Originally posted by nuclear1
I'm a Christian (Lutheran denomination) and a firm believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. This thread is purely upsetting.
Better watch where you go with religion and people's lives.
BOB OF NAZARETH ????!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?
ARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!
Then don't read this thread, simple. We are (were?) having a good discussion and making headway.
In my opinion, you can make a scripture say almost anything you want to twist it to.
But to return to CPS's (i think) earlier statement about dogma getting "in the way" of progress, keeping my above statement in mind, if you can make the words say anything, why isn't there a branch of a large religious establishment that emraces say, genetic engineering.
I certainly embrace it - having had big problems with my wisdom teeth I see no reason at all not to "Geneer" these vestigal traits out of my body. Another good example is hereditary conditions such as heamatitis and bad eyesight.
Another point is that the rate the repository of human information is growing we have reached a point where most people are unable to adequately understand most tasks they will be required to acheive in order to progress to the next cycle. What happens when it takes a genius by todays' standards to make a breakthrough in mathematics or SemiConductors? We are rapidly approaching such an impasse. THere is an argument against tinkering with genes and making "superbabies", but would you rather have a stagnant global society and technocracy while our evolution catches up with us?