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Some Christian groups oppose IVF for the same reason they oppose birth control.
by muglug 6y ago
Some Christian groups oppose IVF for the same reason they oppose birth control.
- pmiller2 6y agoRight, and to clarify, that reason is that it "interferes with God's plan." Interestingly, however, the man who would become Pope John Paul I was sympathetic to the idea of artificial contraception: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_theology_of_John_Paul_I#Contraception https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_theology_of_John_Paul_I#... Some conspiracy theorists believe he was murdered for his beliefs in this area.
- asveikau 6y ago> interferes with God's plan. If you believe in such a thing, wouldn't the invention of IVF and its use be part of the plan? If not, how did God let it happen?! I know this is a very literal interpretation. I sometimes feel similarly when people contrast "man-made" with "natural", since surely man is part of nature.
- crispyporkbites 6y agoIt’s not logical- it’s just a way to rationalize their behaviour and make them feel good about the tough parts of life and death.
- young_unixer 6y agoI sometimes think that political ideologies are the same thing, but with a different façade.
- xeyownt 6y agoYeah, problem is that God is not a singleton. Well, it meant to be, but unfortunately, before God appeared, appropriate locking and concurrency was not created yet. So lock-free mechanism was used instead, and it ... failed. So now we have two gods. Clearly quantum theory prevents two gods to occupy the same state. That's why they have different plan.
- thomastjeffery 6y agoFollowing that same logic, if the goal is to preserve every viable embryo, then it makes sense that some groups would advocate preserving them. I wouldn't be surprised if the same group was also against IVF because of their moral aversion to discarding embryos.
- tcbawo 6y agoBeside the obvious (destroying a fertilized egg), the best changes of IVF success for some people involves implanting multiple fertilized eggs and hoping one takes. In the event of multiple taking, this brings up some ethical considerations such as keeping two or less to term.
- inglor_cz 6y agoAFAIK this is becoming obsolete and nowadays only one embryo is routinely transferred. Source: undergoing IVF right now. (Pretty hard on nerves, to be honest. The loss of embryos is significant.)
- xeromal 6y agoOh, gotchya. Christians are a diverse group of people. I grew up as a Southern Baptist and we're about as far from Catholics as you can get on a lot of issues. I think catholics are bigger on the whole no birth control thing. It's fine in a lot of christian denominations.
- drno123 6y agoSome Christian groups oppose IVF because of discarded ebryos, not because of "God's plan" or whatever. These groups see discarded embryo adoption as a way to rescue these embryos that are already discarded.