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@ boka Who's religion should be considered in all scientific discussions? Should it be Christianity? What form? Fundamentalist? Catholic? Unitarian? Southern Baptist? or any of the many other different sects? Should we disregard the millions of non-Christians' views and beliefs? As for Nazi Germany, weren't most Nazis self-described Christians? Their government was very discriminatory towards other religions, and I don't remember anything about the catholic or protestant churches ever saying the Nazis were wrong until after the war. "Luckily... Christians in top positions..." yes, luckily we have christian leaders who don't mind invading other nations, or stepping all over our civil liberties, or disregarding torture in cases of "national security", or disregarding the constitution, or bailing out the mistakes of the already rich, or discriminating against homosexual couples, or putting us over 10 trillion dollars in debt. I'm so glad we have good Christian leaders who concentrate power in Washington and take more and more of our freedoms from us everyday. I believe our society's morals should be considered in scientific debates, but we can't be subject to one group's particular beliefs. What must also be considered is what will bring about the best outcome, both for our society and for the human race. For genetics, what must be considered is whether our ability to make our lives better outweighs our tendency to make things that come back to bite us in the ass. We need more data on long term affects of certain genetic practices. Things like BT corn may increase yields and alleviate hunger in the short term, but it may also bring about BT resistant diseases that are worse than what we had to begin with.