The Creation Mandate of Genesis 1:28 and Ethics
by Owen Borville
April 26, 2023
Bible, Creation
After God created man, he blessed them and then gave them instructions about what he expected of them.
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Genesis 1:28.
This passage of Bible scripture describes how God expects man to not only take care of the Earth that he created, but also use the Earth and everything in it in order to enable man to be successful in life.
In addition to taking care of the Earth and not damaging it, God instructed man to use the Earth and its resources to benefit all men.
These benefits to man are found in the fields of Agriculture, Engineering, and Medicine as the materials needed in these fields are found in the Earth.
While agriculture helps to feed the world's population, engineering helps to produce products that help man make life easier.
Medicine uses natural herbs, organic products, and inorganic chemicals to produce substances that help man recover from illness and injury.
There, God has instructed and given man the authority to use the materials found on Earth to help mankind be safe, happy and successful.
The Creation Mandate gives a traditional approach to science that aims to help man be successful.
However, recent advances in science have led to questions of ethics when scientific experiments involve the procedures that might harm others or that can be harmful for society.
Therefore, there are ethical questions in science that must be answered, such as the process of using materials to help certain humans, while other humans suffer.
Science must make sure that its procedures do not take away the rights of others according to established governmental law.
More research on current scientific methods must be done inorder to make sure that all scientific work is safe to the public and does not take away anyone's rights.
by Owen Borville
April 26, 2023
Bible, Creation
After God created man, he blessed them and then gave them instructions about what he expected of them.
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Genesis 1:28.
This passage of Bible scripture describes how God expects man to not only take care of the Earth that he created, but also use the Earth and everything in it in order to enable man to be successful in life.
In addition to taking care of the Earth and not damaging it, God instructed man to use the Earth and its resources to benefit all men.
These benefits to man are found in the fields of Agriculture, Engineering, and Medicine as the materials needed in these fields are found in the Earth.
While agriculture helps to feed the world's population, engineering helps to produce products that help man make life easier.
Medicine uses natural herbs, organic products, and inorganic chemicals to produce substances that help man recover from illness and injury.
There, God has instructed and given man the authority to use the materials found on Earth to help mankind be safe, happy and successful.
The Creation Mandate gives a traditional approach to science that aims to help man be successful.
However, recent advances in science have led to questions of ethics when scientific experiments involve the procedures that might harm others or that can be harmful for society.
Therefore, there are ethical questions in science that must be answered, such as the process of using materials to help certain humans, while other humans suffer.
Science must make sure that its procedures do not take away the rights of others according to established governmental law.
More research on current scientific methods must be done inorder to make sure that all scientific work is safe to the public and does not take away anyone's rights.