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Post by kjs on Oct 25, 2017 21:32:00 GMT -6
kjs thank you for sharing your personal situation with us, I had not heard that before. I also appreciate that you give me some perspective on this, or at least a better understanding/more insight into developing technology like this and how it can be used for good. The rub here is that although many of these types of things start out with good intentions, it's likely the deceitfulness of the enemy, pride, lust (of money) and the like creep into men's hearts and lead them to do abominable things, as MikeTaft points to EDIT - you gotta typo "I am probably am..." Exactly, Mike and that is the reason I am torn ... In my personal situation their tampering has led to my remission.... Others have had similar results ... So there is a good side ..... But there is a possibility that they will go to far with a "fix" and say discover a way to extend a persons life for twenty years.... Would that be ethical? |
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Post by MikeTaft on Oct 26, 2017 8:17:28 GMT -6
kjs - Given God said he would limit the life of man to 120 years (Gen. 6:3). I have a feeling our Lord is not going to allow man to go beyond that.
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Post by mike on Oct 26, 2017 8:45:13 GMT -6
That's the "sticky wicket" kjs ... When is the line crossed? Your situation is for the good, or we believe it is right? Or is it playing God? (*Not that medicine is bad, I've heard some crazy arguments about that before = all medicine is playing God) From your vantage point it is good, maybe even answered prayer? But when we tamper for the sake of tampering (eye color, height, removal of a "bad/cancerous" gene) are we playing God? Or is that still considered good, until they pronounce "we can edit genes so no one ever gets sick or dies. If that happens it's gone too far. Big IF but seems to me that the goal is to get there. |
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Post by barb84 on Oct 26, 2017 14:32:04 GMT -6
Gene expression is even affected by the food we eat. Chemicals/nutrients can turn genes on and off.
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