Germline Engineering is essentially when a parent or parents decide to genetically “design” their child by changing genes contained in the egg, sperm, or early embryos. It is used in many different ways, for example, to prevent disease in a human, enhance the outward appearance, and even make the person more intelligent than the mediocre of society. However, there are many arguements in between the people that agree with this new technology and the people that completely oppose it. The question is, is this morally corrupt, or is this the start of a new way of human life/technology. In my opininion, I believe that engineering your child’s genetics is wrong.
Personally I can see how it seems more appealing to chose to enhance one’s characteristics. …show more content…
I believe that this act of altering genetics could also alter God’s plan in life for the parents, and/or the child. Your child could be seen to have an extra chromosome in the pair 21 which results in down syndrome, but by changing this it also may change God’s plan for a non-believer to become a Christian. His life plan may seem a little crazy at the time, but it also gives the opportunity to learn patience and kindness, it gives another chance to be an example to those who don’t know him and to share the gospel and save others . This all results in a more purposeful life in which you save others from eternity in hell rather than having a child without a disorder or syndrome.
Another flaw in Germline engineering is the matter of ethics. A child may feel betrayed after a parent tells them that they were designed even before they were born. Anyone could imagine being put in that posititon, they could feel that if they didn’t turn out the way they did, their parents wouldn’t love them. Also a person could put themself in the parents position. If I were a parent I would like to see what my child would actually look like without scientific tampering. Germline engineering raises many problems involving ethics and the big debate of Science vs.
Personally I can see how it seems more appealing to chose to enhance one’s characteristics. …show more content…
I believe that this act of altering genetics could also alter God’s plan in life for the parents, and/or the child. Your child could be seen to have an extra chromosome in the pair 21 which results in down syndrome, but by changing this it also may change God’s plan for a non-believer to become a Christian. His life plan may seem a little crazy at the time, but it also gives the opportunity to learn patience and kindness, it gives another chance to be an example to those who don’t know him and to share the gospel and save others . This all results in a more purposeful life in which you save others from eternity in hell rather than having a child without a disorder or syndrome.
Another flaw in Germline engineering is the matter of ethics. A child may feel betrayed after a parent tells them that they were designed even before they were born. Anyone could imagine being put in that posititon, they could feel that if they didn’t turn out the way they did, their parents wouldn’t love them. Also a person could put themself in the parents position. If I were a parent I would like to see what my child would actually look like without scientific tampering. Germline engineering raises many problems involving ethics and the big debate of Science vs.