[RightWhale]

Christians ought to sound the alarm now, before science without limits blurs lines that were meant to be distinct and achieves what C. S. Lewis called the "abolition of man."

Big changes are coming. Will we still be "ourselves" 100 years from now?

Another question: Are we nothing more than our animal bodies to be worrying about what kind of vehicle we inhabit?

[steve-b]

Will we still be "ourselves" 100 years from now?

Of course not, any more than we are like the people living at the turn of the twentieth century. As I said, people who don't like the new world should feel free to find a place to keep it out, without interference (beyond the minimum necessary to insure that they don't fester into another batch of terrorist goblins).

[Mr. Silverback]

It's not so much that I'm worried about the vehicle, as I am at the potential to redefine what is human. We have seen genocides come about in the past because of such redefinitions. Plus, in this case, messing with the structure of the family is lethal for a civilization. Screwing with the nuclear family structure in the name of freedom--any freedom--is the sociological equivalent of shouting "FIRE!" in a crowded theater.