Survey for an English Comp. II project (human cloning)

snowboarderTim · 04-06-2004, 01:21 PM

Hey,
I'm supposed to get 30 surveys for my Eng. Comp. class by Thursday... problem is, I don't really have 30 people on hand to do that... therefore, I need a few of you guys/gals to help! It should only take you about 2 minutes to complete... just copy and paste the survey into a new post and either underline or bold your answers. You can put "Y" or "N" for the yes/no questions and SA/A/N/D/SD for the last three questions if you like. Please remember to leave your name!

Thankyou much!

Tim

Please select one answer for each question and answer honestly! Thanks

Human Cloning Survey

Name?

Sex?

Male Female

Age?

Under 15 15-21 22-30 31-40 Over 40

Religion?
Christian Protestant Muslim Hindu Jewish

Lutheran Catholic None Other

Other:______________

Answer Yes or No

Is human cloning permitted by your religion?

Do you think a world-wide ban on human cloning is feasible?

Do you think human cloning should be allowed in society?

Do you believe that human cloning takes away from the dignity of the person who is being cloned?

Do you feel that God thinks cloning is wrong?

Do you think human cloning is wrong?

Do you think that people could benefit from human cloning?

Do you think stem cell cloning is wrong?

Do you think human cloning can be accomplished safely?

Strongly Agree – Agree – Neutral – Disagree – Strongly Disagree

Human cloning should be banned.

Further human cloning experiments should be allowed.

It is unethical to clone humans.

snowboarderTim · 04-07-2004, 11:29 AM

Umm... I have 5 now! 25 to go

Tim

elijah77jc · 04-07-2004, 01:49 PM

geez, these are some kinda hard questions to just say yes or no to

snowboarderTim · 04-07-2004, 04:20 PM

I agree... but I won't hold it against you if you just use your best judgment... I admit we should have put "nuetral" or "not sure" in there for the yes/no questions... but we already decided on these

so just do your best please

Tim (I'm down to 23...)

elijah77jc · 04-07-2004, 04:43 PM

Please select one answer for each question and answer honestly! Thanks

Human Cloning Survey

Name?

Thomas Gutierrez

Sex?

Male Female

Age?

Under 15 15-21 22-30 31-40 Over 40

Religion?
Christian Protestant Muslim Hindu Jewish

Lutheran Catholic None Other

Other:______________

Answer Yes or No

Is human cloning permitted by your religion?
no?
Do you think a world-wide ban on human cloning is feasible?
no
Do you think human cloning should be allowed in society?
no
Do you believe that human cloning takes away from the dignity of the person who is being cloned?
yes
Do you feel that God thinks cloning is wrong?
yes
Do you think human cloning is wrong?
yes
Do you think that people could benefit from human cloning?
yes (cloning body parts, not an entire person)
Do you think stem cell cloning is wrong?
yes (no if it's with stem cells we already have and we aren't harvesting any more)
Do you think human cloning can be accomplished safely?
yes

Strongly Agree – Agree – Neutral – Disagree – Strongly Disagree

Human cloning should be banned.
A
Further human cloning experiments should be allowed.
N
It is unethical to clone humans.
A

smhatahy · 04-07-2004, 04:47 PM

Name? Akshay Mathew
Sex?

Male Female

Age?

Under 15 15-21 22-30 31-40 Over 40

Religion?
Christian Protestant Muslim Hindu Jewish

Lutheran Catholic None Other

Other:______________

Answer Yes or No

Is human cloning permitted by your religion? No

Do you think a world-wide ban on human cloning is feasible? No

Do you think human cloning should be allowed in society? No

Do you believe that human cloning takes away from the dignity of the person who is being cloned? No

Do you feel that God thinks cloning is wrong? No

Do you think human cloning is wrong? Yes

Do you think that people could benefit from human cloning? Yes

Do you think stem cell cloning is wrong? No

Do you think human cloning can be accomplished safely? Yes

Strongly Agree – Agree – Neutral – Disagree – Strongly Disagree

Human cloning should be banned. Neutral

Further human cloning experiments should be allowed. Neutral

It is unethical to clone humans. Neutral

FTS · 04-07-2004, 05:37 PM

Human Cloning Survey

Name? Kepa Tairua

Sex?

Male Female

Age?

Under 15 15-21 22-30 31-40 Over 40

Religion?
Christian Protestant Muslim Hindu Jewish

Lutheran Catholic None Other

Other:______________

Answer Yes or No

Is human cloning permitted by your religion? N

Do you think a world-wide ban on human cloning is feasible? N

Do you think human cloning should be allowed in society? N

Do you believe that human cloning takes away from the dignity of the person who is being cloned? Y

Do you feel that God thinks cloning is wrong? Y

Do you think human cloning is wrong? Y

Do you think that people could benefit from human cloning? short term Yes, long term No

Do you think stem cell cloning is wrong? unsure

Do you think human cloning can be accomplished safely? N

Strongly Agree – Agree – Neutral – Disagree – Strongly Disagree

Human cloning should be banned. SA

Further human cloning experiments should be allowed. SD

It is unethical to clone humans. SA[/QUOTE]

AuthenticGroove · 04-07-2004, 07:36 PM

Name? Kara Edwards
Sex?

Female

Age? 15-21

Under 15 15-21 22-30 31-40 Over 40

Religion?

Christian

Other:______________

Answer Yes or No

Is human cloning permitted by your religion? N

Do you think a world-wide ban on human cloning is feasible? N

Do you think human cloning should be allowed in society? N

Do you believe that human cloning takes away from the dignity of the person who is being cloned? Y

Do you feel that God thinks cloning is wrong? Y

Do you think human cloning is wrong? Y

Do you think that people could benefit from human cloning? Y

Do you think stem cell cloning is wrong? Y

Do you think human cloning can be accomplished safely? Y

Strongly Agree – Agree – Neutral – Disagree – Strongly Disagree

Human cloning should be banned. Agree

Further human cloning experiments should be allowed. Disagree

It is unethical to clone humans. Agree
__________________

What is all this about "wrong" and right? God gave us the ability to think, the ability to use technology as we advance in mind and spirit. God gave us the choice. What we do with our knowledge is our bucket of sewage or our boquet of roses. God did not intend for us to play god, who would want to really be cloned? Make more people, bots if you will, but why give them characteristics like humans (besides feasible legs, arms, hands, etc.)? If they are used for work a l o n g s i d e human beings, then have at it. If they are used for convenient resources, and knowing this world they will be, then forget it. Because you know that human/equal rights activists will demand that these creations have souls and should be treated as we 'naturals' are treated. Soon we will be accompanying yet another "race" on this planet that already has enough dissention, and this one (since we like smart creations so we can be lazy) will more than likely take us over. Oh the Matrix.

smhatahy · 04-07-2004, 08:00 PM

would cloned people be real people if they ever did clone someone? would they have a soul and spirit.. in other words, would God see them exactly as he sees you and me? Or would they be like mindless zombies? Even if humans created them, are they really created by humans? cause only God can breathe life into man.

elijah77jc · 04-07-2004, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akshay626

would cloned people be real people if they ever did clone someone? would they have a soul and spirit.. in other words, would God see them exactly as he sees you and me? Or would they be like mindless zombies? Even if humans created them, are they really created by humans? cause only God can breathe life into man.

well i would think that they would have to have souls. from what i understand, when you clone someone you're taking out the dna from the fertilized egg and replacing it with the dna of whoever you want to clone. now when the egg begins to divide it will replicate the dna and use it as the building block for the new body. the end result is a baby that is genetically identical to the dna donor. i'm not even sure they would be physically identical.

our bodies our just vessels for our souls, i don't think if you changed someone's dna that you would change who they are. and if they were born without souls i'm pretty sure they'd be born dead.

smhatahy · 04-07-2004, 08:36 PM

so theyd be identical to us.. so what difference would that make to God?

oo do u want us discussing this on the thread.. uhhh... TIm?

snowboarderTim · 04-07-2004, 08:43 PM

I agree, I think that they would be... to some extent like time-distanced twins... if they were successfully born! That's my main problem with it, about 98% of the embryos die in cloning... and defects don't often show up in those that are born until they have matured... often leading to sudden and unexpected death. As far as the who created it... it's really not much different from in vitro, and there are probably 1000 people who have been concieved that way... and they have souls I'm sure. (btw, in vitro, as common as it is, has developed some health issues... there's a few new syndromes because of it, so I guess the government is looking into enforcing stronger guidlines for in vitro clinics)

Tim

snowboarderTim · 04-07-2004, 08:51 PM

Yes, it's fine Akshay

The problem.... I guess I failed to mention, is that in order to clone humans, you must experiment... and that is unethical. And protecting a potential person from harms that might inflicted from their own existence is a really unique thing that has never really had to be dealt with... this is a pretty complex subject, so what it comes down to for me is... do the costs (primarily human life) outweigh the benefits (and what are those? for reproductive cloning... vanity?? why? what would be that point?)... I really don't think that there is any reason for reproductive human cloning to be a part of our world... stem cell research cloning brings up a whole nother argument though... cause it does have benefits that could help to fight deseases, however... I'm not prepared to argue that one and would have to err on the side of it being unethical.

Tim

smhatahy · 04-07-2004, 10:29 PM

yeah i understand that point of it, but i never understood the whole "humans playing god" deal.. we cant play god. only God gives life... oo if you wanna talk about playing God scientist in Korea are on the verge of finding out how to choose what gender your baby is... if they are succesful, i think it might cause buncha problems in the world, especially since many countries in asia dont like having girls... but back to cloning, i am opposed to human cloning, because there really no need for it.. but i think stem cell research can be useful.. and from what i heard it wouldnt be unethical because they are just making a bunch of stem cells not the actual embryo... am i right?

elijah77jc · 04-08-2004, 12:03 AM

well let me inform you a little bit on stem cell research

(this may not be 100% accurate but this is how i understand it)

when an egg is fertilized it begins to divide over and over and it forms a hollow ball of cells called the blastula. all of these cells are the same and will soon become you and this is where the stem cells come in. a stem cell is a cell that can become any type of cell (muscle, nerve, blood) and they form at this point in development. now in stem cell research, this is where they terminate the pregnancy and harvest the stem cells to be used for whatever.

so if you believe that life begins at conception, then yes, it is very unethical.