The Importance Of Human Life

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Movies are made popular by the idea that humans can be more than human. From ancient Greek and Norse Gods to Ant-Man®, humans have always admired abilities that would take us beyond what we are into what we could be. With genetic technology, scientists can identify DNA markers for everything from physical attributes, to gene mutations that cause disease. Soon enough, the ability to select human physical characteristics and cognitive abilities will be as easy as flipping a switch. And, if all things were possible, what would stop society from splicing DNA from animals into human DNA to select non-human characteristics. The point is, all technology has its line drawn in the sand; there is a point at which we will go too far, and our intent …show more content…

As a Christian, one should not fear death. For some Christians, upon physical death, the spirit enters unto Abraham’s Bosom (Luke 16:22 KJV), a place of honor and happiness to await judgment at the Bema Seat, where all sins are burned away (Romans 14:10, KJV). Also, Christians value all life. The sacrifice of one life for the sake of many is an event that was reserved for the Christ, so that none shall perish, but have eternal life through our LORD and savior Jesus Christ (II Peter 3:9, KJV). There is a God, and Christians are accountable to His greater plan for His creation. Christian works contribute to one’s place in the afterlife, as a determination as to how we spend that afterlife: in the presence of God, or a place of eternal separation from God. From the Christian perspective, from the moment we are conceived until the moment we die, our lives belong to God. Ours is not to know, but to have faith in God (Acts …show more content…

During the End of Days, what some Christians believe are worldly trials and tribulations, which lead up to the second coming of Christ, God promises his chosen people a decrease life-span. “If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened” (Matthew 24:22, NIV). In context, Jesus’ disciples are asking when He will return and take His people into paradise. Historically, this passage was discussing the slaughter of the Jewish people at the hands of the Roman Empire, and how the time of the Jewish people as a whole, was reduced. Prophetically, this is a promise to shorten the lives of Christian believers so that God’s chosen people will not be required to terry long through the growing wickedness of the world leading up to Christs return. To create technologies with the promise of extending life seems to be rejecting this promise from God to His

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