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Article: Faith Q&A: Do you think genetic engineering is `playing God'?
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
- Article date:
- May 19, 2004
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READER'S QUESTION: Do you think genetic engineering is "playing God"? I understand there are some scientific and medical advantages, but aren't there ethical and religious considerations?
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The Rev. Pat Rush, vicar-general of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo.:
Our nation, with the Tuskegee experimentation, and our world, with Nazi Germany's experiments, have a troubling history in genetic engineering. Therefore, religions and ethicists approach this very cautiously.
Europeans are cautious about eating meat from cattle that are fed genetically modified grains. The Vatican, however, recently acknowledged certain benefits ...