the 277 eggs they began with, 247 lived through the process. Timing the growth of other species, however, has proved to scientists that cloning mature animals is extremely difficult; in the case of mice theyve concluded it cant be accomplished.6 Since it has been concluded that it cannot be accomplished with mice, who is to say that it can happen with humans? Should we really be willing to take that risk?We need to realize that cloning may be good for reproducing plants in order to provide food for the starving people of the world, but such things as cloning farms are very inappropriate for humans. Human birth is a miracle, so why should we degrade it. Not many people would want to be a clone and for very good reason. Destroying a persons dignity and creating so much mental torment in a persons mind could be so catastrophic to that person and the community that even the priceless scientific knowledge cant make up for it. We also must realize the catastrophic effects that this bears on our religious system. Without a strong belief in some sort of religion and, therefore, consequences for our actions, our world would become chaotic. So our society needs to begin to respect nature and its workings. The population and the individual legislators need to make a choice about what is more important. Should we as humans value knowledge as opposed to dignity and respect? Or should we begin to realize the importance of human experience as wonderfully complex and mysterious thing? If science gains control over our nature as a whole, such people as clones will just be a product and a prisoner of the scientific method of reasoning....
