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Should We Play God?

Should we play God?
      Imagine a world where a person could change his or her genetic structure and redirect the future course of life in their child and themselves.   This is a very real possibility through genetic engineering or gene therapy.   In the future, it could be just as easy to change your physical or mental health, as it is to get flu shot now.   What has gone largely unnoticed is the unprecedented lethal threat of genetic engineering to life on the planet.   It now seems likely, unless a major shift in international policy occurs quickly, that the major ecosystems that support the biosphere are going to be irreversibly disrupted, and that genetically engineered viruses may very well lead to the eventual demise of almost all-human life.   In the course of the major transformations that are on the way, human beings will become transformed, both intentionally and unintentionally, in ways that will make us something different from what we now consider human.   Heedless of the dangers, we are rushing full speed ahead on almost all fronts.   Some of the most powerful multinational chemical, pharmaceutical, and agricultural corporations have staked their financial futures on genetic engineering.

    The idea behind Gene Cell Therapy is to be a cure all by altering the human DNA.   In non-technical language, we will use the flu virus.   Imagine that scientists have discovered the one specific gene or chromosome that makes the lemur immune to the flu virus.   They in turn want to "add" it to the human DNA in an attempt to make humans immune to the virus.

    That accomplishment would be awesome but what will happen when made available to the public?   The desire for an elite race and Social Darwinism will once again become rampant.   Consider another layer of this gene therapy - cloning.   Is that not like playing God?

    The affects of gene therapy are long lasting which will affect your future generations as well as your own health.   With this in mind, I...