No. "Genetically identical" doesn't share any memories with me.

Will it not be tempering with nature?

No. Because it still wouldn't be that person.

No, I would rather live with the death. A replica is never as good as the original. It just wouldn't be the same. I could never have the same emotional connection, or the same personal connection. It would be like fooling myself into believing that death hadn't actually happened.

No, I don't like the idea of running around with some cheap copy, it would just be blasphemous, and remind me every day of her death. And I'm sure she would'nt want a double of herself running around ruining her reputation after she was dead either.

1) You can find a similar idea in the Bible: "Levirate marriage is a type of marriage in which a woman marries one of her husband's brothers after her husband's death, if there were no children, in order to continue the line of the dead husband. The term is a derivative of the Latin word levir, meaning "husband's brother". Levirate marriage has been practiced by societies with a strong clan structure in which exogamous marriage, i.e. that outside the clan, was forbidden. It is or was known in societies including the Punjabis, Jats, Israelites, Huns (Chinese "Xiongnu", "Hsiong-nu", etc.), Mongols, and Tibetans." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levirate_marriage "The most famous case of levirate marriage in the Hebrew Bible (the Christian Old Testament) is the union of the patriarch Judah and his daughter-in-law Tamar as recorded in Genesis 38:8." "The full commandment is spelled out in the Book of Deuteronomy 25:5-6: "When brothers live together, and one of them dies childless, the dead man's wife shall not be allowed to marry an outsider. Her husband's brother must cohabit with her, making her his wife, and thus performing a brother-in-law's duty to her. The first-born son whom she bears will then perpetuate the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be obliterated from Israel."" Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yibbum 2) The idea would be that the line of the deceased person could be perpetuated. And this is true for the case of the question because the two persons are genetically equal. So I could find, for example, that the deceased person was from the genetic point of view so interesting that I could wish this. 3) Of course, it would be no garantee that the clone would develop the same way as the deceased person. First it would start some years later and it would not have the same parents. Even if the same parents were provided, they would be different, because of different age and experience. And because of the birth year difference, the clone would live in a different world with different events. And it is not sure that it would be possible for the same mother to endure the pregnancy, so intrauterine experience would already be different. 4) Because of age difference, and because it would not be the same person, there would be only some kinds of relationships which could be "repeated" with the clone. For instance, the biological parents of the deceased person could play the role of the grandparents of the clone. The widower of the deceased person could eventually be to old to marry the clone (if she would be interested). 5) some more time in the future, maybe it could be possible (and even morally accepted) to create an "instant clone" who would become in a couple of hours after his creation not only the physical appearance, but also the personality structure and the memories of the deceased person. So theoretically you could just replace the dead person with their exact copy. But maybe it would be somewhat weird to live with a person, and knowing that they are a copy, even a perfect one, of an original who would be dead and whose death you would somehow be aware of. 6) I do not think I would do any of these things. I would prefer first to work on accepting the loss for some time and later encounter other people, there are so many interesting people around here.

Having her pass away would hurt so much but being reminded that she did would hurt more and what if the clone died who wants to live through that experience again?

No, because If you believe in souls, his soul wouldn't necessarily be the same- he might LOOK the same but he wouldn't be the same one. Also, he wouldn't have the same memories, and it would be like having a giant toddler around (more so than normal!)- that's not sexy. Realistically, it wouldn't be the same, so no. And I'm not really into this who necromancy type stuff. Sure, it's not REALLY raising the dead- but it's damn close!

When you get right down to it, no clone would ever be the equal of the person they came from, simply because the "life experiences" we have make us who we are. From infancy, it's the things we go through... all of it, good and bad, that eventually defines who we are inside. There is no way to replicate every single day of someones life... of all the experiences in life that they had that fashioned who they were inside.

No. As much as it would hurt to lose a loved one, a clone would only be a physical copy and I would probably expect the clone to have the same personality traits as the one who was gone. The hurt from losing a loved one never goes away, but it softens with time. If there was a replica walking around as a constant reminder that the person was really gone, the hurt would never heal.

yes i would , because what if he was able to retain all of the memories. of the person that you lost.

absolutly, I also would like to watch the process because that is fascinating!!!! Cloning is not wrong religion zealots stop disrupting the advancement of our society, the development of life saving cures, and the science community!!!!!!!!!!!!, its a immense, amazing technological advancement, and I would like a clone of myself someday.

No. I am thinking of my boyfriend right now, and I would prefer him over a clone. If I can't be with him, I would not want to replace him with a "CLONE". A clone is just not the same. It would not be able to replace him, no matter how much it acted or looked like him.

No. That would be very sad to be constantly, strongly reminded of the person you love who died.