Different attitudes to genetic engineering and cloning in Christianity
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- Different attitudes to genetic engineering and cloning in Christianity
- Liberal Protestants
- GE and cloning is good and should be supported by the Church as long as it is done to cure diseases and not to produce perfect humans because:
- Jesus was a healer and showed humans should do all to cure diseases
- God wants humans to be stewards of the Earth. Using these discoveries to improve human life is a good thing
- Embryos cannot be regarded as human life until they are 14 days old- this time is set by HEFA
- There is a difference between creating cells and creating people
- They accept non- religious arguments in favour of GE
- GE and cloning is good and should be supported by the Church as long as it is done to cure diseases and not to produce perfect humans because:
- Catholics
- GE is acceptable as long as it is for curing diseases and not using human embryos because:
- Life begins at conception whether in a womb or glass dish
- Killing an embryo is killing human life- banned by the Bible and Church
- Embryos for research have been produced using methods that the Catholics Church disagrees with -masturabation
- GE is acceptable as long as it is for curing diseases and not using human embryos because:
- Other Christians -oppose any form of GE because:
- It is wrong to make the Earth perfect as only Heaven is perfect
- GE is playing God and that is a great sin
- God created the genetics make-up of each human at conception and people have no right to interfere with God's will
- They accept non- religious arguments against GE
- Liberal Protestants
- Other Christians -oppose any form of GE because:
- It is wrong to make the Earth perfect as only Heaven is perfect
- GE is playing God and that is a great sin
- God created the genetics make-up of each human at conception and people have no right to interfere with God's will
- They accept non- religious arguments against GE
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