Cloning is like having an identical twin who is much younger and has a different birthday.. I think it's kind of amusing... Anyhow, if a person is cloned, the clone and the _original_ only share common DNA, but the environmental differences allow a completely different person to exist.. They will have different experiences, health, physique, etc. I bet psychologists would have a field day if they could study two people with the same genetics and different experiences (nature vs. nurture).
Another issue to consider is, if people do have souls, can a cloned, engineered, etc. person have a soul? I don't see why not. But then, thinking about such issues forces people to think about stuff they'd rather not.. Maybe people feel that if a belief is questioned, they might find out they are wrong and can't handle the reality. However, questioning is good, because I don't want to believe in lies...
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Cloning is like having an identical twin who is much younger and has a different birthday.. I think it's kind of amusing... Anyhow, if a person is cloned, the clone and the _original_ only share common DNA, but the environmental differences allow a completely different person to exist.. They will have different experiences, health, physique, etc. I bet psychologists would have a field day if they could study two people with the same genetics and different experiences (nature vs. nurture). Another issue to consider is, if people do have souls, can a cloned, engineered, etc. person have a soul? I don't see why not. But then, thinking about such issues forces people to think about stuff they'd rather not.. Maybe people feel that if a belief is questioned, they might find out they are wrong and can't handle the reality. However, questioning is good, because I don't want to believe in lies... ragnar