[timm22]

I'm a little confused about the Church's position on this issue...

Does the Church oppose genetic engineering because of the methods used (i.e. eliminating the embryos that don't meet the design), or because they oppose the idea of interfering with nature....or both?

Suppose an advanced method were developed which allowed genetic manipulation of a naturally produced zygote...no artificial insemination or destruction of superfluous zygotes/embryos would take place. What would be the position of the Church concerning such a method?

[Mrs. Frogjerk]

You are not to interfere with God's handy work at all. We aren't supposed to manipulate an unborn child in any way. Catholics aren't just against that kind of bioengineering because it may kill the unborn, we are against it because we are not to interfere with God's plan for any given individual.

"I knew you before you were born" I cannot pinpoint where this quote is from in the Bible, but it is there, check it out.

[Barnacle]

Suppose an advanced method were developed which allowed genetic manipulation of a naturally produced zygote...no artificial insemination or destruction of superfluous zygotes/embryos would take place. What would be the position of the Church concerning such a method?

There are other groups that would embrace such a concept much more readily than the Catholic Church.

Groups such as the Nazis, for instance.