Okay, time for me to pontificate about stem cell research and reveal my view to the world.
My view is: beats me. I haven't examined the issue for myself, and haven't had that much interest in doing so. I know that the party line is that Christians are supposed to be against it, but though I've heard and read a few things, those reasons haven't clicked into place. The opposition seems to be coming from the more rabid end of the anti-abortion crowd, and I'm not comfortable letting their views be the "Christian" view. And yet, I haven't given the subject enough attention to provide an informed opinion. And since my mind doesn't get along well with issues of biology and genetics, I'm not sure I'll ever figure it out.
So don't ask my opinion. I don't know what I believe, and don't foresee crafting an opinion in the near future. On this subject I'm a self-proclaimed dummy. On all other issues, I'm merely a dummy who thinks he's got something to say.
Now isn't this one sorry excuse for a blog post?
Career-wise, I've been hanging around and writing about and cheering on churches and pastors for the past 25 years as my denomination's Communications Director.
Joni Eareckson Tada had such a good response to this issue when she was on the Larry King Show. Here is a woman who would probably benefit from such research and her take is not to do infant or "fetus" stem cell research but to do adult stem cell research and transplants. I am sure she has studied this topic more than you or I and what she said made good sense.