The British government is expected to approve scientist’s plans to create human-animal hybrid embryos. What kind of sick idiocy is this? Aside from the religious implications there are moral issues to think of. This kind of research belongs in the realm of horror movies and only there.
To be fair, British law calls for the destruction of any hybrid embryo after 14 days. But, what if some scientist decides that he wants to see what will happen if the embryo is allowed to grow? You can’t tell me that the same scientists that plan to play God haven’t wondered what would happen if a hybrid embryo was implanted in a womb and allowed to grow to full gestation.
These are the same folks who think that human cloning is OK. Don’t you guys watch the movies or read fiction at all? These moral dilemmas have been played out in a number of works, the results are always tragic. In The Island of Dr. Moreau, human-animal hybrids live a tortured life on the mad doctor’s private island. The book, written by H. G. Wells in 1896 serves as a cautionary tale that modern scientists would do well to observe.
“You see, I went on with this research just the way it led me. That is the only way I ever heard of true research going. I asked a question, devised some method of obtaining an answer, and got a fresh question. Was this possible or that possible? You cannot imagine what this means to an investigator, what an intellectual passion grows upon him! You cannot imagine the strange, colourless delight of these intellectual desires! The thing before you is no longer an animal, a fellow-creature, but a problem!” Moreau rants in Wells’ book. In his mind finding the answer to the scientific question is far more important than the dignity of the creatures he vivisected.
Sure, a lot of this is over-reaction. Maybe there aren’t scientists who wish to see if human-animal hybrids are viable. But, why open the Pandora’s Box? With the box open, scientists will continue to push their limits, soon research will be planned on creating hybrids as replacement parts for humans or even as breeders. Literature is rife with cautionary tales, scientists scoff and call it all fiction and alarmism. The British government sets a dangerous precedent with this decision.
Science has and will undoubtedly improve our lives, it will find cures to horrific diseases, and discover ways to extend our life spans. But, what will be the cost? Do we pay with the souls of unborn embryonic monstrosities? Would such a creation even have a soul? Are we really willing to accept the consequences of playing God?
To be fair, British law calls for the destruction of any hybrid embryo after 14 days. But, what if some scientist decides that he wants to see what will happen if the embryo is allowed to grow? You can’t tell me that the same scientists that plan to play God haven’t wondered what would happen if a hybrid embryo was implanted in a womb and allowed to grow to full gestation.
These are the same folks who think that human cloning is OK. Don’t you guys watch the movies or read fiction at all? These moral dilemmas have been played out in a number of works, the results are always tragic. In The Island of Dr. Moreau, human-animal hybrids live a tortured life on the mad doctor’s private island. The book, written by H. G. Wells in 1896 serves as a cautionary tale that modern scientists would do well to observe.
“You see, I went on with this research just the way it led me. That is the only way I ever heard of true research going. I asked a question, devised some method of obtaining an answer, and got a fresh question. Was this possible or that possible? You cannot imagine what this means to an investigator, what an intellectual passion grows upon him! You cannot imagine the strange, colourless delight of these intellectual desires! The thing before you is no longer an animal, a fellow-creature, but a problem!” Moreau rants in Wells’ book. In his mind finding the answer to the scientific question is far more important than the dignity of the creatures he vivisected.
Sure, a lot of this is over-reaction. Maybe there aren’t scientists who wish to see if human-animal hybrids are viable. But, why open the Pandora’s Box? With the box open, scientists will continue to push their limits, soon research will be planned on creating hybrids as replacement parts for humans or even as breeders. Literature is rife with cautionary tales, scientists scoff and call it all fiction and alarmism. The British government sets a dangerous precedent with this decision.
Science has and will undoubtedly improve our lives, it will find cures to horrific diseases, and discover ways to extend our life spans. But, what will be the cost? Do we pay with the souls of unborn embryonic monstrosities? Would such a creation even have a soul? Are we really willing to accept the consequences of playing God?
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