In 1940, aware of the gruesomeness of the Nazi regime, Winston Churchhill challenged the House of Commons with these words: "If we fail, then the whole world...including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new dark age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the light of perverted science." Such science is upon us. It transcends mice in a test tube and will, in coming years, be hitting a hospital near you. As Christians, how should we respond? Anything that does violence to another person, no matter how small or undeveloped, is immoral in God's sight. Followers of Jesus will need to make this politically and socially uncomfortable stand- with unequivocal firmness in the years ahead. Since we serve the Author of Life, there can be no compromise. The #1 rule here at Markethive is; DO NO HARM. -by ROB SCHWARZWALDER - Senior lecturer in Regent University's Honors College - in The Washington Stand
