Scientists Create Human Sperm in Laboratory: Has 'playing God' gone too far?

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Scientists Create Human Sperm in Laboratory: Has 'playing God' gone too far?

by SenorBabyMan Posted July 08, 2009 17:40:14

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Scientists in Newcastle claim to the first to create Human sperm in laboratory. The scientists believe that creating human sperm in a lab could help men with fertility problems. The Newcastle team of scientists are ready to test the full functioning mature sperm for development inside a woman's womb.

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+8 raves June-Bug July 08, 2009 18:14:05

Answered: Yes. Playing God has gone too far.
No lab created sperm is going anywhere near me!
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+2 raves
megalomaniac. July 08, 2009 19:03:57 (edited)

Answered: No. Future generations will thank us.
playing god has gone too far when we make mutations for human improvement
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wrnhart to megalom... July 09, 2009 01:14:33 (edited)

I'm in a weird mood tonight. Hope I didn't offend anyone too much.
megalom... to wrnhart July 09, 2009 01:21:42

hmm? ohh thanks
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Smokey July 08, 2009 18:42:51

Answered: No. Future generations will thank us.
As long as it's used to help people, I don't see anything wrong with it.
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aherbert July 08, 2009 18:35:28

Answered: Yes. Playing God has gone too far.
Yeah too far .... this is so not cool!
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Juicii~Sitrus July 08, 2009 18:25:25

Answered: Yes. Playing God has gone too far.
CRAZY! o.o We wouldn't even know what our babies would look like, or if zygotes and newborns will have any health and mental issues! They better research some more if they were to convince me to use lab created sperm.
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Sheila July 08, 2009 18:22:07

Answered: Yes. Playing God has gone too far.
There is a verse in the bible regarding end times and it says something along the lines of "when man becomes as God" . (If someone can give me chapter and verse I would appreciate it!) We see so many other prophecies playing out in front of us every day this is just one more.
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-sasman- July 08, 2009 18:16:52

Answered: No. Future generations will thank us.
Hopefully future generations will thank us. They will certainly have something to say... We'll see if the profit motive and vanity can be held under control...

The rush-to-birth in this country is quite out of control. Messing with eliminating new children doesn't seem to carry the same wrath as "creating" new ones. To me, it's the same lab...
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June-Bug July 08, 2009 18:14:05

Answered: Yes. Playing God has gone too far.
No lab created sperm is going anywhere near me!
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spunkster July 08, 2009 17:57:18

Answered: Yes. Playing God has gone too far.
I don't like either option as well. I think if you cannot have children that is a sign to either be childless or adopt. Otherwise you get into absurd situations like having 14 kids with no way to pay for them.
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Jedmun July 08, 2009 17:54:47

Answered: Yes. Playing God has gone too far.
whats the Big Deal??,,,I used to do that all the time when I dated a biologist and visited her on her lunch break in her labratory
shhhhhesh((shrugs))
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Sheila to Jedmun July 08, 2009 18:23:51

That's funny, I don't care who you are, that's funny!
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jking July 08, 2009 17:54:06

Answered: Yes. Playing God has gone too far.
We are not God and we're not smart enough to create what he has created, and if we try to do it something somewhere will go wrong. We could end life, as we know it!!!
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rainbowkidlove July 08, 2009 17:53:23

Answered: No. Future generations will thank us.
hmms...i guess its good and bad, but i mean if its to help man then i guess it not doing such a bad thing..i mean...idk i dont really see it as "playing god"
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helenros July 08, 2009 17:50:33

Answered: No. Future generations will thank us.
Neither choice really suits me... I think the world is overpopulated so we need to figure out how to control fertility better, rather than increasing it. But I'm all for science.
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Penguinz ►Art of Fighting◄ July 08, 2009 17:46:29 (edited)

Answered: No. Future generations will thank us.
Cool.

We should push it as far as we can go. Lets see if "god" does something.
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Dave July 08, 2009 17:44:12

Answered: Yes. Playing God has gone too far.
Out of the tap beats bottle every time !
Rico to Dave July 08, 2009 21:46:08 (edited)
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Gradord July 08, 2009 17:43:53

Answered: No. Future generations will thank us.
How can you play as something that does not exist?
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JIUstudent (RIP Mike Jackson) July 08, 2009 17:43:18

Answered: Yes. Playing God has gone too far.
Just like cloning, I do not believe we should be messing around with certain things.