Engineered in His Image? Christians More Cautious About Gene Editing.
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“A Pew Research survey across 20 countries found believers lag behind non-religious neighbors in support for the technology, with the biggest gap in the US.” - CToday
As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“A Pew Research survey across 20 countries found believers lag behind non-religious neighbors in support for the technology, with the biggest gap in the US.” - CToday
“This is an ethical dilemma that pro-life Christians have wrestled through long before the coronavirus.
“This paper will carefully examine the relevant affirmations and denials in those documents [1978-99 Council on Biblical Inerrancy] to expose the ambiguous wording that opened the door for these old-earth views.
“John Lennox reflects on questions of consciousness in computers, enhancing humans, and other quandaries.” - C. Today
“ ‘A Christian Statement on Science for Pandemic Times’ expresses concern for the ‘politicization of science in the public square when so many lives are at stake.’ Signers pledge to wear masks, get vaccinated and correct misinformation and conspiracy theories.” - RNS
“One can fully grant the existence and usefulness of experts and expertise, yet also recognize from whence skepticism can derive. The problem is this: while credentialing experts solves one ‘cheap talk’ problem, it creates another, less recognized cheap talk problem. It’s the latter from whence skepticism derives.” - Law & Liberty
“Humans have a unique capacity for wondering about meaning, purpose, and value. … In Born to Wonder: Exploring Our Deepest Questions—Why Are We Here and Why Does It Matter?, Alister McGrath sets out to explore the significance of this remarkable human trait.” - TGC
“…in addition to the traditional areas of scientific inquiry and expertise, such as chemistry, physics, and medicine, many now even look to science for guidance on moral questions—and many scientists and science boosters are eager to claim they can provide it.” - TGC
“AI has two meanings.
“While mathematics and other hard sciences were somewhat safe in the postmodernist world, the new post-truth culture has laid waste to them along with everything else.” - Robin Schumacher
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