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Bioethics and Biotechnology Archive

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Human Life: Threatened by Secularism

With the rise of secularism, biblical concepts defining the sanctity of life and the personhood of human beings created in the image of God are rapidly eroding. What the world gives in return is a thin, brittle reality, defined by the whims and discretion of the scientific community.

Today, human life is being devalued at an alarming rate. People are being altered and aborted. Genes are being patented; cloning is perilously close to being a reality and physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia are being propagated as viable alternatives to proper health care. The sanctity of life is under attack as never before.

As the battle wages on, the lives and futures of the weakest ones among us hang in the balance. Today, personhood is defined by one's abilities and contribution to society, while those who do not possess these capabilities are rapidly losing all rights as human persons.

When a society fails to safeguard the lives of its weakest members, the totality of the society is threatened.

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Bioethics and Biotechnology

Recent position papers by the CID on bioethics and biotechnology:

These position papers are copyrighted and available for you to download and copy freely, without changing or adding to the information.

09 Revised JAF position on ESC
Policy Center Guidelines
Postmodernism
Stem Cell Research White Paper
McReynolds Response Article
Stem Cell Research
A Knowledge Tradition
From Whence Comes Rights
Language Disability
Luke & A Theology of Suffering & Disability
Postmodernism
Prenatal Genetic Testing
Why Christian Doctrine Matters

Bioethics and Biotechnology Archive

"If we violate a human embryo today, tomorrow we will become callous about the fetus, then the infant, and then people with physical defects...let's influence society with reasoned judgment, strength of character, and a commitment to improve our culture, not diminish it."
- Joni Eareckson Tada

"We must advance the promise and cause of medical science, including through ethical stem cell research, yet we must do so in ways that respect human dignity and help build a culture of life."
- President George W. Bush Read Joni's article in Christianity Today