| Biotechnology and religion often do not mix. | | | | on science and how it and religion have functioned |
| Consider some of the major biotechnological | | | | over the years. It seems that each generation |
| advances that have happened within the past | | | | has a controversial science that causes the |
| decade. With each news report outlining the | | | | religious to question it. The generation after that |
| benefits of the new technology, it also touches on | | | | looks at the new science as normal and doesn?t |
| the opposition, often by religious groups. | | | | think of it. Will this happen to the current field of |
| Biotechnology and religion is a matter of ethics. | | | | biotechnology? Will cloning become so common |
| Where do you draw the line between science and | | | | that most people won't think it is strange or |
| religion? Do religious groups have a right to try | | | | remarkable? |
| and intervene? Controversial sciences such as | | | | It seems that biotechnology and religion don't |
| cloning and stem cell research will inevitably raise | | | | necessarily need to compete with each other. |
| the question of ethics. Is it right for humans to | | | | Perhaps the issue of one versus the other has to |
| try to spark life? Some say it is playing God. | | | | do more with a lack of knowledge than ethics. I |
| Others see it as important. It is hard to say | | | | think that both sides will coexist better if they |
| whether or not biotechnology and religion really | | | | understood each other a little more and were |
| can mix. | | | | more tolerant of their own differences. So when |
| Do you want to understand the subject of | | | | a new scientific advancement in the field of |
| biotechnology and religion better? The best thing | | | | biotechnology comes out, instead of panicking and |
| to do is research. Go to your library and look up | | | | becoming outraged, perhaps opponents can |
| the different resources on biotechnology and also | | | | practice a little understanding. |