Pope Denounces Some Biotech as Affront to 'Human Dignity'

eldavojohn writes "Today in a speech the pope denounced human cloning, embryonic stem cell research and artificial insemination, citing them as a violation of 'human dignity.' That said, the pope did 'appreciate and encourage' research on stem cells from non-embryonic cells in the human body. The pope encouraged the Vatican to be a leading voice in the philosophy and discussion of bioethics. 'Church teaching certainly cannot and must not weigh in on every novelty of science, but it has the task to reiterate the great values which are on the line and to propose to faithful and all men of good will ethical-moral principles and direction for new, important questions,' Benedict said."

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Re:Secular Humanism

[drooling-dog]

Once the concept of innate human dignity is gone, you end up with societies where human beings are nothing more than raw material for the State machine. Or merely sheep, whose only purpose in life is to worship and exalt some divine power, as well as the human authorities that claim to embody or represent it.