The Singularity Saints Podcast

010: The Imago Dei & CRISPR

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With the capability to alter human genes, we have to ask what this means for us and how we view and treat our bodies. What, if any, consequence is there for the Imago Dei, the Image of God, in humanity if we toy with our genes?----more----

Topics:

  • CRISPR method of gene editing
  • Treating human bodies as commodities
  • Parent/child relationship and designer babies
  • Embodiment and psychology
  • Potential uses of CRISPR
    • https://labiotech.eu/tops/crispr-applications-gene-editing/
  • Unexpected consequences in gene editing
  • Update on the twins from China
    • https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/02/article/chinese-edited-genes-twins-may-be-smarter/
  • Gene editing of mosquitoes
    • https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6728543/Malaria-wiped-HERMAPHRODITE-mosquitoes.html
  • New eugenics worries
  • Greed and selfishness as motivations for editing
  • Various Interpretations of the Imago Dei
  • The theological function of Imago Dei
  • Christ as the full image of God
  • Divine likeness, human transcendence, and human destiny
  • Vanity engineering and the impact on the functional image
  • Christian ethics of gene therapy
    • https://biologos.org/blogs/deborah-haarsma-the-presidents-notebook/christian-wisdom-in-the-biotech-age

    Passages Reference:

    • Revelation 18:12-13
  • Genesis 1:26
  • Colosians 1:15
  • 1 Corinthians 15:49

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