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''(From Miller, R. J., Brubaker, B. H., & Peterson, J. C. (2005). Viewing new creations with Anabaptist eyes : ethics of biotechnology. Telford Pa.;Scottdale Penn.: Cascadia Pub. House; Herald Press; p. 76'') ==References== * Ellul, J. The Technological Society. Trans. John Wilkinson. New York: Knopf, 1964 (originally in French in 1954)* Ellul, J. The Technological System. Trans. Joachim Neugroschel. New York: Continuum, 1980 (originally in French in 1977)* Ellul, J. The Technological Bluff. Trans. Geoffrey W. Bromiley. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990 (originally in French in 1988)
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Few of us live in a place where we could survive because the temperature is always right, with no need for clothing or shelter, or where we could catch our food with our bare hands and eat it raw. As soon as we use a hook to catch a fish or fire to cook it, we use technology. This is part of who we were designed to be. We are designed to shape, modify, and work with our environment and ourselves.
Nature is something God has created and declared good. Humans are to enjoy and use it to serve God and neighbour. Should nature then be left as it is? Should we have left smallpox alone? No. Is it the wisdom of evolution oer over time that as people age they have poor eyesight? Do individuals contravene evolution or God-designed nature when they accept glasses or laser surgery? The physical world can be improved, and it is our human nature and call to do so.
Saint Augustine argued in the fourth century that the world is no not perfect and should be restored to what it was like before sin corrupted it. That requires shaping the the nature we have received. Further, there is a long tradition in church history that humans should not just restore the Earth. Instead, part of our calling is to improve it.
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==Links==
* [http://religion-today.blogspot.com/2007/10/technology-and-christianity.html Religion Today - Technology and Christianity]
* [http://www.ted.com/talks/billy_graham_on_technology_faith_and_suffering.html Talk at TED on Technology and Faith, by Billy Graham]
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