Expert: Jim Samoh - 2/15/2005

Question
I realize the church of Christ makes a stand on abortion. In the area of two other jugular issues effecting the God given gift of procreation I have seen multiple churches of Christ (as well as others) attempt to bind sin or not on the following subjects:

The support/acceptance/denial of all forms of birth control (and related topics)
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The support/acceptance/denial of all forms of gene cloning (and related topics)

It is either sinful or it is not. Please share your wisdom as I struggle with these questions.  

Answer
On these two issues the major underlying issue is life.  My wife and I agree that the forms of birth control that do not allow the joining of a sperm and egg are acceptable as they do not destroy a viable human life.  As we believe that life begins at conception the ending of that life through any artificial means would be murder.  On cloning we have a serious problem with any form of cloning that endangers, kills, or harms a human(fetus)life. We are totally against human cloning.

If you have further questions don't hesitate to ask.

M&K