Welcome to Every Thought Captive, I’m Phil Steiger.
In Texas there is a human embryo bank, the Abraham Center of Life, where prospective parents not only can adopt embryos, but in the future will be able to custom order them as well. According to Wesley J. Smith, a fellow at the Discovery Institute, the Center will allow potential parents to file through their list of donor parents, pick the ones that fit their ideal profile, and pay for their genetic material.
Something is wrong when we start treating our children the way we treat our fast food. After all, who decides what “better” traits are? How tall do you want your child? Is that different for boys and girls? What level of intelligence is right? What skin color would you choose? When we custom design embryos we force ourselves onto our children and begin to chose their futures for them long before they are born. Our culture needs to be careful and reflect before we turn our children into commodities.
This has been Every Thought Captive, a Christian worldview minute sponsored by Quail Lake Community Church. For more information, please visit quaillake.org.
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