Korean Cloning and the Sin of Pride
An editorial against cloning today inadvertenty suggested to what extent ambition to be first in the world motivated the Korean scientists behibd the cloning of human embryos a few weeks ago. Here are a few quotes from [VIEWPOINT]Cloning's moral issues are real:
An editorial against cloning today inadvertenty suggested to what extent ambition to be first in the world motivated the Korean scientists behibd the cloning of human embryos a few weeks ago. Here are a few quotes from [VIEWPOINT]Cloning's moral issues are real:
- "Professor Hwang Woo-suk recently succeeded in cloning human embryos through somatic cell nuclear transplantation, and in extracting embryonic stem cells from the embryos. He held a victorious press conference in front of U.S. scientists, who take pride in being the best in the world as far as biotechnology is concerned, and received their praise for a marvelous.
"This is quite an inspiration for Koreans, who have lived powerlessly to such an extent that we could not but send our youths to the battlefields in Iraq when the United States demanded we do so."
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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