r deliver an unborn child. Some parental carriers of the gene for cystic fibrosis have already faced this dilemma when they identified the disease in their developing fetus. Genetic blueprinting will beget a host of privacy concerns. Will governments at some point mandate genetic testing for couples seeking to get married? This is sure to raise serious concern about the prospect of government intervention. Would governments pressure pregnant women who are carrying defective fetuses to submit to abortions? Governments might conceivably do this out of concern over the financial burdens placed on their health-care systems by children with incurable lifelong afflictions requiring expensive care. If gene-manipulation procedures sufficiently improve to yield predictable results, what will happen then? Some believe it may be possible to design a dream child with the characteristics the parents desire in their offspring. Parents might be able to plan a customized child who is genetically disposed to be physically attractive, of superior intelligence or athletically talented. Is there such a thing as right or wrong in these matters? Does genetic engineering or cloning have anything to do with God? Those who believe God exists need to address the matter of what He may think. After God created life on earth--plants and animals--He proclaimed it all to be very good (Genesis 1:31). God also declared that sanctity exists between species. Everything, including plants (Genesis 1:11-12), animals and man (Genesis 1:24-28), was created to reproduce "according to its kind." In Genesis, "kind" is generally equivalent to a species. Genetic engineering is an attempt to fix any major deficiencies in humans. God designed into every species considerable genetic diversity and potential, which is why we see hundreds of different breeds of dogs, cats, birds and cows, along with billions of people, all different. As noted earlier, humans for centurie...
