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Laws of Personhood

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Law 1:   A person is a living physical/spiritual being created in the image of God, male and female, from fertilization (sexual or asexual) until natural death.

 

Law 2:   A person's right to life is inalienable regardless of age, race, sex, genetic pre-disposition, condition of dependency or biological development.

 

 Law 3:   A person's form, including their genome, embryo, or body cannot be subjected to non-therapeutic inheritable alteration or enhancement.

 

Law 4:   A person's form, including their genome, embryo, or body can be subjected to non-therapeutic alteration or enhancement only with their express consent.

 

 The Emerging Brave New World

 by Thomas Glessner

Beginning in 1973 with the infamous Roe v. Wade decision American society has increasingly accepted the concept that humanity can be divorced from personhood and thereby some human beings can be manipulated and destroyed for the selfish gains of others because they are not considered "persons.”

 

 

 

The Path to Personhood: A must see history of God's faithfulness to His principles

Lessons from History

Whitepapers & Links - Image of God

The Old Testament and the Sanctity of Life

 In my chapter on the contribution of the Old Testament to the idea of the sanctity of human life, I offer an extensive discussion of the imago Dei.

 Bioethics and the Incarnation

This doctrine of the image of God has a noble accomplice in the birth of the Messiah.

Biotechnology's Brave New World

The soul and the body make up the imago Dei, the image of God in human beings.

Christians in the Age of Robotics:GRACE and the Imago Dei

Mayo Clinic physician and CBHD Senior Fellow Christopher Hook firmly believes that personhood is based on our being made in God's image.