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began my studies this morning in Revelation chapter 3, I felt compelled by the Holy Spirit to pray about the decision today
our current president will be making. Below is an excerpt from Bloomberg.com. March 7 (Bloomberg) – President Barack Obama’s expected reversal of an 8-year-old restriction
on U.S. funding for embryonic stem cell research has excited scientists and health advocates who say the action will accelerate
the search for cures to major illness. Obama
plans to lift the funding ban, imposed by former President George W. Bush, in a March 9 signing ceremony, said two government
officials, who spoke yesterday on condition of anonymity. Bush objected to the use of the tissue because the process caused
the destruction of human embryos. The change
will free federally backed scientists to work with hundreds of newer cell colonies that have been off-limits under Bush’s
order, including some that carry genetic mutations causing diseases such as juvenile diabetes and Huntington’s. If scientists
can study these cells using U.S. government funding, it will speed research into those conditions, said Larry Soler, executive
vice president of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The
expected shift will “update the current policy, which has been frozen in place since 2001 and allow broad use of new
technologies discovered over the last eight years,” Soler said yesterday in a telephone interview. “For 30 million
Americans with some form of diabetes, stem cell research offers a possibility to develop new treatments.” [End of excerpt] The next excerpt that follows from Sky News has a key note at the
end, catch what will guide the Obama administration. The
long-promised move, coming nearly two months into his term, will allow a rush of research aimed at better treatment, if not
cures, for ailments from diabetes to paralysis. The
research stirs intense controversy over whether government crosses a moral line with such research. Embryonic stem cells are master cells that can morph into any cell of the body. Scientists hope to harness them so they can create replacement tissues to treat a variety of diseases. These could be new insulin-producing cells for diabetics, cells
that could help those with Parkinson’s disease or maybe even Alzheimer’s, or new nerve connections to restore
movement after spinal injury. But the research
is controversial because days-old embryos must be destroyed to obtain the cells. They typically are culled from fertility-clinic leftovers otherwise destined to be thrown away. Former President George W. Bush banned their use. He and his supporters
said they were defending human life. Mr Obama
also plans to make a broad declaration that science – not political ideology – will guide his administration. Stem cells are cells that have the remarkable potential to develop
into many different cell types in the body. Serving as a sort of repair system for the body, they can theoretically divide
without limit to replenish other cells for as long as the person or animal is still alive. When a stem cell divides, each
"daughter" cell has the potential to either remain a stem cell or become another type of cell with a more specialized
function, such as a muscle cell, a red blood cell, or a brain cell. There are three classes of stem cells: totipotent, multipotent, and pluripotent. A fertilized egg is considered totipotent, meaning that its potential
is total; it gives rise to all the different types of cells in the body. Stem cells that can give rise to a small number of different cell
types are generally called multipotent. Pluripotent stem cells can give rise to any type of cell in the body except those needed to develop
a fetus. Where
do stem cells come from? Pluripotent
stem cells are isolated from human embryos that are a few days old. Cells from these embryos can be used to create pluripotent
stem cell "lines" —cell cultures that can be grown indefinitely in the laboratory. Pluripotent stem cell lines
have also been developed from fetal tissue obtained from fetal tissue (older than 8 weeks of development). Once a stem cell line is established from a cell in the body, it
is essentially immortal, no matter how it was derived. That is, the researcher using the line will not have to go through
the rigorous procedure necessary to isolate stem cells again. Once established, a cell line can be grown in the laboratory
indefinitely and cells may be frozen for storage or distribution to other researchers. Stem cell lines grown in the lab provide scientists with the opportunity to "engineer"
them for use in transplantation or treatment of diseases. For example, before scientists can use any type of tissue, organ,
or cell for transplantation, they must overcome attempts by a patient's immune system to reject the transplant. In the future,
scientists may be able to modify human stem cell lines in the laboratory by using gene therapy or other techniques to overcome
this immune rejection. Scientists might also be able to replace damaged genes or add new genes to stem cells in order to give
them characteristics that can ultimately treat diseases. The
FAQ above can be found at http://stemcells.nih.gov/StemCells. Can
a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will
I not forget thee. Isaiah 49:15 What is most disturbing in
the research of stem cells is the loss of life associated with harvesting. A fertilized egg is the very begin of life, human
embryos just a few days old, whether grow in a mother, test tube, or in any other “controlled environment” is
still a human life. To grow or initiate life for the intention of killing it to reap stem cells is an atrocity comparable
to Hitler and his research, and truthful even as evil as Hitler was, this evil is greater. Man is not a god, nor will man ever be GOD. To take life and disregard the sanctity of life so that
man can engineer cells for the purpose of good is ironically an oxymoron. Killing one to save another is hardly admirable.
I am only capable of scratching the surface of such an issue as
this, but all that has to be known is the lives that are lost, the moral issue of growing life just to harvest the vital cells
and then disregarding the fetal body once the stem cells are acquired, and the complete lack of respect for God’s code
of moral conduct is the greatest issue that stands between me and the issue of stem cell research. Today our dear leader will announce He is lifting bans put in place by former president George W.
Bush, allowing the science community in the very near future to expand the already heinous process of killing more babies
in the name of science. This act will further the call of America’s destruction. America is already the leading researcher in the field of stem cell harvesting and soon it will pioneer
the way. God save us…. Mr. Obama also
plans to make a broad declaration that science - not political ideology - will guide his administration. What happened to
God leading the ideology of his great administration, I believe we have already seen the products of an administration lead
by the ignorance of pride and not of Godly conviction. A man relying on science instead of the Creator, if continued, this
man will surely fail. I am asking for all who have
a conviction about the sanctity of human life to pray today with www.prayersforthepeople.com and all of the others who are
against such horrific research. Let us pray that the policies sought after will be blocked, that if necessary God Almighty
will block this research from moving forward, and that Obama would have a change of heart and follow the I AM and not science
for his ideologies. Today at 10:40 eastern time
the declaration to move forward in the research will be proclaimed. Don’t be surprised if the coming days hold a response
from the Almighty. God forgive us…. Threshold
: The point that must be exceeded to begin producing a given effect or result or to elicit a response. Judgment : a misfortune regarded as inflicted by divine sentence, as for sin. In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters'
houses with violence and deceit. Zephaniah 1:9 God Bless, daniel |
