The journey of our life with our son Aidan who has autism. Through the journey we must have faith in God, our son, and of course ourselves to make it through. Our ultimate goal at the end of this journey is a: loving, caring, sociable, happy, independent, God-fearing young man. We would also desire a strong family unit with wisdom from the Lord and love for one another.
Sunday, January 03, 2010
Embryonic Stem Cell Research Vs In Vitro
I have been thinking a lot about how embryonic stem cell research is really all that different from those who do in vitro fertilization. Obviously to perfect in vitro fertilization I am certain some "fetuses" had to die during the research process. The scientists probably said it was for a greater good because ultimately they would be able to help create babies and push them into existence and help millions of parents worldwide with their research and technology. How is this any different than embronic stem cell research? The one person I know doing this in India for instance used only one embryo for her research and has duplicated from that to help thousands of people with their diseases ranging from MS, diabetes and more. Why is it morally correct to the vast majority of Christians to utilize in vitro but incredibly morally incorrect to utilize embryonic stem cell research? Is this once again an example of what I have heard others call "love the baby, hate the child?" I am not convinced that either of these is something God has an opinion on but then again I didn't hear him speak too often of autism either in the Bible. Then again vaccines were never mentioned but they are often widely taken on as gospel by all. I was one of those. Like sheep the slaughter, Anyway of this I am sure, God has a plan. He uses all for his glory. What that will ultimately be in either of the two modalities above we shall see.
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Aaron
Obviously to perfect in vitro fertilization I am certain some "fetuses" had to die during the research process.
Many more fetuses have to be used for IVF than you would likely care to think about. My question has always been why have Christian conservatives been so quiet about it?
So what is your conclusion?
Chad
Christians are very particular, it seems to me, as to what constitutes "God's Will" and what does not. Apparently IVF met the criteria in the general Christian population of being akin to "God's Will."
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