Post by nathanael on Jan 18, 2008 6:41:21 GMT -7
No one can become a human without the breath of life, which only God can give. Breath of life (Hebrew nepes hayah), is the immortal soul of human beings, immortal by analogy, for ultimately God alone is Immortal. This soul cannot be reproduced in the lab, for it comes from the Creator! God said, "creced y multiplicaos" (be fertile and multiply, Gn 1, 28). He did not specify exactly how: sex and lab are possible choices. He did imply the indispensable role of the woman: both choices require the uterus. We do not know how God will react: Will He provide a soul to the clones? My educated theological guess is that He probably will, given that "they are in His Image." So, looking optimistically, we should not fear the horror stories that "armies will be cloned and private killers," as long as we respect the Image of God in every person, cloned or not cloned! But we should never cease to give all honor to God! This especially goes for the scientists, in whose power is to create good things, or to create monstrosities!