1 posted on
12/12/2008 12:06:10 PM PST by
annalex
To: NYer; narses; ELS; Salvation
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All, please avoid generalized dispute about Catohlicism. The topic is dignity or person and bioethics.
2 posted on
12/12/2008 12:08:26 PM PST by
annalex
(http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
To: annalex
I’m about 15 pages into the document. It’s very substantial.
3 posted on
12/12/2008 12:45:12 PM PST by
Tax-chick
(If I can't go to Heaven right now, can I just go to Missouri?)
To: annalex
Procedures used on somatic cells for strictly therapeutic purposes “are in principle morally licit… With regard to germ line cell therapy, “the risks connected to any genetic manipulation are considerable and as yet not fully controllable” and therefore “in the present state of research, it is not morally permissible to act in a way that may cause possible harm to the resulting progeny
This is very interesting. It would appear that the Church does not view gene therapy as inherently immoral.
Is this a new position for the Church?
6 posted on
12/12/2008 12:58:10 PM PST by
timm22
(Think critically)
To: annalex
19 posted on
12/12/2008 5:44:46 PM PST by
Dajjal
(Obama is an Ericksonian NLP hypnotist.)
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Though this is from the Catholic Church, it deals with universal truth regarding true human dignity.
22 posted on
12/13/2008 12:02:05 PM PST by
wagglebee
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