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Showing Original Post only (View all)"Genetically engineered products are an abomination of God's creation" [View all]
". . . God created every species and intended them to reproduce after their own kind. Genesis 1:11-12 says so:
And God said, Let the earth put forth [tender] vegetation: plants yielding seed and fruit trees yielding fruit whose seed is in itself, each according to its kind, upon the earth. And it was so.
The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed according to their own kinds and trees bearing fruit in which was their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good (suitable, admirable) and He approved it.
Mankind can not play God by genetically modifying seeds without some form of repercussions. It is common knowledge that genetically modified seeds are not good for us. The well known Dr. Mercola has reported on his website that a Russian study has linked cancer to genetically modified potatoes.
By cross transplanting genes mankind is creating variants of organisms that God never intended to exist. It is a sick and twisted corruption of life. In Leviticus 19:19 it specifically states not to let domestic livestock with other kinds of livestock. Therefore it is obvious that mixing genes at a genetic level is also something that should not be done.
You shall keep My statutes. You shall not let your domestic livestock breed with a different kind [of animal]; you shall not sow your field with mixed seed, neither wear a garment of linen mixed with wool.
Furthermore the word of God states in Deuteronomy 22
Thou shall not sow thy vineyard with diverse seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou has sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard be defiled. Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. Thou shalt not wear a garment of diverse sorts, as of woollen and linen together.
If you observe in the last verse, if a field was plowed with an ox and an ass it was a direct violation of God's laws. If the bible is that specific on this subject can we expect to violate God's laws and not reap the consequences? If a field was planted with various mixed seeds, it too was a defilement and violation of Gods law.
Since God's law is adamant about not mixing what we plant, how we plow, or in the clothes we wear how do you think he views gene splicing? When DNA is taken from one organism and put into another it can be considered a defilement in God's eyes.
May God have mercy on us for forsaking his word and not obeying that which he has told us. While we are living in the age of grace, that does not mean that God's law does not give us good guidance to live by."
http://www.examiner.com/article/genetically-engineered-products-are-an-abomination-of-god-s-creation
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Creationism and the anti-GMO movement are, as aptly evidenced by the above, joined at the hip.
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Some of us don't believe in the heat induced hallucinations of itinerant sheepherders.
hobbit709
May 2014
#1
You are trying to force government mandates based on your preferences, not on the science.
HuckleB
May 2014
#19
Under that justification, we should be "waiting and seeing" for every type of hybrid available.
HuckleB
May 2014
#42
And what does that have to do with the promotion of government mandated labels for GMOs?
HuckleB
May 2014
#33
There is more to this thinking business than just slapping a couple ideas together. nt
bemildred
May 2014
#5
It's certainly not controlled by those who care about the science of the matter.
HuckleB
May 2014
#20