Stem cells cure blind man

[AgentNein]

I'm an atheist, and i still object to unborn baby-based stem cell research. There's just something undeniably iffy about it.

As an atheist as well, this is seconded.

 

[911 fox]

a Christian, everyone I know who is against stem cell research is against stem cells taken from a fetus (Like myself). If stem cells can be taken from a consenting adult's bone, eye, nose, cheek, or rear end, then I don't care, and neither does any other Christian I know. If stem cell research is indeed being marginalized in general because of that (I confess I don't follow the news of such research), then I agree that that's not right.

in the news story adult stems cells are used but there are no stem cells that are taken from fetuses. they are taken from a petri dish where there are cells that could become a fetus if placed in a womb. these are called embryonic stem cells they do not think, they can't even be seen by the human eye, they are not fetuses and they don't come from fetuses, they come from a petri dish.

 

[Dragonearl]

Give us some credit, some of us are intelligent enough to make up our own minds about avoiding a baited thread or better yet not falling for the bait. We are not mindless sheep.

As a man who surfs the internet regularly and who moderates an internet forum, pardon me if I'm on the skeptical side.
Especially after seeing a few comments in this thread.
But I certainly don't have to justify myself, or my request to try to keep things flame-free, to you or anyone.

And as for the rest of your long post: What are you railing against here?
I never said I was against stem cell research. In fact I'm for it, though I am against using fetal stem cells. As I stated to Skarin: I am a part of a Christian community and no-one I know is against stem cell research, only the use of fetal stem cells. I also confessed that I didn't really follow the news of this research, so from my perspective, there isn't any controversy with the procedure mentioned in the OP.

So you've shown me that there is indeed controversy with certain groups.
Well then, I stand quasi-corrected.
There might be controversy, but there is none with me.

As a moderator of course you are entitled to act on the intentions and keep your skepticism of everyone but as a poster, and in your very words might I add, "speak for yourself".

Filled with trolls and half-wits we may be. But some of us can actually be mature to handle such a loaded topic. Keep your skepticism but I don't like it when it grows to a level of elitism or take a patronizing tone. Not saying you are or did mind you, but I find it annoying that we as a community can't have a good debate on these things without someone wrecking it and that I am clumped into the psychological profile of a troll or flamer because of it. - that's general venting. Sorry. I like to have in depth debates.

"Especially after seeing a few comments in this thread?"

Forgive me for not seeing these comments that have breached the fine rules of this site, they seem harmless to me and since no one is suspended I don't see the fuss. But of course I need no justification, least of all from you and nor should you have to justify yourself to anyone. No one is attacking your actions at all. Early intervention is key and as others have said good job on moderation but the topic itself is a flamebait. If you wanted to avoid a flame war you could have asked to edit the OP's question.

And as for the rest of your long post: What are you railing against here?

I am not rallying against anything. I am informing you about your misconception about there not existing any controversy about adult stem cell research.

"There might be controversy, but there is none with me"

That's good then. Sadly you are neither the scientific community or a delegate of the religious authority. So you may not have any qualms about this matter but the controversy goes on regardless.

At the end of the day this is just a small victory for science. How far it goes or how far it gets to go is dictated by the currents of future research and the funding to do so.