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Originally posted by lumberjim
i am as unsuperstitious as they come.....i don't believe in "GOD" in a conventional sense......i do, however beleive that nature should not be trifled with lightly.
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Well, we can come up with many, many reasons why using advanced medicine and science is
good for the human race, even in reproduction. How many reasons can you think of why using the same is
bad? Actual, concrete reasons... not just a "gut feeling."
The only negative repercussions I can think of to medicine's help in reproduction are pretty managable:
1) Risk of sextuplets... this is a low risk, which the parents are aware of and prepared for.
2) "They could have adopted." Adopting is great if you want a kid to raise. But if you want YOUR kid, and the survival of the genes, medicine's answer is better.
3) Overpopulation... this problem would not be solved by failing to help couples conceive. Realistically, the areas where this sort of thing is offered are NOT overpopulated.
And what's wrong with "playing God" in this way, and helping nature along? Basically, there are two possibilities:
A) There IS a God(s), and (T)He(y) gave us the knowledge and means to do all this.
B) There is NO God(s), and mankind is the maker if i's own destiny.
One argument that would perhaps have merit is Darwinian... that one member of the couple has a genetic deficiency in reproduction, and should therefore not reproduce. But modern medicine fills that gap, so technically a couple with the means to pay for reproductive therapy satisfies the Darwinian equation..