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by Gina Burgess
There is a very old joke about scientists who arrogantly believed they could create life. They took a bucket and filled it with dirt, then another bucket and filled it with water, then happily headed for their laboratory. God stopped them in their tracks and said, “You want to create life? Go create your own dirt and water, and start with that.”
God has instilled an instinctive sanctity of life into each person’s conscience. It is part of our character. Yet, humans can “reason” themselves out of it in so many different ways.
Gene therapy and now gene editing is becoming the “new” technology to perfect the human body. Have you seen the TV commercials about it? They are definitely exquisitely disguised. I guess it is a very good thing that Hitler didn’t have access to gene editing technology. I wonder what kind of nasty race he might have created. Here’s some startling news you may or may not have heard about:
January 15,2016 (LifeSiteNews) –Yesterday an embryologist in UK (January 15,2016) asked permission to take the life of thirty children by editing their genes at the embryonic stage. Her goal is to advance knowledge of human development in order to treat infertility. Last month a landmark conference in Washington, D.C., the International Summit on Human Gene Editing, advocated deadly experimental use of children at an embryonic level of development for purposes largely related to curing certain genetic anomalies. What is Human Gene Editing and why did so many scientists at the conference call for an immediate worldwide moratorium?
Formerly referred to as “germline intervention,” Human Gene Editing (HGE) is the creation of a genetically modified human. HGE changes made to a human child at an embryonic level will be passed through normal sexual reproduction to all future offspring. This emerging technology has profound implications for the future of the human race.
Here’s the GOOD news about all this. Many scientists have called for a moratorium on gene editing. Academic journals are calling for a moratorium citing technical inadequacies and non-compliance of local regulations. The call for a moratorium highlights the deep-seated ethics of those who realize where this kind of research can take the human race. But…
The research is rather frightening because it is evidence of the height of man’s arrogance in that some scientists disregard law in favor of their own research and quest for knowledge. It illustrates that men are trying to put on God’s cloak… we all know what happened to Adam and Eve when they tried that.
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them... 31And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.
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Gina Burgess has taught Sunday School and Discipleship Training for almost three decades. (Don't tell her that makes her old.) She earned her Master's in Communication in 2013.
She is the author of several books including: When Christians Hurt Christians, The Crowns of the Believers and others available in online bookstores. She authors several columns, using her God-given talent to shine a light in a dark world. You can browse her blog at Refreshment In Refuge.
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