A Theology for Synthetic Biology

Fazale (Fuz) Rana January 16th, 2012

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Should humans play God?

This question has become more poignant in the last few years as biochemists, molecular biologists, and origin-of-life researchers make significant strides in their quest to create life in the lab. Attempts to produce artificial life fall under the purview of a new discipline called synthetic biology, a fusion of engineering and the life sciences.

One of synthetic biology’s goals is the design and manufacture of nonnatural life-forms—man-mad … (Read More)

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Doing the Right Thing – Chuck Colson on SBE

Erik Guzman December 2nd, 2011

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Is there a universal moral law? If so, can we live by it? If we can, why would we want to? Enter Chuck Colson.

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Join Chuck Colson on Steve Brown Etc. as we talk about ethics and his new DVD series, Doing the Right Thing.

As a new Christian, Colson founded Prison Fellowship in 1976 after doing time for Watergate-related charges. (He was President Nixon's " … (Read More)

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E-evil

Terry Mattingly November 25th, 2008

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As far as I can tell, there is no faith, no religion, no hope and no positive sense of morality in the following story.

Only evil.

There may be some apathy, which is often another form of evil. Here's the top of the Associated Press report, as printed in the Los Angeles Times.

The message "OMG" popped up next to the live webcam broadcast of Abraham Biggs lying motionless on his bed, followed by "LOL" and "hahahah."

But Biggs wasn' … (Read More)

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