It looks like we will not be needing men to reproduce anymore.  (This is just part of the article from the Telegraph.)

Researchers at the pioneering Northeast England Stem Cell Institute say they have made the breakthrough using stem cells from an embryo.

They claim that with some minor changes the sperm could theoretically fertilise an egg to create a child.

It could even be possible to create sperm from female stem cells, they say, which would ultimately mean a woman having a baby without a man.

This is the first time human sperm has been created anywhere in the world in a laboratory. However, the experiment has proved controversial, threatening to reopen the fierce debate over embryo research.

Led by the leading stem cell biologist Professor Karim Nayernia, the team has already used the technique in mice which have then gone on to produce offspring.

The mice in his earlier experiment all died shortly after they were born.

This is what happens when a culture starts to believe that the individual is more important than the community.  In most Religions, the focus is on the community and what actions will improve the community and to avoid the ones that will hurt the community.

With the Secular following, it is all about self.  What would be important to the person and forget the community.  There are plenty of children in need of being adopted but we are much more focused on having our “own” children that we are leaving them out in the cold.

Even a mother cat will adopt a baby rabbit.  It looks like the beasts may be more compassionate than us now a days.  If we don’t wake up, it will be too late.  The ladder to the slippery slope will break and we won’t be able to get up.

Hat Tip:  Kristi

**Bonus points to the one who knows what phrase in what movie the title of this post resembles.  Here’s a hint – I’m in a Mel Brooks mood today!