Are Christians against stem cell research?
No. Despite the eagerness of the media to portray them as such, no Christians are opposed to stem cell research per se, as far as we can determine. Plenty of Christians object to destroying human embryos to obtain stem cells (or for any other purpose), since embryos are living human beings. All other sources of stem cells — adult tissue, placentas, umbilical cord blood, etc. — are perfectly OK. We are all eager to see diseases cured by stem cells, but in general we don’t approve of killing one person (even an embryo) to cure another. CHURCH HISTORY AND CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS Most divisions within Christendom arise from the following events: • 1054 A.D: After centuries of tension over the increasing political power of the Pope, the Roman Catholic church in Western Europe splits with the Orthodox Church in the eastern Mediterranean and Russia. • 1521 A.D: Protesting abuses within the Catholic Church (which the Church itself later condemned), Martin Luther starts a movement intended to r
