Abortion
What about Abortion?
In a pregnancy, where do we draw the line between non-human and human? 20 weeks is arbitrary, chosen for convenience, not for reality. The Bible is clear that life begins at conception, and abortion is wrong.
Some Christians keep their faith and their public life separate. While their faith is opposed to abortion, they also want the pregnant woman to have the right to choose. This leaves the unborn baby with no choice.
Humanists merge their faith and their public life when they are in favour of abortion as well as in favour of enforcing their view on the unborn baby. Humanism has no God and allows people to choose their own preference above those of other people, if that's what they want.
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What about Stem Cell Research?
Basically, harvesting embryonic stem cells comes at the price of destroying a living human embryo. And despite the hype, their therapeutic benefit is presently unproven.
Adult stem cells, in contrast, have been used for years without taking life! Bone marrow transplants are an example. Adult stem cells are also used in some cancer treatments, and have a proven track record.
For an excellent article called 'Stem Cell Research: Truth vs. Hype',
visit www.focusonthefamily.com
Another comprehensive article on the topic is at www.answersingenesis.org/news/stem_cells.asp
What if we are Accidents of Evolution?
If human reason is a product of accident, via evolution, then we can never know that the conclusions of our reason are true, becasuse reason is there for survival value, not truth value. Reason cannot then give us purpose for existence, nor authenticate truth in scientific enquiry.
Without sure reason, factors like purpose, hope, human dignity, freedom, ethics and free will are dead - meaningless. Notions of right and wrong, good and evil, are only survival factors.
Behavioural psychology, accepting the evolutionary accident, suggests that freedom of thought and action are illusions. It insists that our culture, environment and heredity are what program us how to feel, think and react. Thus we are not responsible for our actions - we can do as we feel, and we have no-one to answer to. Did you know that this is the way Hitler thought?
Ultimately, this leaves us with hope in a future built by mankind only. This should be of great concern. The 20th century - the century of evolution - witnessed the slaughter of more people than in the full 5000 years of previous known recorded history combined.
There are two ways out of this conundrum - either deny evolution altogether, or take the metaphysical (religious) step to assume that, mysteriously, blind chance accidents did do the impossible and produce purpose. More at www.grisda.org/origins/03038.htm