Thursday, March 12, 2009
The WORD according to Cal
I feel so much better now that Cal Thomas has weighed in on the stem cell research
controversy. Old Cal reached into his ready made cache of biblical quotes and concluded that God is opposed to the idea of using human stem cells to treat a variety of ailments. Thomas points out passages where God is supposed to have repudiated the idea of such practices, although it stuns me that anyone living in the ancient times these passages originated would have any idea that such things would ever become possible. As a political columnist and commentator, Mr. Thomas spends a great deal of time dwelling in the mores of his religion and preaches like a born again Ayatollah on steroids. I don't rely on my newspaper for spiritual enlightenment unless it comes from someone I consider qualified and theologically trained to render it. Mr. Thomas does not meet that criteria and would be better served staying within the limits of his expertise, as difficult to define as that might be. I wonder where he stood, faith-wise, when the nuclear bomb was about to become part of an arsenal whose final end-use included armageddon. It's all well and good for Cal to demonize Liberals, and Socialists and even an occasional Agnostic, but he really should cool it when it comes to second guessing what God approves or rejects in man's attempt to reconcile his future with scientific advancement.
George Morin
Auburn, Ga.
controversy. Old Cal reached into his ready made cache of biblical quotes and concluded that God is opposed to the idea of using human stem cells to treat a variety of ailments. Thomas points out passages where God is supposed to have repudiated the idea of such practices, although it stuns me that anyone living in the ancient times these passages originated would have any idea that such things would ever become possible. As a political columnist and commentator, Mr. Thomas spends a great deal of time dwelling in the mores of his religion and preaches like a born again Ayatollah on steroids. I don't rely on my newspaper for spiritual enlightenment unless it comes from someone I consider qualified and theologically trained to render it. Mr. Thomas does not meet that criteria and would be better served staying within the limits of his expertise, as difficult to define as that might be. I wonder where he stood, faith-wise, when the nuclear bomb was about to become part of an arsenal whose final end-use included armageddon. It's all well and good for Cal to demonize Liberals, and Socialists and even an occasional Agnostic, but he really should cool it when it comes to second guessing what God approves or rejects in man's attempt to reconcile his future with scientific advancement.
George Morin
Auburn, Ga.
