Stem Cells

I recently was in a conversation about stem cell research and the morality or appropriateness of it. I remember studying stem cells at UNM, but I didn't remember a whole lot. So I went on a hunt online to educate myself further. I found: http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics/. My conclusion may be somewhat shocking, but I really find nothing wrong with it. If we can study and understand the way the body works and turn it to our advantage to cure and help and fix disease and ailments, then we should. People forget that alot of this research is done on adult stem cells, cells that each of us have in our bodies that can be induced to become any other type of cell in the body (developmental biology is the most fascinating subject I've studied). The debate of whether it's right to use embryonic stem cells adds of course a complication, but they use "embryos" pre-implanted (means they haven't attached to the uterus wall yet) and are in vitro (means it's not even in a woman's body, but in a dish somewhere in the lab)...and they are in the blastocyst stage which just means that they are clumps of stem cells about 150 cells total that haven't even begun to form body parts or anything yet. The only situation I can think of that would cause me to be against this would be if they aborted embryos within a mother that were healthy and going to go on to grow into beautiful little humans. Which doesn't seem to be the case. And of course the world is not all daisies and sunshine the way I see it most of the time, so there are most likely labs that actually do that sort of thing (shame on them). But do we put a halt on such a promising means of medicine just because there "might" be "some people" who do it in an unacceptable way? Enter the government to put those types of restrictions. Which I'm sure might be what's happening. Perhaps my next online hunt for education should be to see what the government's current response is. My shameful confession is that I don't pay enough attention to current events, modern day politics or goings on in the world or the USA because alot of the time it's too complicated or it involves issues that really don't effect me, therefore I really don't care. Which is awful, I know. Another one of my problems is that I can see multiple sides of an issue, so it's hard for me to process rightness vs. wrongness in these current issues. War on terrorism, stem cell research, abortion, homosexual marriage, immigration, poverty/welfare, mideastern violence, I can see all the sides. I understand why women want abortions and I understand why it's wrong. I believe homosexuality is wrong, but shouldn't people have the right to choose for themselves without the government telling them what they can or can't do? Terrorists are bad, but do we really need to go invade countries and hunt them down? The world is too complicated for me. I'm little. My mind is merely human. and I refuse to close my mind and have tunnel vision regarding certain issues and their impact on society. Seriously, can't we all just get along? And in the meantime, I'm reminded of a lyric from a song I recently sang...Good news, Chariots are comin'. There will be a day in the near future when the King will come and save us from this monstrosity called earth. This beautiful and wondrous, yet complicated and horrible place we have our temporary residence. All these issues and problems and fightings and unacceptablenesses will be dealt with and we will be freed by the truth that we find.