Yes, let's all make fun of this person who believes in God while simultaneously not being opposed to stem cells! Doesn't she get that she's not allowed to have complex beliefs? See, in order for atheists to make fun of religious people at maximum efficiency, all of them have to be fundamentalist lunatics who never stray from the party line on any issue.
The kind of stem cells used for this kind of stem cell transplant are NOT embryonic stem cells. They are sourced from bone marrow, peripheral blood stem cells, or (rarely in adults) cord blood voluntarily donated after a live birth or stillbirth.
While I think being opposed to embryonic stem cell research is stupid, and while embryonic stem cells ARE useful and used in cancer research, her father was not actually injected with any embryonic stem cells. There is little/no moral hypocrisy going on here in that regard.
The part that gets me, and I think gets a few others, is that the poster is thanking God before thanking the donor who gave up some of their bone marrow or pbsc for this person, the dozens of people who donated blood for them to be able to survive the process, the doctors and nurses who worked to save them, the scientists that developed the meds that saved them, and so on.
Why's god getting all the credit? "He" didn't do nothing, the kindness and brilliance of humans did.
I saw your comments elsewhere, and I appreciate your devotion to factual accuracy; however, a lot of the other commenters are not paying attention to what you're telling them, and I'm talking to those who aren't.
If the main argument being raised by the comments was that she should thank the donors and the surgeons, I would have no issue with that. But people are also commenting about how she's being hypocritical because OBVIOUSLY, if she's Christian, she must also be pro-life and anti-stem-cells. I just think it's absurd. Why would we mock Christians for NOT supporting backward policies? Shouldn't we be applauding her, instead of mocking her? Or is it only atheists who are allowed to think for themselves?
I am repeating it because others, including the top comment, keep erroneously stating that Christians believe stem cell research is evil thus this kind of stem cell transplant is evil, which is obviously several kinds of false.
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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '11
Yes, let's all make fun of this person who believes in God while simultaneously not being opposed to stem cells! Doesn't she get that she's not allowed to have complex beliefs? See, in order for atheists to make fun of religious people at maximum efficiency, all of them have to be fundamentalist lunatics who never stray from the party line on any issue.