When science threatens our faith

A teacher and student discussion in the not so distant future.

”You are a very bright student but your bad attitude is not going to get you anywhere. Why can’t you behave for some minutes.”

”Cmon, mam. Don’t look at me. It was my parents’ idea all along,” handing out his “genetic ID card” to the teacher. “They should have chosen that trait when they were programming me.”

Startled?
You shouldn’t be.

Leaps and bounds in genetic advancements have scientists giggly excited at the thought of tinkering with what we have always known to be natural all in the name of scientific glory. Just recently, science claim that we can not only find out early if a child is to be born with birth defects to induce early termination but we can, in the very near future, even choose in advance the genetic composition that we want for our children.

Excellence in Mathematics, Physics, Economics and the like will be for the picking of the would-be parents who will get all the credits for their children’s success ergo side by side with the blames for every failures. You can virtually choose your own child’s destiny and consequently sees less need for God’s intervention and guidance. Your child can exactly be what you want - not what he/she wants and definitely not what God wants.

Even our beloved Pope has expressed his deep concern towards the wrongful use of advance technology and its effect on our Christian faith.A Zenit article stated:

“the Holy Father said, "This increasing 'advance' of science, and especially its capacity to master nature through technology, has at times been linked to a corresponding 'retreat' of philosophy, of religion, and even of the Christian faith."Indeed, some have seen in the progress of modern science and technology one of the main causes of secularization and materialism: Why invoke God's control over these phenomena when science has shown itself capable of doing the same thing?"

Programmed kids they will be.
Children of science, not ours, not God’s.
Scary thoughts aren’t they?