All of society is dazzled by the array of new scientific technology and advancements in the realm of scientific research. In this age surely we have seen antibiotics and their charge to the top of the medical profession. Computers have advanced faster, everyone is going faster, communicating better, having more knowledge, and dealing with disease better than ever. Our world and our technology is growing and is compounding faster than ever before. Science has always been a major form of information for our society in this day in age. AND, for as long as I can think, science has been to many people something that clashes with religious beliefs and religious explanations. But, for so long science has not been quite advanced enough so as to truly clash with any religious practice. Sure, we have been testing on animals for quite sometime and that is wrong, but I am talking about very deep issues and circumstances that develop some major problems for us as people as our world presses on. Problems with creation and other such issues that are only now in today's age a concern. If science goes the way it has the potential to head, there is a major concern for the ethical and religious issues that come up from this problem. In this paper I will discuss these ideas, good and bad, examining why we should or why we should not incorporate any further the field of genetics in our society or any society on earth for that matter. .
The issue of genetics has been around for quite sometime. Ever since man has farmed and bred cattle, he has attempted to enhance and increase the production of cereals and animal stock through crossbreeding. Genetics, essentially, acts upon genetic heritage to modify the natural transfer of genoms inside a species. The genetic code was established in 1966 and there have not been many more advancements toward genetics until the nineteen eighties. In this decade we have insulin, the first vaccine obtained by genetics, the first genetic therapy, and the first success against AIDS ever.
