Comments on: Glow Cat – Cloned Cat

By: Alex Prah

Alex Prah — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:02:26 +0000

People are just a bunch of bacteria stuck together. Like a very complex colony of bacteria. Do bacteria have souls?
If you leave a cup of coffee for a week and it gets moldy, does this mold have a soul?
Then it would be a murder to clean your own cup, ever thought of that?
There are no souls, there’s only consciousness, defined by programming, be it a piece of code for a computer program, genetics for a biological being, or a set of concepts for a meme (aka spirit, aka archetype). I can copy, edit, or create computer programs as many times as i want for as long as it suits my intentions. Genes are no different.
There’s probably a gene that defines the concept for spirit. Take it out – there’s no soul. Put it back in – there is one. Put two copies – there are multiple personalities. That simple.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:40:29 +0000

I have a post going up tomorrow asking similar questions; where does a clones spirit come from?

Or as you point out maybe it doesn’t have one. And what does that say about the existance of a spirit?

But in either event, as the spirit isn’t physical – aren’t we just kidding ourselves that it could be detected via any physical means?

I feel to some extent one needs a common point of reference to see another beings ’spirit’. That is to say, they need to see their own spirit first.

Tough questions as you say.

By: Dave J

Dave J — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:02:50 +0000

I was hoping that you would ask that very question. DOES anyone actually believe human cloning has not already been perfected?

Also, wouldn’t a clone be lacking a spirit in the conventional/traditional sense? And if so, does that imply that life can exist without a spirit? And if so does that infer that actually, there is no such thing as “spirit” beyond the mystic and romantic musings of the human mind?

Tough questions to answer, regardless of anyone’s position on the matter.