I was reading "Harrison Bergeron" for my English Class this week and came across this line
“That’s all right –” Hazel said of the announcer, “he tried. That’s the big thing. He tried to do the best he could with what God gave him. He should get a nice raise for trying so hard.”
Is this really what God gave him? We do, after all, live in a fallen world. In God's perfect world, would we not be perfect? Have we not been given dominion over the earth? A little genetic engineering before birth could prevent years of pain and suffering that would otherwise be unavoidable. My grandfather recently had double knee replacement. His knees and ankles were, to quote the doctor "God just made them crooked".
His left leg was about an inch shorter than his right because the bone had been worn away. Genetic engineering could have fixed that before he was born (or will be able to, we're still experimenting with it).
Some would ask if we do not have limits? Does the ability to do something mean that we can do it? Or are there things we can do, but should not? Where should we draw the line between "can" and "may".
