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Originally Posted by EyeballGrowth
The only people who are against cloning are religious. They are against it because they don't want proof that humans can create other humans. Only God can do that.
There is nothing wrong with cloning. It can have lifesaving benefits. Read about it sometime
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A whole lot of oversimplifications there. You'll find plenty of people who are against cloning for reasons other than religion, though I'd agree they often are ruled by dogmatism. There are just as many lefties against cloning as religious conservatives. Their argument is of course similar - that we shouldn't be messing with nature because nature knows best (and indeed, some, though not all of them would capitalized Nature as a diety).
Your other oversimplification is to say "there is
nothing wrong with cloning". While I'm completely in favor of pursuing this biotechnology, that would be with the caveat that it be done very cautiously. Yes it can save lives, it can also open the door to mutated cells finding their way into our food supply, our medical treatments, and ultimately our gene pool. These are real, very serious, concerns that
most scientists carefully work under. It is perfectly reasonable to have some non-extremist trepidation about the inevitable rogues who may not.