Forget about wearing glasses or contacts. God made you sight-impaired, so you must stay that way! Born deaf? Forget about that cochlear implant! Can't defy God, now can we?
Lets see, what else. No braces. No clothes. No jewelry. No haircuts. The list is almost endless.
Lets see, what else. No braces. No clothes. No jewelry. No haircuts. The list is almost endless.
I think your point can also apply to the Church's opposition to genetic engineering/cloning.
I can understand being opposed to certain uses of genetic engineering, but I don't get the categorical opposition to the concept as a whole.
Presumably, it is just fine for science to intervene to get rid of disease or defect after a person is born. Something as "unnatural" as using pharmaceuticals to attack cancer or lasers to improve vision is morally acceptable.
But using technology to change the genetic structure of a zygote is alleged to be gravely immoral. Even if the procedure did not result in destroying any life, and even if the modification was made to prevent a serious handicap, I've been told by some Catholics that it would be wrong to use genetic engineering in that scenario.
I don't see why it's morally acceptable to let a disorder fully manifest itself in a person's body and then attack it with a scalpel, but it's NOT morally acceptable to prevent the disorder in the first place using a different set of instruments.
Don't forget circumcision...