Welcome to Every Thought Captive, I’m Phil Steiger.
One of the more pressing issues facing our culture today is stem cell research. Emotions run high as miracle cures are promised if we are only allowed to have access to embryonic stem cells or even the legal right to clone embryos for their stem cells.
Through all the science, one ethical question needs to be asked, what is the human status of the embryo? If life begins at conception, and I believe it does, an embryo is a human with the same rights as any child or adult. Harvesting stem cells requires that the embryo be destroyed, thus destroying a human life. We do not find that acceptable in any case that involves the killing of an adult for the potential aid of others. And we should not find it acceptable in the case of harvesting stem cells from embryos.
This has been Every Thought Captive. I’m Phil Steiger, pastor at Quail Lake Community Church and Director at Dayspring Center for Christian Studies. For more information, please visit www.everythoughtcaptive.org.
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