One of the major environmental problems that we face today is that scientists think that just because they CAN do something that they should go ahead and do it.
For example, Russian scientists have created genetically engineered goat-human hybrid creatures that produce similar milk that a human mother would create.
The Russian scientists seem to think that this is a marvelous idea, but is this tinkering with nature really such a great idea?
Think about the ramifications of this for a moment.
These hybrid creatures are part goat and part human. Now, they are only a tiny part human, but the reality is that they ARE part human.
Once this type of tinkering becomes widespread, and these hybrid creatures start reproducing and multiplying, it will be impossible to put the genie back into the bottle.
This is particularly disturbing when you think of what could happen in the field of microbiology. What kind of new devastating diseases and super plagues could we create by mixing different things together?
The truth is that nobody knows.
But of course all of the scientists involved in this try to make all of this tinkering with nature sound so noble.....
Dr Pyotr Vitsyaz of the Belarussian National Academy of Sciences had this to say about the program: "The new programme will be aimed at producing milk with the human protein, as well as making medicines from it."
Supposedly these "medicines" will be used to treat cancer and other various illnesses.
Doesn't that sound great?
But it is no excuse for playing God.
Just consider the following question for a moment.....
How much human does a creature have to be before we consider it to be human?
What will we do when creatures that are a quarter human or half human start running around?
What will we do when creatures that are part human start getting into our food supply?
Most people have no idea that several years ago, genetically modified rice crops containing human genes were approved for commercial production in the United States.
Does eating rice that is part human make you feel uncomfortable?
It should.
Just because science figures out how to do something does not mean that we SHOULD do it.
Once we destroy our delicately balanced ecosystem we will NOT be able to get it back.
