[Ramius]

Hmmm... that didn't read right. Of course it is human, is what I meant.

[cincinnati65]

Okay, you create a clone. You get a human being, true. But, the question is, is it a soul-less automaton made of flesh and bone, capable of "living", or would it have a separate soul?

[Dusty Rose]

I think the question about the soul is an important one, because many tend to believe that the "soul" is created at the time of conception, and with cloning, there is no real conception steming from a male and a female. There is the generation of a being from a single cell of the one who is cloned. In the case of the recent alleged birth of the cloned female, it was a skin cell that was used. If a cloned person has a unique soul, we may need to re-think our definition and understanding of the creation of a human person. There are huge moral implications.