Where does your denomination stand on the issue of Embryonic Stem Cell Research?

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Matthew 7:15-21

***15 **9 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves. *
***16 ******By their fruits you will know them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? ***
***17 ******Just so, every good tree bears good fruit, and a rotten tree bears bad fruit. ***
***18 ******A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a rotten tree bear good fruit. ***
***19 ******Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. ***
***20 ******So by their fruits you will know them. ***
***21 ***"Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, 10 but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
 
Jimmy_B said:
Where does your denomination stand on the issue of Embryonic Stem Cell Research?**

**Is Embryonic Stem Cell Research morally wrong?
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**The Roman Catholic Church is apposed to Euthanasia. ****

**Your Thoughts?
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Embryo Have Soul?
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Q. Does a frozen embryo have a soul?
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A. It is the official position of the LCMS that "the living but unborn are persons in the sight of God from the time of conception (Job 10:9-11; Ps. 51:5; 139:13-17; Jer. 1:5; Luke 1:41-44) (1979 Res. 3-02A). Since the life of a human being begins at conception, we may conclude that human embryos are persons and do indeed have a soul. It may be of interest to you to know that in a report on cloning adopted by the Commission on Theology, the Commission has concluded that embryo adoption be recommended and approved.
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All for it.

Embryonics for treatment, adult for organ farming.
 
The interesting thing to me on this topic, and it is a conversation that I have had with those who disagree with the Catholic position, is that the science says that Embryonic Stem cells are not usefull. EVERY successful treatment from stem cells have come from adult stem cells.

It is like a sign…
 
Catechism of the Catholic Church
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2271 Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law:
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You shall not kill the embryo by abortion and shall not cause the newborn to perish.
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God, the Lord of life, has entrusted to men the noble mission of safeguarding life, and men must carry it out in a manner worthy of themselves. Life must be protected with the utmost care from the moment of conception: abortion and infanticide are abominable crimes.
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2272 Formal cooperation in an abortion constitutes a grave offense. The Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life. “A person who procures a completed abortion incurs excommunication latae sententiae,” “by the very commission of the offense,” and subject to the conditions provided by Canon Law. The Church does not thereby intend to restrict the scope of mercy. Rather, she makes clear the gravity of the crime committed, the irreparable harm done to the innocent who is put to death, as well as to the parents and the whole of society.
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2322 From its conception, the child has the right to life. Direct abortion, that is, abortion willed as an end or as a means, is a “criminal” practice (GS 27 § 3), gravely contrary to the moral law. The Church imposes the canonical penalty of excommunication for this crime against human life.
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2274 Since it must be treated from conception as a person, the embryo must be defended in its integrity, cared for, and healed, as far as possible, like any other human being.
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Prenatal diagnosis is morally licit, “if it respects the life and integrity of the embryo and the human fetus and is directed toward its safe guarding or healing as an individual. . . . It is gravely opposed to the moral law when this is done with the thought of possibly inducing an abortion, depending upon the results: a diagnosis must not be the equivalent of a death sentence.”
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