Doug's Blog: Can You Pass the Biblical Life Ethics Test? Part I

When does “ensoulment” occur? A. At the moment of fertilization? B. When the blood is formed in the pre-born child? C. With the first notice of movement of the child within the mother (quickening)? D. The child’s first breath?

Transgenics alters plant or animal DNA so that it contains a gene from another organism. In the UK a human nucleus is routinely implanted in the egg of a cow. Dr. David Prentice of Family Research Council claims that it results in a being that is 98.5% human and 1.5% cow. Does a human-animal hybrid have a soul and can it be saved?

According to the Bible, is it good “stewardship” for financially challenged, poor, or impoverished married couples to take measures to prevent the birth of children?

Embryonic adoption is the act of finding a surrogate to carry to term an embryo previously frozen. Would it ever be appropriate for a young virgin to “rescue” a frozen embryo by acting as a host mother, and carry the child to term, perhaps with goal of giving the baby up to her own parents for adoption?

Under what circumstance, if any, is it biblical to abort a child? A. In the case of rape and incest? B. To save the life of the mother? C. A and B? D. Never?

Are feminists correct when they argue that Catholics and those Protestants who take a 100% pro-life, no exceptions position on abortion, are actually a threat to the welfare of women?

Is it ever proper to self-consciously withhold food and water from the sick or elderly?

Does “the pill” have the potential to act as an abortifacient?