Quote:
Originally Posted by Pastor Poster
God is sitting in heaven when a scientist prays to Him, "God, we don't need you anymore. Science has finally figured out a way to create life out of nothing. In other words, we can now do what you did in the beginning."
"Oh, is that so? Tell me..." replies God.
"Well," says the scientist, "we can take dirt and form it into the likeness of you and breathe life into it, thus creating man."
"Well, that's interesting...show Me."
So the scientist bends down to the earth and starts to mold the soil.
"No, no, no..." interrupts God, "Get your own dirt."
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This is good. It also points out that what "we" (as in we humans) are learning to do is to manipulate - not create. We are manipulating forces and materials already in existence. Technically, there's still "nothing new under the sun." Just something new that we have learned to do.
But when that manipulation results in human suffering being relieved, I think it's worth celebrating.
When someone else comes along with a load of hype and hubris claiming to have "played God," I think we need to pause and reconsider.