…on your religion claims a New York Times article from November 2007.
Nowadays, the vexed issue of human cloning does not only seem to separate scientists from churchmen but also to split the entire world into Asia, a strong proponent of stem-cell research and genetic engineering, and Western societies, who pretty much consider duplicating the human embryo crossing the line and therefore ban the asexual reproduction of human organisms.
Anyways, isn’t the very thought of having an identical twin scary? I mean, there are tons of people who barely manage to distinguish twins even if they know them for their whole life. And these twins still have quite different personalities. They probably do! But your reproduced twin wouldn’t just look like you from head to toe. He or she would think what you think and feel what you feel…
I would never favour a duplicate version of me even though it might be helpful, e.g. when it comes to curing diseases. I want to be unique! Normal but still different from other people.
Thus I believe that equating human cloning with recycling life through reincarnation isn’t justifiable. Cloning always remains a violent interference in nature and in the circle of life. And this point of view doesn’t depend on religion! I am not at all attached to the Bible nor do I go to church regularly. I’m not even baptised 😉
Dystopia 