The following “Question” was asked by a member of the congregation at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, and “Answered” by their pastor, John MacArthur Jr. It was transcribed by Anjela Paje of Spokane, WA, from the tape, GC 70-24, titled “Questions and Answers Part 52.”  A copy of the tape can be obtained by writing, Word of Grace, P.O. Box 4000, Panorama City, CA 91412 or by dialing toll free 1-800-55-GRACE.  ©2003. All Rights Reserved.

Questioner

I saw Mary Tyler Moore the other day talk about stem-cell research. Mary Tyler Moore went to the Senate and asked about stem-cell research. And, I want to know what you think of it?

John MacArthur's Answer

You want to know what I think of cloning and stem-cell research? Well, I’ll tell you in very simple terms. I’m against that because what you have to do in that whole process, is create life, and then, destroy it. It’s essentially an external fertilization of an egg to create a life and then destroy it for the genetic material. So, if we believe that a fertilized egg constitutes life, we’ve got life. We’re destroying life. This is, essentially, the same argument that we’ve made against abortion. We do not have the right to kill. We do not have the right to take life. And, that is exactly what that’s all about. That’s why the President came out against all of that because he understands that. You can’t go into a lab and create life for the purpose of destroying it, for the purpose of saving someone’s life. This is convoluted. There is available human material from people already. You can draw DNA a lot of ways out of living human beings, and if we want to do that kind of research, we have ample supply of what’s necessary to do that without creating life to kill it. So, we take the position, many, of course, all those who are Biblical, take the position that that’s wrong. That’s against God.

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