Half-Human Hybrid Okay To Be Next Pople

I've always assumed that the most staunch opponents of transhumanism would be religious organizations with a theological reason to adhere to an infexlible definition of humanity. So color me surprised: the Roman Catholic Church seems to be okay with it.

Human-animal hybrid embryos conceived in the laboratory - so-called “chimeras” - should be regarded as human and their mothers should be allowed to give birth to them, the Roman Catholic Church said yesterday.

Under draft Government legislation to be debated by Parliament later this year, scientists will be given permission for the first time to create such embryos for research as long as they destroy them within two weeks.
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But the Catholic bishops of England and Wales, in a submission to the Parliamentary joint committee scrutinising the draft legislation, said that the genetic mothers of “chimeras” should be able to raise them as their own children if they wished.

The bishops said that they did not see why these “interspecies” embryos should be treated any differently than others.

Sure, this decision probably has more to do with a dogmatic pro-life stance than an actual willingness to welcome cephalopeople into the flock, but I personally welcome this news. It paves the way for the first Human/Alligator hybrid to be elected the 266th Pope at the next Papal Election.

Chimera embryos have right to life, say bishops [Telegraph]