david wrote:
Jim Muth wrote:
I see on the news that someone has just cloned a dog. It's not much of a surprise, since they have already cloned mice, sheep, horses, cats, etc. But it does raise a theological question. Is the fact that men have created living animals evidence that God is unnecessary for the emergence of life, or is it evidence that life can arise only through the working of a higher intelli- gence? This question is one that I will discuss in detail when (if ever) the next outburst of philosophy happens.
Until men have created life from non-living matter, you can't say that they've "created life" by cloning another living thing. They simply reproduced an existing living thing using a more high-tech way of triggering growth and providing nourishment than nature uses.
Still, we've added Jim to our top-secret "clone this person" list so that he'll have more time to make fractals! ;-)
Maybe Jim should make some little Jims the old fashioned way:-) Doug