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“Dolly” scientist abandons human cloning

This is pretty good news: while anti-life politicians have been spending public funds on unethical human-embryo research, one of the leading cloning experts in the world has decided to get out of that field.
The BBC reports that Ian Wilmut, who headed the team responsible for “Dolly”, the famous cloned sheep, has given up efforts to clone a human being. Wilmut is now convinced that an alternate method of producing stem cells — without the creation of human embryos — is more likely to produce successful results.

Pied Piper of Atheism

Thanks RC! To put it bluntly, the Pullman articles have probably been the most spiritually stressful articles I have ever written. From the blasphemous depiction of God, the nasty depiction of the Church, and the cruel treatment of children throughout the books – I’m not sure how anyone can call this “children’s fantasy”.
Anyway, here’s a collection of articles available on-line that I have written on the topic:
Seventeen Questions about Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials
Atheism for kids
Philip Pullman and the seduction of children
Book Review for Catholic Insight