Playing God

Wiki: Playing god refers to someone supposedly taking on the role of God for human purposes. Alleged acts of playing God may include, for example, deciding who is to live or die, in a situation where not everyone can be saved. Usually the expression is used to invoke a precautionary principle or to suggest that someone should refrain from a controversial action.

So I just happened to read this column in the Today newspaper well...today. Apparently (Somehow I missed this out) last year in May (I think), scientists created the first synthetic life form. And this raises some ethical questions that really, don't have any real answers. Is this supposed to be wrong? In the ideological and religious sense, yes. As the columnist stated, man was punished for trying to be like God. From my perspective, aren't we supposed to be happy just the way we are? In that case, when cloning becomes a realised dream, will it, in any sense, be ethical? Will it have, so to speak, a soul? And are we, the "creators", responsible for the soul of this clone, of a fellow, but manufactured, human being? Life, ultimately, shouldn't be up to us to give or take. That's why suicide is a crime in Singapore. On the other hand, if this dangerous toying is able to help mankind, will it be morally justifiable? Maybe, and that's all we can until the actually question arises. Stem cells, for instance, have already made huge scientific progress. But EMBRYONIC stem cells are basically just the murder of a young life, plain and simple. This raises again the age old dilemma. Is it right to take a life to save another? Abortion itself is wrong, and I feel that way too. But if it endangers the life of the mother, is it ok to go ahead? For now, I believe that the best answer we can give it that we try our best, and leave the rest to God.

In other, more local, news, Singapore's U-23 team is joining the Malaysia cup next year. Kinda excited about it. The S-League, in all essence, failed miserably to keep the standard of soccer in Singapore, With our Causeway rivalry re-ignited, I'm quite excited to see how it's going to turn out. Although a bad point would be that with this, the S-League would lose what little attention it had. Apparently the FAS and FAM are in talks to combine their leagues, and maybe have and ASEAN league in the future, which is rather feasible. But given all the politicking that's sure to happen, it might take a while :/

Still have marshalling for tmr's X-Country,

Good Night