God Created Adam — and Eve
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Going straight to the Cross
We rarely publish submitted material, but today's
article offers a Biblical perspective. Though, from
what we've read, proof is lacking that Eve was actually
cloned, the author's principle still applies.
God Created Adam — and Eve
On the Birth of the First Cloned Human Being
by Sam Hine
My first son, Adam, was born November 12, six weeks
before the Raelian cult announced to the world that
they had successfully delivered the first cloned baby.
Brigitte Boisselier, the group's scientific director,
nicknamed the baby Eve.
Adam was born naturally, with his mother's eyes and his
father's nose, conceived in the loving union of man and
wife. As this tiny living person formed and grew in his
mother's womb, his parents marveled at the mystery of
taking part in God's creation. There was no question:
God had created this being as surely as he had created
the first man, and only he could breathe the breath of
life into him.
Eve, on the other hand, was conceived of the demonic
ambition of people desiring to become God, to
manipulate nature and pervert science to defy death and
achieve immortality. It's a story as old as the tower
of Babel, as old as Lucifer and Adam and Eve in the
Garden. Even the name they chose belies their
blasphemous self-confidence — creating a woman from a
rib.
But the Raelians are wrong about one thing: they didn't
create this baby. Despite the evil designs of the
scientists who engineered her conception, it was God
who gave her life, and she would never have been born
without his blessing. Eve is a child of God as surely
as my son Adam is, created by God in his image to love
and serve and glorify him.
Don't get me wrong. Cloning is an abomination that
mocks God and the natural order he has established. It
should be banned internationally and roundly condemned
by all who have reverence for life. If the research
conducted on animals is any indication, Eve and those
that follow will likely suffer greatly for the sins of
their fathers or mothers. Cloned cattle, for example,
have been plagued with unexplained high rates of
congenital defects and other abnormalities. Then there
is the prospect of abuse of this science by people with
even more twisted ideologies. Humanity will surely pay
dearly for taking this path.
The Raelians—and the more qualified but equally
unscrupulous scientists who have been racing to be
first to this milestone—are not only egomaniacs, but
shameless profiteers as well. They are exploiting the
grief of bereaved parents with the false promise of
resurrecting their lost children, manipulating the
frustration of infertile couples who will pay any
amount to have a child, and appealing to homosexual
couples dependent on hi-tech fertilization methods.
(According to the Raelians, one of several more clones
they are nurturing will be born to a lesbian couple
within a month.)
Eve is innocent, just as is the child of rape. To
welcome such a child in no way condones the crime that
led to its conception. This is the terrible and
wonderful mystery of God's working. His ways are past
our understanding. He allows these evil things to
happen; he can even use them for good.
God has a purpose and plan for every child sent into
the world, no matter the circumstances of their birth.
Perhaps Eve was sent to turn us from this madness, to
ensure that cloning doesn't become the next logical
step in a society that has already embraced genetic
engineering of plants and animals, in vitro
fertilization, and homosexual marriage as natural and
acceptable practice.
Maybe it's too much to hope that Eve's birth will shock
us into changing course. Clearly, she can't save the
world. But God can, and will. May that day come soon,
for the sake of Adam and Eve and all God's children.
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Sam Hine is a member of the Bruderhof movement and an
editor at http://www.bruderhof.com .