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To: little jeremiah; gaijin

I believe evil can come from this kind of technology just like evil can come from all sorts of technologies. That doesn’t mean technology itself is evil.

The Bible is our guide for resolving these issues:

2 Timothy 3:16-17, “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

gaijin is correct, IMO, that we are required to back up and test any belief with scripture. That is our standard by which to measure ideas. If we rely on emotions or beliefs that are not founded in scripture, we can go wrong.

Genesis 1:26 “And God saith, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.’”

gaijin is correct, based on scripture, that God gave man dominion over animals. I don’t know of any scripture that would ban this technology, depending on how it’s implemented of course. However, I could be wrong. I’m open to correction by scripture as noted in 2 Timothy.

There are many, many Christians who would be dead today without medical intervention, including myself. Is it wrong for a scientist or doctor to want to help their fellow man? Should the sick avoid all medical technologies beyond naturopathic medicine?

Maybe the scientists involved aren’t driven by greed, power, and arrogance but simply want to help others. The desire to help others wouldn’t justify everything under the sun, such as abortion, harvesting organs from unwilling donors, etc., but it’s not fair to attribute evil motives to all scientists in this regard.


35 posted on 06/04/2010 7:54:51 PM PDT by CitizenUSA (Is Sarah Palin REALLY a conservative or just another Republican?)
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To: CitizenUSA
The Bible is our guide for resolving these issues:

Genesis Chapter 6. Why do you think the world had to be flooded out....

41 posted on 06/04/2010 8:59:54 PM PDT by NeoCaveman ("There is no more money. Period. We are BROKE." - Lurker 5/21/10)
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To: CitizenUSA; little jeremiah

Nobody said technology is evil. A strawman if I ever saw one.

God giving man dominion over the planet is not a license to engage in immoral pursuits.


60 posted on 06/05/2010 11:31:22 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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