bible question in a way with stem cell research are we playing the role of god?

Answer 1

God wants us to become smarter but not at the cost of another human life.

Answer 2

In my opinion stem cell research is playing the role of "god" the exact same way someone who has been in a wreck and they are being kept alive by life support is playing "god". Most people who have a problem with stem cell research don't have a problem keeping a person alive when they would have died if left to god, so why is this any different?

I think stem cell research is a really good idea, even if it is humans taking the life and death roll of a supreme being into their own hands. Whoever created us made us smart enough to figure out how to prolong our lives, why should we not use this gift he or she gave us? Wouldn't it be more disrespectful not to live our lives and use our intelligence to it's full potential?

Answer 3

Of course not; its simply another tool we have discovered. If such a thing could heal rheumatoid arthritis or diabetes, would that not be "life-serving?" You aren't playing God when you use a new medical procedure or tool for a positive purpose. You ARE if you are arrogant about it and proceed unmindful of any possible drawbacks. That's bad medicine as well as bad faith, so to speak.
Since umbilical cords and cloned cell lines have proven to be workable sources, its absolutely moral, as well as medically sensible, to pursue the good stem cells could do. The abortion uproar is no longer valid in the face of the means to acquire the material without the need for such a thing. Would you like to see feet regrown or more artifical limbs? That's a bit advanced at the moment, but its a real goal. Do we really have to answer that question?

Answer 4

Technically not, because when we grow vegetables arent we playing gods too? Where do u actually draw the line? We take something from nature, we use fertilizers and we use it in a different way "god" uses it.
Stem cell research is just something more complicated but using the same principle if you think about it. So I believe we can either live like cavemen and interfere with nothing around us or carry on, as long as we dont harm people rather than confusing and contradicting ethics.

Answer 5

Giving someone an aspiring is playing god. Stitching up a wound is playing god.

Here is a table you might find interesting:

Humans by Era Average Lifespan (years)
Neanderthal 20 (Neanderthal is actually a different species from modern humans but is still considered to be a hominid)
Upper Paleolithic 33 33 at birth; upon reaching age 15 it's 54
Neolithic 20
Bronze Age 18
Classical Greece 28
Classical Rome 28
Medieval Britain 33
End of 19th Century 37
Early 20th Century 50
Current 80
Present day "non-civilized"
native groups 34

If god has a "plan" for everyone and decides exaclt ywhen they are going to die, isn't it ironic that as medical science has improved, god has "allowed" people to live longer exactly in step with these advances?

Answer 6

Funny how when we are talking about using scientific experiment on cells that are donated for this purpose people say we are playing the role of god, but when the pharmaceutical industry tries to recreate the effects and properties of plants it is not mentioned. With both we are simply trying to learn more about our world - we chose the apple from the tree of knowledge. That's our jobs.

Peace!

Answer 7

Not any more than we play the role of "god" when we correct our vision with glasses. A human blastocyst has 150 cells. A fly's brain has 100,000 cells. A human blastocyst doesn't even have neurons and can feel no pain.

Furthermore, hundreds of THOUSANDS blastocysts are destroyed daily in the process of in vitro fertilization. IF it's an abomination to destroy that clump of cells why in my name are Christians silent about in vitro? It makes less sense than Paris Hilton's "singing" career.

Answer 8

No, not playing god, trying to help others live longer.. Stem cell is not that big of deal folks... It really can enrich someone else's life.... Ask nurse ratchet....She will tell you.... Anyone care about Alzheimer's or Parkinson's for instance ....

Answer 9

Jesus would never dream of the complex technical advances we have made today-- if he did, he would have meantioned it.

We have a lot of very serious ethical problems going on right now and the bible doesn't really help sort out any of them...

Answer 10

You know of course that you are asking if we are playing a mythological role.