Is it arrogant to create new forms of life? Is it playing God? Lots of people might think it's just wrong. Author Fazale Rana sheds some light on this issue, I think, so here are his own words from Creating Life in the Lab:
"The attempts of scientists and biotechnologists to "play God" are really no different from any other human creative activity. Everything we do as human beings can be rightly understood as playing God because we are made in God's image (see Genesis 1:27). In this sense we create because we bear the image of a God who is the Creator. And since God made life, it was only a matter of time before we would discover how to make life from the materials and templates He provided . . .
"Humility is key, because with humility comes the all-important reverence for God and an awareness of the innate moral weakness of human nature.
"The ability to create artificial life will usher in a brave new world, but it need not bring a future of icy darkness, a world that Christians fear or eschew. It can be one we engage and embrace and influence for good."
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