| Cloning by Pat Robertson SCIENCE IS ON THE VERGE of making a subclass of human beings. Christians believe that a human being is created in the image of God, takes on some of the attributes of God, has a spirit that can commune with God, has a mind of great potential, and has a destiny designed by God. Speaking to Jeremiah, God said, "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations." Notice, there was a preexisting reality of this person before he was even formed in the womb! We say that life begins with conception, but in truth, life begins with the concept in the mind of God. God said, "I formed you in the womb." Now we are saying, "The Jones Clinic is going to form you in a petri dish; we are going to manipulate a little piece of genetic material and make an exact copy of the per- son from whom that genetic material came." This is monstrous and it does violence to the whole concept of human dignity. Most civilized nations are repulsed by the thought of human cloning. They regard it as an abomination. It most certainly is detestable to God. ________________________________________________________________________ My personal opinion on cloning is that it reminds me of Frankenstein. I believe it is unethical and can very well lead to lessening the value of human life. I also know that all material used in cloning is from tissues and materials that previously existed. -- by Jeremy Brown Articles I agree with on cloning: http://www.comereason.org/sci_bible/sci020.asp http://www.dangerclone.com http://www.aclj.org/resources/cloning/cloning_bioethics.asp |
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