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It's only eight cells in a petri dish. It's only a small "fetus" (ie unborn human baby). It's only a defective baby who won't live anyway. It's only a sick child who will have no quality of life. It's only a mentally ill person who has no enjoyment of life. It's only a retarded person who can't care for himself. It's only an elderly person who has no future ahead anyway. It's only a sick elderly person who can't care for herself.

It's only a Jew. It's only a Christian. It's only a native. It's only a (fill in the blank).

Well said, thank you, little jeremiah.

I just wonder if God's testing us to see if we can use all this new scientific knowledge for good, for life, or for evil, for death. Guess we know for this couple and others like them.

Life is created when two incomplete DNA strands merge {And the two shall become one flesh}. Death cannot be created. Life can be killed, though.

Perhaps in the grand scheme does anyone suppose there are some couples who just aren't 'supposed' to procreate? Perhaps they're to adopt? But even then, they risk the "imperfect child."

God help us all.

Not everyone gets to have everything he/she wants. We all are filled with all manner of desires. We don't always get them fulfilled. And the funny thing is, sometimes we get them fulfilled and we find they aren't what we REALLY wanted after all.

What will make a person happy? Having the "perfect" child, the "perfect" spouse, the "perfect" house or job? Or a heart filled with love for God, love for all His children, and compassion for others' suffering?

A hard hearted person is willing to cause suffering to others in order to attain his goal. A kind hearted person is willing to suffer so that others are not hurt or are protected. What kind of person does our culture glorify?

What is life for? Making a laundry list of "I want this, i want that" and handing to God to fulfill? Or if we're an atheist, shoving others out of the way so we can have it all? What fills an empty heart?