Would God Still Own the Rights to Reseruction?

The reality of loneliness and mourning for the loss of the dead are dealt with so differently by different individual.  Reactions to death are based on a combination of many factors.  These range from the closeness of the individual that we've lost, to our personal dependence on that relationship itself.  Personal religious beliefs of what the life ever after has in-store for loved ones are also included in these factors.  The idea of being so intertwined to any specific individual that you feel you just can't live without that person sounds preposterous to many.  However, many encounter that huge totally all-consuming void they cannot fill and are left in a state of desperation.  Consider the fact that we have millions of people stalked each day, by people who can't let go of a relationship with the living.  Doesn't it seem reasonable that these same  individuals would have similar difficulties in letting go of the dead?  Although, it's not deemed politically correct to stalk the living, or the dead, it cannot be dismissed that this does exist in our society.  


Pretending, imagination, creativity, and day dreaming, all of these activities are taught to children.  As adults, a more sophisticated version of these activities are collectively referred to as fantasizing. Envisionments of past, present, and futures, such as, board meetings, wedding days, vacations, the perfect mate, and dream homes are all fantasized about. Without these techniques you'd not be in college today with an idea of your future plans.  These skills are also used as coping mechanisms.  Used to cope with disappointments in lives.  During the loss of a loved one, they serve as an aide in having the opportunity to say those last goodbyes, or a way to still have a connection to that person lost.  Although, many will not admit to a preoccupation with the time spent fantasizing of a reconciliation with a lost loved one, it is a prevalent reality of many. 


For some the desperation of reconnecting with a loved one is so great they would go to any extreme to reconnect with the one they've lost.  Although, I think many would have hesitations.  I also believe their hesitations may not be strong enough to discourage their willingness to go to these extremes. There hesitations would include  the fear of what others would think,  the uncertainty of the replica being able to fully duplicate their loved one's personality,  a feeling of awkwardness of that strangeness of the interacting with the dead, even though it's only a replicate of the dead. 



I do feel that the even more complex ethical component is the vulnerability of the persons that these replicas are being created for. People faced with death of a loved one are at their most vulnerable times in life and not completely rational individuals.  They would be very easily taken advantage of in these situations.  So the question truly is "Is it ethical to use the desperation of others to advance the profits of the companies supplying these replicas of their loved ones?"

I do however feel, that even something as bizarre as this sounds to us today, it could be as commonplace as a cell phone is to us in the future.  For we are an ever advancing, ever changing, ever accepting, ever adapting generation.