General Chat

what are your veiws??????????????

colin

think its the way forward.

engineering of what?

Plants?

People?

Stem cell research?

Morning Arch. nice to see you
have a good day from the ugly

colin

I think he ment in general Eldrick :-))

Well, its such a huge topic it needs to be broken down into different areas.

Its very simplistic to treat it as a single concept.

I know whats coming, its the should man play God thing. Science versus religion.

wot does the future hold for us, i see all living things grown to order, all humans will be created in the lab, no defects, total control who lives how much food they require etc etc.

Eldrick
Grasshoppers
your obviousley a man given to detail--tell me
do Dandilions have brains, because ive observed
they dont just settle anywhere--they will land--
then as if to say---i dont like it here--they take off
again.
ime just a dumb old country lad who observes
things around me--and they all scream out
CREATION------------as to religion well i wouldnt
argue with you there------------As to the bible
nobody has ever proven any of its fact to be wrong

colin F

nor have they proven any of it to be right.

No one has proven any of the Lord of the Rings to be wrong either.

I take the science route.

You take the religious route.

No problem!

Eldrick
Dear old boy.
Read the book of Job, full of
proven scientific fact, before one condemns,one
should, as they say in the Hallowed Halls

Play the game-for the games sake.' What'

colin

i think people have to make there own informed decision on the subject and it is always going to be a contentious one

You mistake me for someone who owns a bible, cares about the bible or has any interest in the bible.

Chapter 3 of the Hobbit has about the same meaning for me!

I suppose that old rubbish about Ezekial and his spacemen pals is scientifically proven as well, lol?

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Genetic engineering has its place..and is here to stay..with so many people on transplant lists it is a solution to many problems..One could argue that mankind is playing "God"..and that it has "Frankenstein" qualities..but that was said with the first heart transplant and the kin..and fertilised eggs being frozen for I.V.F purposes..Genetic engineering is the next stage forward for the 21st century.

I thnk the argument is between allowing nature to take its course v interfering by the use of science.

Both arguments have valid points - but there is no validity in any religious appraisal of the concepts.

yes, this is true Eldrick..I think science runs into problems when ethics are concerned..i.e when that French lady had a face transplant..that for me was over stepping boundaries..

And it brings us back to the old truism.....

If life money could buy....

The rich would live and the poor would die....

ce la vie..and kay se ra se ra!..(not sure of spellings..spelt it phenectically!)...

Well nature gets my vote...........I do not hold with Genetic engineering .

Didn't some bright spark of a scientist think it was a good idea to feed cattle with " food stuff" produced
from the bodies of sheep ?........." mad cow " was born.

G.M. crops are already causeing problems in certain areas.....insects being rendered infertile
by them..........cross contamination etc.

Science is so clever at offering hope to the sick and needy.........then the NHS can't afford all these wonders.............it is a sad World.

pretty much agree...but let me be devils advocate.....

If you found that a cure existed for your terminal illness but it was banned because it was a genetic engineering thing...what would you do....?