Comments on: In the Bible, It Was Considered Being Barren http://www.minthegap.com/2007/11/10/in-the-bible-it-was-considered-being-barren/ Standing in the Gap in a Society that's Warring with God. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:25:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Buffy http://www.minthegap.com/2007/11/10/in-the-bible-it-was-considered-being-barren/comment-page-1/#comment-77982 Buffy Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:55:12 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2007/11/10/in-the-bible-it-was-considered-being-barren/#comment-77982 I think you have a point. I don't mean we should never use science to help us at all. But over the last 30 years or so we have often thrown caution to the winds and used all sorts of technologies to get us what we want and are only just realising that in some ways we have done a lot of damage. I'm not saying it is wrong to have IVF but has sufficient research been done into the side-effects on a woman's health of taking all those drugs? I think you have a point. I don’t mean we should never use science to help us at all. But over the last 30 years or so we have often thrown caution to the winds and used all sorts of technologies to get us what we want and are only just realising that in some ways we have done a lot of damage. I’m not saying it is wrong to have IVF but has sufficient research been done into the side-effects on a woman’s health of taking all those drugs?

]]> By: MInTheGap http://www.minthegap.com/2007/11/10/in-the-bible-it-was-considered-being-barren/comment-page-1/#comment-77974 MInTheGap Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:44:57 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2007/11/10/in-the-bible-it-was-considered-being-barren/#comment-77974 There is nothing wrong with adoption. Invitro I'm against because it creates multiple human beings to be disposed of as science experiments instead of the people that they are. The point I was trying to get at with these posts is not that science and technology are bad and should be shunned (I mean, I do work with computers for a day job!), but that I believe that we as a society in general, and Christians in particular, have replaced a desire for God with a reliance on science. "Science" is our new god. And that is what I see is the problem. There is nothing wrong with adoption. Invitro I’m against because it creates multiple human beings to be disposed of as science experiments instead of the people that they are.

The point I was trying to get at with these posts is not that science and technology are bad and should be shunned (I mean, I do work with computers for a day job!), but that I believe that we as a society in general, and Christians in particular, have replaced a desire for God with a reliance on science.

“Science” is our new god. And that is what I see is the problem.

]]> By: Musicguy http://www.minthegap.com/2007/11/10/in-the-bible-it-was-considered-being-barren/comment-page-1/#comment-77965 Musicguy Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:44:24 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2007/11/10/in-the-bible-it-was-considered-being-barren/#comment-77965 What exactly is bad about adoption, invitro, etc? You're going to have to expound to illustrate your point. What exactly is bad about adoption, invitro, etc? You’re going to have to expound to illustrate your point.

]]> By: Musicguy http://www.minthegap.com/2007/11/10/in-the-bible-it-was-considered-being-barren/comment-page-1/#comment-77961 Musicguy Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:51:50 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2007/11/10/in-the-bible-it-was-considered-being-barren/#comment-77961 How are any of the items listed below BAD knowledge? You're going to have to expound a bit to illustrate your point. Foster care Adoption Fertility Clinic In-Vitro Fertilization Sperm Banks How are any of the items listed below BAD knowledge? You’re going to have to expound a bit to illustrate your point.

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]]> By: bonnie http://www.minthegap.com/2007/11/10/in-the-bible-it-was-considered-being-barren/comment-page-1/#comment-77959 bonnie Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:39:20 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2007/11/10/in-the-bible-it-was-considered-being-barren/#comment-77959 Musicguy, not all knowledge is good knowledge. Hence the Tree of knowledge of good and evil... Musicguy, not all knowledge is good knowledge. Hence the Tree of knowledge of good and evil…

]]> By: Musicguy http://www.minthegap.com/2007/11/10/in-the-bible-it-was-considered-being-barren/comment-page-1/#comment-77947 Musicguy Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:18:52 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2007/11/10/in-the-bible-it-was-considered-being-barren/#comment-77947 Regardless of faith and belief in god, I have a difficult time with the "sit back and wait" mentality. Could it be that the technology and other approaches to infertility are god's way of answering prayers? I think it's very presumptuous of a believer to insist that god answer in a specific, perhaps more "bibilical" way. Regardless of faith and belief in god, I have a difficult time with the “sit back and wait” mentality. Could it be that the technology and other approaches to infertility are god’s way of answering prayers? I think it’s very presumptuous of a believer to insist that god answer in a specific, perhaps more “bibilical” way.

]]> By: Buffy http://www.minthegap.com/2007/11/10/in-the-bible-it-was-considered-being-barren/comment-page-1/#comment-77945 Buffy Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:38:19 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2007/11/10/in-the-bible-it-was-considered-being-barren/#comment-77945 Sarah and Rachel did not have the faith to wait for God to act. They pressurised their husbands to have children with their women servants so they could be surrogate mothers. I'm not sure much has changed except we try different ways to get what we want. Sarah and Rachel did not have the faith to wait for God to act. They pressurised their husbands to have children with their women servants so they could be surrogate mothers. I’m not sure much has changed except we try different ways to get what we want.

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