"People" are the only real god we have ever had, and can probably do a much better job than nature or any of the pretend gods we have had fr most of our history. A technology that can eliminate congenital disease, idiocy, predisposition to drug addiction? Bring it on!

Posted by NathanJ, Wednesday, 2 September 2015 12:10:03 PM

" ... Children's rights are of course put second, but the rights of the adult are of course (usually always) put first, ... "

I don't know that it is true to say that NJ.

Have you for example ever had a look at what is involved with adopting a child?

I have, at a time when my wife and I were considering this in relation to my step daughter. And I can tell you that it is the singularly most repugnant and invasive inquiry that I have seen spout forth from any guvment department, even worse than immigration residency applications.

So, to say that the consideration of the child's interest is not pre-eminent is false, in my opinion.

Thereafter, re the title of your thread, you must consider that many people do not believe in a God or Gods? Would you like to re-phrase?

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Of course, in some societies, natural selection, wars etc etc have already led to imbalances in the numbers. In some countries, polygamy is used as a solution. Thus, this technology can also be used to restore the balance, and there are other circumstances where I believe that it would not be inappropriate.