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Bree · 07-14-2003, 02:21 PM

My mother told me today that playing God is a sin.

My question is this: what is "playing God" exactly?

winstonjen · 07-14-2003, 02:23 PM

Probably anything to do with advancing scientific research.

mark9950 · 07-14-2003, 02:28 PM

what playing God is.

Playing God is when you break every commandment that you expect your creation to live by.

Adrammalech · 07-14-2003, 02:28 PM

Basically it is applied to anything that alters living things, e.g. genetic research, advanced surgical procedures, cloning, stuff like that. Usually it has the consequence of stifling scientific knowledge...well slowing it down at least, somehow science has managed to prevail in spite of religionists trying to control it

VivaHedone · 07-14-2003, 02:31 PM

Having an abortion, committing suicide to escape terminal illness, wearing contraception... basically, anything involving taking control of your own life in order to avoid some of the suffering prepared for you in God's Plan.

winstonjen · 07-14-2003, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Adrammalech
Basically it is applied to anything that alters living things, e.g. genetic research, advanced surgical procedures, cloning, stuff like that. Usually it has the consequence of stifling scientific knowledge...well slowing it down at least, somehow science has managed to prevail in spite of religionists trying to control it

The reason science grew at the rate it did was due in part to democratic movements.

emotional · 07-14-2003, 02:35 PM

Lightning rods for churches. Anaesthesia for childbearing women. Severing apart conjoined twins. The Suez and Panama canals. Medications as a cure for the demon-possessed. The list could go on.

Taffer · 07-14-2003, 02:58 PM

My Christian friend doesn't like the Lord of the Rings books.

He doesn't understand how anybody could possibly harbour intentions to write a huge series of books like that, devise maps, social systems, languages and whatnot without being "guided". (He didn't mean "guided" in the Godly, 'right' way.)

A person like Tolkien must like playing God, he says.

My friend is a bit short-sighted.

Bree · 07-14-2003, 03:06 PM

So, playing God is doing anything that interrupts God's plan.

Where exactly does one draw the line? For example, are dog breeders playing God - they're manipulating the physical traits of their animals by employing selective breeding. I'm sure if God wanted us to have a teacup poodle, He'd surely have given us one.

scombrid · 07-14-2003, 03:18 PM

Playing God is a sin?

But that means George Burns is in hell

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Bree Veteran Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Twin Cities, USA Posts: 3,197	"Playing God" is a sin. My mother told me today that playing God is a sin. My question is this: what is "playing God" exactly?

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mark9950 Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: midwest usa Posts: 1,203	Let me explain to you what playing God is. Playing God is when you break every commandment that you expect your creation to live by.

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winstonjen Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 3,425	Probably anything to do with advancing scientific research.

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Adrammalech Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: East Lansing Posts: 72	Basically it is applied to anything that alters living things, e.g. genetic research, advanced surgical procedures, cloning, stuff like that. Usually it has the consequence of stifling scientific knowledge...well slowing it down at least, somehow science has managed to prevail in spite of religionists trying to control it

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VivaHedone Regular Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Norwich, England Posts: 146	Having an abortion, committing suicide to escape terminal illness, wearing contraception... basically, anything involving taking control of your own life in order to avoid some of the suffering prepared for you in God's Plan.

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emotional Banned Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Boxing ring of HaShem, Jesus and Allah Posts: 1,945	Lightning rods for churches. Anaesthesia for childbearing women. Severing apart conjoined twins. The Suez and Panama canals. Medications as a cure for the demon-possessed. The list could go on.

07-14-2003, 02:58 PM	#8
Taffer Regular Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bern, Switzerland Posts: 348	My Christian friend doesn't like the Lord of the Rings books. He doesn't understand how anybody could possibly harbour intentions to write a huge series of books like that, devise maps, social systems, languages and whatnot without being "guided". (He didn't mean "guided" in the Godly, 'right' way.) A person like Tolkien must like playing God, he says. My friend is a bit short-sighted.

07-14-2003, 03:06 PM	#9
Bree Veteran Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Twin Cities, USA Posts: 3,197	So, playing God is doing anything that interrupts God's plan. Where exactly does one draw the line? For example, are dog breeders playing God - they're manipulating the physical traits of their animals by employing selective breeding. I'm sure if God wanted us to have a teacup poodle, He'd surely have given us one.

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