Religious Justification

Stem Cell Research. Three very controversial words in America sense 2001 and one when President Bush restricted federal funding for stem cell research. The very surprising part is this decision to decline funding for the research was influenced by the Christian branch in the republican party. This is very questionable considering in some ways this contradicts first amendment of the separation of church and state. Another problem that religion interfering with government is we may give foreign nations the edge in the art of biotechnology. A interesting piece I found in this article is how Buddhism justifies stem cell research. This piece illustrated, “In South Korea, where a third of the population is Buddhist, a scientist who cloned human embryonic stem cell lines claimed that he was "recycling, life just as reincarnation does“. I think this is a interesting that the South Koreans combined their nationalism with religion. As clever of a explanation the Koreans have for the research I still do not think that religion is justification for any form of government and until the government goes “atheist” government will somehow be corrupt.

To read this article go to http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/21/weekinreview/21mishra.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1