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By Michael Norton, Greenwood Village

Today, President Bush vetoed an embryonic stem cell research bill.

I want to preface my praise for President Bush’s action by setting forth a biblical understanding of humanity in light of God’s revelation. It is preeminently important to remember that humankind is created in the image of God. God imbued his creation with order. God is the one who imposes order, meaning and purpose on the whole creation. In the biblical narrative, both the origin of humankind (Genesis 1-2) and the development of the individual fetus within the womb (I prefer the term “baby") (Psalm 139:13-16) are pictured in terms of meticulous and loving design. Human beings are unique in all the vast array of creation because they alone of all the creatures are made in God’s image. In many respects, human beings are godlike beings. God has chosen no other image-bearer, either animate or inanimate, on planet Earth. As a result, in biblical thought, each human life has a unique dignity because of the divine image. It is frankly not possible to compare the ultimate value of one human life with another. Each human being is a unique masterpiece of God’s creation. See Psalm 8:5.

We live, however, in a fallen world. Though the universe is fractured and broken following the Fall, a crucial part of biblical understanding is that the universe still displays the moral order of God. Through the incarnation and resurrection of Jesus Christ, God’s created order is vindicated and fulfilled. Some day, all of us who call on the name of Christ as our Lord and Savior, including all those aborted babies, will be restored to our relationship with God.

So, why is all this important in considering this complex bioethical issue of embryonic stem cell research. It is important because an embryo is a human life at the earliest stages of a life span. It is not a blob of fetal tissue; it is not a vegetable; it is not some inanimate object: no, it is a human being created in the image of God. This baby deserves to be protected as it cannot protect itself. President Bush has done so by vetoing, for the second time, an embryonic stem cell research bill. This is a tremendous victory for the sanctity of human life.

All men and women of good will should pray for our President, our Congress, and our Supreme Court, as well as our state officials and that, through them, God’s perfect will shall be done. After all, the heart of the king is in the hands of the Lord.

READER COMMENTS

Love the Ot of the Bible, go to thebricktestament.com/ and see it in lilving (plastsic) color.

Oh, yes, you just have to read about that old love for life in the Bible, especially the OT. but the Christians will tell you that stuff is abrogated after Jesus came.

Where in the Bible are zygots even discussed?

Bibles make great door stops.

So tell me Michael, why is an embryo in the trash holier than an embryo going towards the possible cures that could be found? Why is it that you think everybody in this country follows the same "path to god" as you do? The reason your god has chosen no other image bearer, is because no other species on the planet needed to have a higher power to answer to when they do something wrong. Just like when a tree falls in the forest and nobody is around around, same goes for god, didn't exist before humans found a need to believe in something. If the sanctity of human life is so important, how can bush just sit back while 100 of our soldiers are killed every month in a war that no longer has any meaning or value or purpose?

People who are against abortion and stem-cell research but who are for the death penalty are not pro-life - they merely apply a uniquely different rationale to create a value system in which they cede greater authority to the STATE/CHURCH than to the INDIVIDUAL..

In MY value system, I place greater value on the right of individuals to make personal decisions for themselves over thr right of the STATE/CHURCH to dictate personal choice.

A foetus and especially a human egg is a POTENTIAL human being, much like a seed is a potential plant. I value the Humans already alive over the potential ones who MIGHT make it.

In case Mr Norton hadn't noticed, we don't have kings in THIS country.

Another religious nutjob. Not all Americans are Judeo-Christians. Some of the these tapayers are Muslims, Hindu's, etc., and they may take exception to Bush's religious indoctrination. If Bush is so pro-life, then we did he ilegally invade Iraq-NAM? Bush and his evangelical goons, like you, rejoice in our extermination of Muslims and their babies.

Like Saddam, Bush also unleashed chemical weapons on unsuspecting Iraqis. We used WILLY PETER (white phosphrous projectiles) on Iraqis under the "guise" we rooting out insurgents in residential areas. During my 3 deployments to Vietnam, WILLY PPETER burned completely through both skin and bones. Find me the Scripture that authorizes this type of barbaric behavior. Should Boy-George be charged with war crimes, like Hitler was?

Another religious nutjob. Not all Americans are Judeo-Christians. Some of the these tapayers are Muslims, Hindu's, etc., and they may take exception to Bush's religious indoctrination. If Bush is so pro-life, then we did he ilegally invade Iraq-NAM? Bush and his evangelical goons, like you, rejoice in our extermination of Muslims and their babies.

Like Saddam, Bush also unleashed chemical weapons on unsuspecting Iraqis. We used WILLY PETER (white phosphrous projectiles) on Iraqis under the "guise" we rooting out insurgents in residential areas. During my 3 deployments to Vietnam, WILLY PPETER burned completely through both skin and bones. Find me the Scripture that authorizes this type of barbaric behavior. Should Boy-George be charged with war crimes?

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