Is biotechnology agaisnt christianity? If so Why?

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or ethical reasons.

Answer 1

Biotechnology technically is not against Christianity or any other religion. If we abstractly look at science as an entity it is amoral. That's exactly why the morality of Christians and other religions have to be the guiding forces of technology applications.

Since science is amoral it sees possibilities and says that all possibilities should be explored and all abilities should be used. But that goes against the heart of humanity. Laws are universally accepted as moral restraints on people. You can yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater. You can pick something up in a store and walk out without paying for it. You can push someone into the path of an oncoming truck. But just because you can do something doesn't mean you should.

And it's interesting how each generation accepts technology. What was seen as impractical by the previous generation is seen as indispensable by the next. I am old enough to remember 8-tracks, LP's, TV from the aerial antenna or rabbit ears and pay phones. Today people carry multi-functional tools at their sides that have more power than mainframe computers did 25 years ago. Plus they play movies, songs, allow Internet & email access, etc. What a great use of technology! Sometimes it clashes with what my preferred view of the future is, but these devices and others have enhanced our lives more than any detraction they have provided to date.

But biotechnology is a different story completely. The beauty of science fiction is that it contains enough truth to be interesting because of the possibilities it raises. So let's look at a sci-fi classic with moral overtones: The Matrix. I'm sure almost everyone is aware of the storyline where machines used people in suspended animation as an energy source. Does that seem like an appealing future? Of course not. And that's why Neo is the hero - because he overcomes the machines and bring a truce into place.

And it has applications in real life as well. Sixty years ago a madman took over Europe with the idea of creating a master race to rule the world and eradicate enemies. Some early genetic research took place at that time. People were tortured, and bodies were dissected with the purpose of discovering superior and inferior qualities. The world was outraged and banded together to stop Hitler & put an end to these atrocities. And the US & UK are no different. Look at the nuclear weapon tests done with live subjects in New Mexico and Australia. This after dropping the 2nd nuke of Nagasaki just to see if that model or the model dropped on Hiroshima was more effective.

But let’s look at stem-cell research. What is being suggested as viable is to create human fetuses with the sole intent of using them as organ farms. The genetic research performed by today’s scientists & by Dr. Mengele is no different at its core. The science behind it is still amoral. But is it moral to torture live people simply to see what the effect is on them? Would you volunteer your child to be used as a live organ donor so some rich person can outlive their cancer / diabetes / or to regrow missing limbs? What right do we have to destroy viable human life in order to fulfill our Peter Pan complex?

So biotechnology is not against Christianity. But Christians need to stand together to ensure that we don’t allow Hitler to win 60 years after his death.

Answer 2

I find no merit to any argument that any science is against Christianity. What people do with science is always the issue however. Either way, science helps us understand God's genuis when He created us. Science has never, and can never, empirically rule out the need for a Creator. In fact, believing that we all came about by chance (as many scientists say we did) takes more faith because EVERY STEP necessary to create life as we know it was an incredibly unlikely event. Now what are the odds of several unlikely events happening in an unlikely sequence. Anyway, I wouldn't think that biotechnology goes against Christianity.

Answer 3

Since I have my career in biotech....

No, no one here is against Christianity. Science has always been the pursuit of knowledge, and also the betterment of mankind. I've worked in a cancer research lab, and currently at a bioagent detection lab. Ethics, though, should be involved in some of the most controversial research, though. Ethics and not necessarily religion. I'm sure you're indicating stem cell research and the like. (Well good news! They've found a way to impart stem cell tendencies in other cultivated cell lines. So there is no longer a need to harvest human fetuses!)

Answer 4

Sorry - you're incorrect with regard to the Christian faith helping technology - The church actual killed those that concept the sunlight replaced into the middle of our image voltaic gadget. technology is a technique. a manner of attempting to disprove a hypothesis. whilst that occurs we create a clean hypothesis - (A proposed assertion of certainty approximately how some thing works) The Christian faith is distinctive type Christians – the Christian faith includes bureaucracies and absolutes that should be secure against competing realities – like a house of enjoying cards. Proving a founding theory is incorrect the living house falls down. Christians are human and advance in distinctive methods then a static business enterprise. there isn't any longer something in technology it somewhat is static. it somewhat is a changing and shifting determination of understanding. practice some thing incorrect and we advance. We seek for solutions continuously. while faith purports to have each and every of the solutions to each question - a rigidity has to exist between the two. clever layout has been killed - it somewhat is faith no longer technology - ask Delaware. this could be a drained previous argument. Scientist have not abandoned Evolution. via asserting some thing is genuine as a results of fact somebody on the radio says it, does no longer make it genuine.

Answer 5

No. Biotechnology is not against Christianity. Biotech doesn't even think about Christianity. Scientists are just trying to innovate and help people

Answer 6

Of course not. Science cannot be either for or against Christianity. What harms humanity is against Christianity. Anything that helps humanity is for Christianity.