This week you would have seen that Obama legalised stem cell research in the US. One researcher said "Now we can do everything, and we don't have to worry about, 'is that allowed -- is that not allowed'?" Sounds like playing God to me!How do we, as Christians know what to think about this?
Here’s my 2 cents. When it comes to these issues my underlying question is: what is a person? If we can work out when a person becomes a person then it might help us with this and other related issues like abortion.
When David says ‘you knit me together in my mother’s womb’ (Psalm 139:13) what does that mean? When you read that John the Baptist leaped for joy in his mothers womb (Luke 1:44) – what does that imply? Is someone a person when they can speak, think, feel? Is it when there’s a separate egg and sperm? Is it when they’ve combined and the cells start multiplying? Can we even draw that line?
The other question is – because this research is for ‘a good cause’ should that impact the way we think about it? Can we make ethical decisions using a mentality of ‘the end justifies the means’?
Tricky questions. Any thoughts?
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