Synthetic Life Discuss

[Victor Medvil]

This is a continuation of the Christian views on Scientific advancement, so there has been much work on synthetic life forms Bacteria,Viruses, and other creations which are purely synthetic. To Christians are these creatures unholy abominations that were created by man and not God, what are Christian views on synthetic life?

Link 1 = Synthetic phages with programmable specificity

Link 2 = Scientists Created Bacteria With a Synthetic Genome. Is This Artificial Life?

Link 3 = https://www.electronicdesign.com/in...ot-swarms-may-be-coming-sooner-than-you-think

Link 4 = Living robots built using frog cells: Tiny 'xenobots' assembled from cells promise advances from drug delivery to toxic waste clean-up

Link 5 = Japan approves first human-animal embryo experiments

 

[solid_core]

This is a continuation of the Christian views on Scientific advancement, so there has been much work on synthetic life forms Bacteria,Viruses, and other creations which are purely synthetic. To Christians are these creatures unholy abominations that were created by man and not God, what are Christian views on synthetic life?

Link 1 = Synthetic phages with programmable specificity

Link 2 = Scientists Created Bacteria With a Synthetic Genome. Is This Artificial Life?

Link 3 = https://www.electronicdesign.com/in...ot-swarms-may-be-coming-sooner-than-you-think

Link 4 = Living robots built using frog cells: Tiny 'xenobots' assembled from cells promise advances from drug delivery to toxic waste clean-up

Link 5 = Japan approves first human-animal embryo experiments

Well, there are almost 2 billion of Christians around the world, so if you will try enough, you will find some individual Christian believing or not believing in anything you ask about.

But generally, there is no commandment or general rule for Christians that something like this is abomination, possible or impossible etc. Bible does not talk about synthetic life.

 

[Victor Medvil]

Well, there are almost 2 billion of Christians around the world, so if you will try enough, you will find some individual Christian believing or not believing in anything you ask about.

But generally, there is no commandment or general rule for Christians that something like this is abomination, possible or impossible etc. Bible does not talk about synthetic life.

Interesting, so you think the bible does not specify such things, so then it should be alright by Christian views then?

 

[Strathos]

You could call domesticated animals and plants 'synthetic life', as they were created by thousands of thousands of generations of selective breeding and artificial selection. I don't see anyone complaining too much about that.

 

[solid_core]

Interesting, so you think the bible does not specify such things, so then it should be alright by Christian views then?

I think its about reason and conscience of any Christian. There is no defined rule for it. It can be good or bad. Like any use of science.

But I would not call genetic modification abomination more than nuclear sciences or chemistry or walking on the moon.

 

[Victor Medvil]

I think its about reason and conscience of any Christian. There is no defined rule for it. It can be good or bad. Like any use of science.

But I would not call genetic modification abomination more than nuclear sciences or chemistry or walking on the moon.

Well Good, because this is actual the subject I research myself is the creation of synthetic life specifically synthetic viral vectors. I would hate to think that someone thinks my creations are abominations.

 

[solid_core]

Well Good, because this is actual the subject I research myself is the creation of synthetic life specifically viral vectors.

If you doubt and think it is a sin, then it is a sin.

If you are certain its OK, then I do not see any commandment or rule against that. Use it for good and everything will be fine.

 

[Victor Medvil]

If you doubt and think it is a sin, then it is a sin.

If you are certain its OK, then I do not see any commandment or rule against that. Use it for good and everything will be fine.

I don't think anything is a sin, as I specified I am a atheist in my introduction post, but they are used for genetic engineering of animals and plants. The molecular devices that do the work to do such a act as genetic engineering.

 

[solid_core]

I don't think anything is a sin, as I specified I am a atheist in my introduction post, but they are used for genetic engineering of animals and plants. The molecular devices that do the work to do such a act of genetic engineering.

Well, so far no sythetic life was created, so its only a theoretical question for Christians.

We can now mix genes, so we can create monsters and other obviously disgusting things like rat with human hand, cat with two heads etc. We can call it "abomination" in the meaning "its disgusting for us and horrible for the creature", but thats just my opinion.

 

[2PhiloVoid]

This is a continuation of the Christian views on Scientific advancement, so there has been much work on synthetic life forms Bacteria,Viruses, and other creations which are purely synthetic. To Christians are these creatures unholy abominations that were created by man and not God, what are Christian views on synthetic life?

Link 1 = Synthetic phages with programmable specificity

Link 2 = Scientists Created Bacteria With a Synthetic Genome. Is This Artificial Life?

Link 3 = https://www.electronicdesign.com/in...ot-swarms-may-be-coming-sooner-than-you-think

Link 4 = Living robots built using frog cells: Tiny 'xenobots' assembled from cells promise advances from drug delivery to toxic waste clean-up

Link 5 = Japan approves first human-animal embryo experiments

Far be it from me to deny empirical evidence where it might live and come about ...which isn't to say that I'll deny any repercussions that may also come with the same.

 

[xianghua]

This is a continuation of the Christian views on Scientific advancement, so there has been much work on synthetic life forms Bacteria,Viruses, and other creations which are purely synthetic. To Christians are these creatures unholy abominations that were created by man and not God, what are Christian views on synthetic life?

Link 1 = Synthetic phages with programmable specificity

Link 2 = Scientists Created Bacteria With a Synthetic Genome. Is This Artificial Life?

Link 3 = https://www.electronicdesign.com/in...ot-swarms-may-be-coming-sooner-than-you-think

Link 4 = Living robots built using frog cells: Tiny 'xenobots' assembled from cells promise advances from drug delivery to toxic waste clean-up

Link 5 = Japan approves first human-animal embryo experiments

a robot is also the result of human design. thus the fact that someone can make artificial life doesnt prove non-design and actually its prove the opposite. a penguin for instance is a kind of a self replicating organic robot. and we know that any robot is the result of design.

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

a robot is also the result of human design. thus the fact that someone can make artificial life doesnt prove non-design and actually its prove the opposite. a penguin for instance is a kind of a self replicating organic robot. and we know that any robot is the result of design.

We've been over this false logic more than once previously. Equivocation and false equivalence do not make an argument.

 

[Ophiolite]

a robot is also the result of human design. thus the fact that someone can make artificial life doesnt prove non-design and actually its prove the opposite. a penguin for instance is a kind of a self replicating organic robot. and we know that any robot is the result of design.

So, there are no black swans?