On February 24, 1997, scientists at the Roslin Institute in Edinburg, England announced that they had cloned an adult mammal for the first time. This was just one of many blind leaps in science that humanity has made. As we race forward in our decisions to create life, we neglect to look at the consequences of our actions. In addition to eliminating genetic diversity, cloning is religiously and ethically wrong.
             First, before I start I should define what exactly a clone is. Grolier's encyclopedia defines a clone as a descendant produced asexually from a single animal or plant. Asexually, as in nature. What we define as cloning is no more than mechanical reproduction. We create identical copies of organisms as the means to an end. We want to genetically create the perfect pig, one that yields delicious meat never gets sick and conforms to all of our needs. We want to do that over and over, thousands upon thousands of identical copies. All without looking at the consequences. Identical animals lack diversity. All of them could die from a single plauge because there is no chance of one of them having immunity. One example of this was the Irish potato famine of the early 19th century. The lower class Irish relied on a single variety of potato and when a plauge wiped it out, thousands died from famine. The gradual evolution, survival of the fittest, nature has set this up for a reason. It happens so species can develop and evolve to fit their environment. If we engineer our own evolution we stop what nature may have intended for us. By choosing something that seems perfect now, we may miss out on what is better for us in the future. Everything has a reason, and only God knows what that is.
             When I speak of religion and cloning I have to go all the way back to the beginning. The bible states that God essentially cloned Eve, as he wanted to create a woman and a wife for Adam. So if it's right for God, huamns should be able to do i. In rea...