Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Turn It Off
The Constructive Curmudgeon is wondering if too much curiosity can be a bad thing.
But there is a grave extension of this principle -- science, particularly reproductive science. Just because my scientific curiosity tells me I can clone a person, should I?
Science began as a means of learning about God by learning about His creation. It has, in some fields, become a method of trying to replace God, or at least usurp much of his power.
Not all questions I can conceive of must be answered.
The old phrase, "Curiosity killed the cat," carries a current lesson. Curiosity can hurt us, too, polluting our souls and interrupting our fellowship with One who is, above all, holy. "Remember Lot's wife" (Luke 17:32).He addresses himself primarily to much of "reality" television and obscene amounts of news coverage of horrific events like Columbine.
But there is a grave extension of this principle -- science, particularly reproductive science. Just because my scientific curiosity tells me I can clone a person, should I?
Science began as a means of learning about God by learning about His creation. It has, in some fields, become a method of trying to replace God, or at least usurp much of his power.
Not all questions I can conceive of must be answered.
