creation

at the meeting (23/4) we begin to look at the creation story as told in genesis 1 to 2.4a (to be precise!). we talked a bit about how many cultures have creation myths and why cultures have these stories, for example they might be about trying to explain why things are the way they are. the first creation story in genesis seems to give a picture of a world that is good, very good even where there everyone and even the animals live together. see in particular the implication that animals/humans don't eat meat.

somehow we had a very long discussion about what a soul might be and what might continue of a "person" after death. funnily enough we didn't actually come to any definite conclusions.

Human fertilisation and embroys bill

At the last house group (2nd April) we discussed the bill on Human fertilization and embryos. A good debate despite the science being hard to understand!

A complex area to consider, but something we should do. Below is a link to an article by and anglican priest and scientist that argues that such research is playing god and that playing god is precisely what we should be doing.

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