The Morality of Cloning

What is Cloning?
The word “clone” derives from the Greek term klon, meaning a “sprout” or “twig.” It
refers to a method of reproduction apart from the parental, sexual-mating process that is
characteristic of most organisms.

The Reality of Cloning

Many still believe that cloning occurs only in science fiction. For example, in 1978 Gregory
Peck starred in a film called The Boys from Brazil. The story line had to do with a plan undertaken
by a group of South American Nazi scientists who wanted to clone a batch of little “Hitlers.”
Real cloning, however, has been around for some time – approximately 40 years. Frogs were first
cloned from asexual tadpole cells in 1952. In 1997, there was much notoriety surrounding the
cloning of a sheep (“Dolly”) in Scotland.
While there is no apparent ethical offence in cloning a carrot, or even a frog, such is not the
case with people. Contrary to the arrogant assertions of the Darwinists, humans are not mere
animals that have evolved from biological slime. They are creatures specially fashioned by God;
which means they are unique in their nature. The Christian, therefore, must condemn the cloning
of human beings (in the event that such should actually occur), on the following bases:

1. One must first raise this question? Why do scientists want to clone human beings? It
certainly is not because they are anxious to generate a larger population for our planet.
They continually protest that the earth is over-crowded already.
Rather, they are anxious to create a brand of humans with whom they can experiment. It
is the same mentality that seized Adolf Hitler during that dreadfully dark era of World
War II. In reality, this would be nothing short of a form of slavery. In the meantime, as a
by-product of the process, thousands of tiny human beings would be destroyed in this
misguided quest, which, allegedly is intended to improve the quality of human life. A more
illogical position could scarcely be imagined.
 2. Human beings were designed to be a part of a family relationship – involving a loving
father and mother. The “family” unit existed from the first day of man’s existence upon
the earth (Gen. 2:18ff; 4:1). Children are to be introduced into earth’s environment as a
part of this protective and stable arrangement. God never intended for people to be
cranked off an assembly line like so many pieces of machinery. This is such a fundamental
principle that even the most obtuse ought to recognize it.

Human cloning would be a moral atrocity!

In conclusion the arguments introduced above are grounded in the following;

 There is a God who exercises sovereignty over the human family.

 He has revealed his will to man in that series of documents called the Bible.
 Those inspired pieces of literature contain the principles by which the morality of human
actions are to be either approved or condemned.
If one does not accept that a Supreme Moral Being has regulated human conduct, and that He
revealed the code for such in an objective body of revelation, he is without a precise moral
compass.
Correspondingly, if one subscribes to the concept that man is his “own god,” with the liberty to
make whatever rules suit his fancy, then there is no stopping place in the arena of human
experimentation. Life becomes a cheap, expendable commodity. Indeed, human existence
degenerates into a nightmare of unimaginable proportions.