Human cloning:

[Wiffey]

Britain has given the go ahead for human cloning research. Ugh!

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,146697,00.html

[InnerPhyre]

The bad news is of course that it is a perversion of creation. The good news? Jesus is coming.

Come, Lord Jesus. Amen.

[countrymousenc]

Britain has given the go ahead for human cloning research. :sigh: :( :sick:

Lord have mercy. :crosseo:

[Rilian]

Very, very scary. I think we are on the cusp of some truly terrible things.

[ufonium2]

Sadly, one of the leading proponents of this stuff (and also fetal stem-cell research) in America lives in my community and is, theoretically at least, a member of one of our local Orthodox parishes.

[Grand_Duchess-Elizaveta]

Sadly, one of the leading proponents of this stuff (and also fetal stem-cell research) in America lives in my community and is, theoretically at least, a member of one of our local Orthodox parishes.

This disturbs me even more than the OP.:( :crosseo:

[DanielRB]

What can we say? How can we condemn the Nazis when sixty years after their defeat we're doing what they were doing--and even worse?

Though it may seem drastic to some, I would hope to see all Churches that at least claim to respect life to excommunicate those who indulge in or advocate such actions--after giving them a chance to repent. If there are Orthodox people that do or advocate such appaling acts, where is the leadership of the Church? How can they tolerate it without doing something?

If we don't take a stand now, when will we take a stand? What do we have to fear?

In Christ,

Daniel

[countrymousenc]

Daniel, if that researcher's priest knows about it, the researcher probably is excommunicate until he repents and stops participating. That means he cannot receive the Eucharist, even though he can go to services and pray. In the Orthodox Church that's the biggest deal of all, being able to receive the Eucharist; but for us, excommunication is not merely a punishment. It is, instead, a means to bring the sinner to repentance and to protect him from destruction.

[ufonium2]

If there are Orthodox people that do or advocate such appaling acts, where is the leadership of the Church? How can they tolerate it without doing something?



To the best of my knowledge (it's not my parish) the researcher does not commune (or possibly even attend) although his family is very active in that parish. The priest has spoken openly about the Church's position, and is by all accounts extremely upset that such a visible member of the Greek community in my city is so obviously spitting in the face of what the Church teaches. It's an ugly situation, and by no means is the priest or the Church condoning it or even looking the other way. I feel sorry for the family, the community, and that parish.