tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668712602334003954.post5906829653004954300..comments2024-01-12T15:32:22.236-08:00Comments on The Episconixonian: From Little Things, Big Things GrowFr. Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974142521713230215noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668712602334003954.post-50350916940463581262009-03-09T16:49:00.000-07:002009-03-09T16:49:00.000-07:00Fr. John,Hmm... Certainly there is a benefit from...Fr. John,<BR/><BR/>Hmm... Certainly there is a benefit from the advances that modern science can offer when unfettered by morality, but there is also significant potential for the law of unintended consequences to reek havoc. I maybe misreading him, but the President's view seems to be that "progress" was being slowed by morality, or perhaps that morality and research were in some way incompatible. This is a troubling viewpoint given history.<BR/><BR/>... also ...<BR/><BR/>"and the humanity and conscience to do so responsibly."<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure how we get the humanity and conscience to responsibly utilize "material" that would most likely have become a child. Are we not condoning and supporting the making of a market for unborn baby parts? I don't think I can get behind anything that legitimatizes something so ghastly.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/><BR/>John.<BR/><BR/><BR/>P.S.- I'm an "old earther" as the evidence in creation seems strongly to lean toward this, but I am not particularly put off by the "young earther's" I know. I find I generally have a lot more in common with them, particularly on subjects that matter, than with people who are convinced that "all this" comes from a random bolt of lightning and a mud puddle.John Whittakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015052017474796468noreply@blogger.com