Thoughts on Embyonic Stem Cell Research

The news has been reporting about a research "development" whereby embryonic stem cells can still be used without killing the embryo. I am skeptical that this makes it ethical for a couple of reasons.

1. That embryo is still going to die unless it finds a mother to nurture it, although one could get stem cells from artificial insemination instances where this occurs in order to have children.

2. Could it be that if you put that stem cell in the proper environment (like a womb) it would grow into the original embryo's twin? Although I don't know much about these matters, I have been told that cloning is nothing more than twinning. Natural clones occur all the time. The problem with cloning is when people wish to clone at the expense of the embryo's life and well-being or assume that the twin is somehow not really human, so it is moral to use it for spare parts. Rubbish, I say, rubbish. Anyway, maybe that stem cell will never grow into a twin in which case this point is irrelevant.

Fish

Not that this is all that interesting, but since we have recently attained a camera, I am compelled to use it for posts. I typically don't like blogs that have lots of pictures because they take a while to load...at least with a dial-up connection.

Anyway, some of our fish had babies, so here are some blurry shots.



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Employment Status

God has been good. Both Heather and I now have jobs, just like that. I will be working for Stanley Consultants, while Heather will be working for Cintia's of Mexico. Heather will most likely be waitressing days (rather than evenings) so we will be able to maximize our time together and apart. I will be engineering in both electrical and mechanical. We are both so thankful because they are both reasonably close, and close to where we hope to move. I can't think of how this could work out better except if my position were permanent instead of a contract. God is my help.