First off I would like to say that today is super depressing. Nothing but rain and almost everyone has left campus. It is terrible. My real world connection is Religion’s views on homosexuality, abortion, stem cell research, evolution, and terrorism. When concerning stem cells most religions deem it immoral even though the research has the potential to save an innumerable amount of lives; even with this potential though most religions oppose. In a recent PBS article on Religion and Ethics, the article “Religious Views on Stem Cell Research” states that, “The U.S. Roman Catholic Bishops oppose the research as “immoral, illegal, and unnecessary.” They say life is sacred from the moment of conception”. What is unnecessary is the comment that stem cell research wouldn’t benefit all the people and the people’s family would deem that comment as false and superfluous. As for the immoral comment that strictly depends on when life is created, as stated above they believe it is immoral for “…life … is from the moment of conception” however this is not a definition more like a perception of the point of life. There has been great debate among scientist as to when there is the moment of life. Just as the Union of Othodox Jewish Congregations states, “an isolated fertilized egg does not enjoy the full status of personhood.” Even among religions everywhere there is great debate amongst the moment of life.
I think it's very interesting to lookout all the different views that people have on various topics and how their background molds their views.
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