A human being that God created is the definition of a human. There is no "more human" or "less human." Clones, or humanoids, are a replication of something that was already created. People can't re-create a human; they can use the image of a human and alter it, but they can not create something that is already there. Therefore, a clone can never be a human. This is also why the question "how much can you change to the point that you stop being human?" seems irrelevant to me because as long as God created you, you are human no matter what you change; if God did not create you (such as a "humanoid") then no matter how many "human-like" attributes you possess, you (or it) will never be human, only "human-like."
In the movie we watched in class, Martha's husband, Ash, passed away. Her friend introduced her to a chat where she can chat "with" Ash 2, but all it is is a software that takes everything that Ash typed or said in the digital world and tries to make it relevant in a conversation. As the movie progressed, Martha went from "chatting" Ash 2, to "speaking" with Ash 2 on the phone, to living with a life-like Ash clone. Martha was tolerant with the idea of Ash 2 while it was electronic. However, when the Ash clone was living with her, he was the same Ash 2 she was communicating with on the phone, but she felt like he was not enough of the real Ash. He was too programmed and had no emotional attachment to Martha whereas she had many attachments to him. Instead of being like a spouse, Ash 2 seemed more like a son that she had to raise. She seemed to get distressed when he would not respond how she expected him to. No matter how much she taught him, he could not come close to the real Ash. This reiterates my point of how a clone or humanoid is only a replication of a human because humans can not be "re-created."
I am very aware of the times that we live in where technology is rapidly advancing. With that being said I honestly think that we, as human, are too smart for our own good. We have a high thinking capacity that can lead to our own destruction. Us, humans, think we can re-create ourselves? We might be able to make a replication of ourselves, but in my opinion, we can not re-create ourselves because we were already created.
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I agree with you completely. No matter the definition that dictionaries give a human, the conquering definition will always be someone with a soul and a conscience who was made by God. If this is not the case, it cannot be human. A humanoid robot may act and look like a human, but it cannot be human when it is not made by God.
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