Expert: Marco - 8/20/2011

Question
Hello,

I am writing a paper regarding stem cells and I wish to consider the different perspectives on this subject.
Can you please tell me where you would like to see funds for stem cell research go and why.

Kind regards, Victoria

Answer
Dear Victoria,

I believe that the soul enter a human body when the embryo is formed, and this is the reason why the embryo deserves the same respect as any adult human being.
Any experiments on an embryo is a terrible crime.
You must in fact understand that the embryo has already the full genetic asset of the adult human being; the formation of the embryo is in fact the only discontinous process in the growth of the organism, and therefore the formation of the embryo is the only possible moment which can be identified as the beginning of the human life. After the formation of the embryo, no changes would occur in the genetic asset of the organism, ad the growth of the organism is a continous process, step by step.

So, if the stem cells are derived from an embryo, no experiments must be done.
On the other hand, if stem cells derive from some other origin, such as the placenta, then experiments can be done, because no human being is killed.

Your brother in Christ,

Marco


PS I think that faith cannot come only from logic, because to have faith in God means to trust and love God.
I think however that logics and science prove the existence of our soul and the existence of  God and that there are many rational arguments strongly supporting the christian faith.
The explanation of these aguments is rather long and Allexperts allows only to give short answers. You can find such arguments  in the following site

http://xoomer.alice.it/fedeescienza/englishnf.html

where  I analyse the incongruencies of the materialistic conception of the mind, on the basis of our present scientific knowledges about brain and matter.
This analysis points out how the laws of physics  prove that the   brain cannot generate consciousness, which existence implies  the presence in man of a unbiological/unmaterial element (the soul). The problem of consciousness is then strictly connected to the one of the existence of the soul and, consequently, the existence of God.
In the first article entitled “Mind and brain...” you can find a general discussion of the mind and brain problem from a scientific point of view.
In the second article entitled “Scientific contraddictions in materialism” you  can find an explanation of the fundamental inconsistencies of  the  typical arguments used by materialists, such as the concept of emergent, macroscopic or holist property, complexity, information, etc.
In the section called “FAQ: answers to  visitors' questions” you can find the answer to many typical questions, such as "Are there any scientifically proved miracles?", "Does the existence of the universe imply the existence of God?", "Can science explain God?", "Can science establish which is the true religion?", "Can science explain consciousness in the future?", and many others.