. Things are happening fast, you have to keep up.
No reason why not. Of course, you will still need a female to carry the baby, you just have to implant her egg with the DNA from a male. Then the baby will match the DNA donor male, not the female that carried it.
The lawyers will spend the next several decades deciding who are the parents of a clone child.
We will need a broader definition of conception.
This has nothing to do with souls, whose existence is not proven or even apparent.
Above my pay grade, but my standard answer to that is that He will do whatever He Wills. If He wants it to, it will. If not, not. That's the advantage of being Him.
/john
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