How the Christian Faith Contends with Genetic Engineering

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How the Christian Faith Contends with Genetic Engineering

Religion-what does that mean to me? Do I believe in my religion, what has religion done for me lately? I would have to say religion has brought me hope for a better life and knowing that I can bring a better life to my family. I believe in God, I believe that god created humans and created the earth the water the moon and stars, and all creatures that exist on earth. What have I given back to religion? Generation after generation the emphasis on worshipping God in church has been on the decline in my family. My faith has not declined I just believe that God is everywhere and I feel that I can worship Him anywhere and at anytime. Does my faith in Him come into question when I look into the advancement of technology in science? Science of genetic engineering can sometimes heal and cure the ill. Genetic engineering can reproduce foods and recreate species of any kind. Makes me wonder if my faith can handle the concept that mankind can alter what God has created, and whether or not I want to be apart of a world that is not original but fake. I will contend with these two subjects and try to find if I want to belong to a society that is engineering a new world.

Genetic engineering of any organisms, is it possible? The scientists have genetically engineered some of the following:

· The superpig engineered with human growth hormone gene …

· The supersalmon engineered with grow-faster genes from another fish…

· Clones of Dolly the Sheep 'the big success story'…

· A soybean with a Brazil nut gene…

It is possible to clone or reproduce organism, but what about the sick or the people dying from deceases can genetic engineering help those in ...

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...d whether or not to justify science as a tool for the greater of mankind or to keep the faith as it was meant to be. I would like to think that genetic engineering can help the sick and the diseased but will the science stop there? Will my children fell the repercussions of today's actions? God will find ways to take life and faith followers will succeed where scientists have failed. I will take my religion and destiny will determine my fate, not science.

Bibliography:

1. Keith Parkins, Animal-to-Human Transplants.

"The Creation of Frankenstein's Monster". July 1999

2. Keith Parkins, Animal-to-Human Transplants.

"The Creation of Frankenstein's Monster". July 1999

3. Ted Perry, Speech Commonly Known Attributed to Chief Seattle, 1970.

4. Old Testament, Genesis 1:11-12, 20-21, 24-25

5. Leviticus 19:19

6. Deuteronomy 28:15-18

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