The Mother-of-all Questions and Stem Cell Research

Dellann asked this morning about my opinion on the bioethics of stem cell research. (Go to this NIH link for Stem Cell Basics.)

This question has to do with the meaning of life. In fact, any questions on the meaning of life really comes down to this mother-of-all questions through the ages. Is man a contingent-being? If God created man, then the latter is a contingent-being. Man could not come into being by himself unless some other divine Being, God, made him. I am one who subscribes to the school that God created man. He breathed life and spirit into him. In terms of cosmological significance, man is made only lower than God Himself (Psalm 8:5).

In this respect, God made each individual in his mother's womb before he was born and set apart for a special work (Jeremiah 1:5) . We are His workmanship created in Jesus Christ for good works (Ephesians 2:10). Therefore, each human embryo (via in vitro or in vivo fertilization) is precious to God, and He has a purpose for that person's life. No other human should temper (clone) and manipulate (research) on the being (embryo) of another promised life.

On the politics of stem cell research, I disagree with the Kerry's presidential campaign promises. If elected president, John Kerry will expand embryonic stem cell research with more federal tax dollars, and to nullify the Bush administration's bioethical concerns. Kerry has pledged to the electorates, under his new adminstration, the lame shall leap with joy, and the blind shall see. If that should be the case, the farmers in the heartland had better tie down the pigs.

My lunch hour is about over. We'll follow this thread another time.