[Barnacle]

Why might He not have intended us to overcome birth defects through the above-mentioned hypothetical zygote-preserving engineering?

Folks of the Judeo-Christian persuasion are familiar with:

6 "When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it."

We know the rest of the story as well.

Some things are plain old, "Off Limits". Manipulation of human genetics is one of them.

[ivyleaguebrat]

"Some things are plain old, "Off Limits". Manipulation of human genetics is one of them."

At what point does technology become eating of the tree of knowledge? And is there any biblical basis for that boundary?