Got Milk?

Recently in the UK, there happened to be a public uproar about the introduction of cloned milk into the market. The problem was that the government had consented to the sale of milk from cloned animals, without informing the public. This sparked a debate about whether or not people should be informed about the origins of their foods.

The whole milk deal made me wonder if I really want to know where my milk comes from. If I do, then I’ll have to determine how I feel about it. I’ll have to consider cloning from a Christian point of view. And I’m thinking “I don’t even know what to do with all this info!” Sure I don’t support cloning human beings. I don’t support the cloning of animals either. But do I mind eating or drinking products from cloned animals? Umm….not really.

So in my confusion I begin to wonder what God feels about stuff like this. Sure science and technology have their downsides, but they also have some amazing benefits. My professor talked about civilization coming from the line of Cain, the cursed line you might say. However, I think God’s used science to do some pretty awesome things. Question is: as a Christian how do I determine where to draw the line?

Also, cloned milk just so happens to be cheaper. I know I should be willing to make sacrifices for what I believe in, but it’s just milk right? And then something else. And something more. Just milk. Just animals. Just humans…

This seems like a slippery slope, I know. I also know that I seem pretty obsessed with milk right now. My concern is really that agreeing to consume products from cloned animals will be opening the door to less agreeable scientific procedures. If I can rationalize cloned milk, what else might I be willing to rationalize when it comes to the applications of cloning?

My head hurts from thinking. Sufficient for the day is its own troubles…