When meat is not murder
14 August, 2005 | This item was filled under [ (Mis) Use of Technology ]
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Guardian suggests that it may soon be possible to produce meat without the need to kill animals. Scientists have adapted the cutting-edge medical technique of tissue engineering, where individual cells are multiplied into whole tissues, and applied them to food production. With a single cell, you could theoretically produce the world’s annual meat supply. Yaaakhh!!!
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4 Comments on “When meat is not murder”
sounds very unnatural. double yaaaaakkkkhhhh!
If this cell-multiplied meat is to take place in the future, the killing of edible animals should continue in order to prevent huge increase in animal reproduction. Death is a necessity in a limited resources world. That is why Al-Faraabi (an old arab philosopher)said:”If death did not exist, Wise men should have invented it”.
Note1:((This is not a justification for agressive actions))
Note2:((Decreasing meat in your meals is more healthy))
Note3:((I don’t trust the cell-multiplied meat at all))
Another intriguing possibility that is now becoming practical reality:
Let’s say I extract the DNA code of “pork” (whatever that means - there’s a huge diversity of DNA varieties that we may put under the same suitcase word “pork”). And let’s say that I go to the lab and decode that program digitally, and store it on a DVD disc (it fits easily).
Now, let’s say that I go to another lab, DVD in hand, and synthetically build from scratch the molecule that is encoded on the DVD disc that I have with me.
Finally, let’s say that I insert that molecule in a neutral cell, say a chicken cell or anything that would be sufficient to kickstart the growth progress, and let the cells grow and multiply and thus end up with a whole ton of “lab grown” steaks.
Are they permissible to eat from an Islamic point of view? If yes, why. If no, why.
p.s. If someone says no (and explains why) then please also answer the EXACT same scenario, but add one step: when I go to the second lab, DVD in hand, I make a single arbitrary change in the DNA code inside the computer, before I produce the DNA molecule synthetically so that the copy I end up with is 99.99% identical, but not exactly the same.