Genetics

GENERALLY, I am a very open-minded person, but something about genetic discussion makes me cringe. I think back to when I was younger and replay events where I had performed well. Often times my dad would shout out, "I know ya'll saw that! It's in his genes!" So, it may sound weird, but my genetic make-up is something that I have been proud of, therefore I can not imagine any artificial alterations being taken to it. Frankly, the idea of genetic alteration alone concerns me. It never sits right with me when people take it amongst themselves to play God. My belief is that God made us the way we are for a reason. Now, clearly I do not mean that people cancers and other illnesses should not seek treatment. My problem lies with those who use science to reinvent what God has created just for the heck of it. Why can't they just develop a computer some sort of simulator that let's people clone and and make genetic alterations all they want... at least that way, the natural order of things would remain in tact. It requires so much intelligence to tweak and alter genetic make-ups and it is just my opinion that all of that intelligence could be put to better use.

"I have observed that the world has suffered far less from ignorance than from pretensions to knowledge. It is not skeptics or explorers but fanatics and ideologues who menace decency and progress."
- Daniel J. Boorstin