future* when we are convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that we 
really know what we are doing i when we begin to exhibit the age-old 
attitude of arrogance. The subject of this hearing convinces us 
that the biological-technological Imperative moves us quickly 
toward geneclde. 
If nothing else, this testimony Is presented In the hope that 
as people focus on Issues of human security, a minimal degree of 
humility be presents acts of God might be reoognlzed as something 
other than acts of man, blamed on Godi and that If we are honest 
with ourselves and others we must eventually confess that we always 
end up knowing less than when we started. 
Finally the directions and dimensions of the biological revolution 
developing from this new technology, a technology that will most 
likely become common-place, soon, are leading some of us In the 
Christian community to oppose It totally. We are being blinded bo 
any distinctions In kinds of research by what seem to us to be 
misinformed and mistaken assumptions underlying the work? and by 
the enormous potential for death and destruction (especially 
biological warfare) Implicit In the work. 
We are convinced that ultimate value lies In "life Itself §" 
all of It Is "goodi" not simply life that Is "humani" and we 
are not advancing If we Increase the quality of human life and 
further threaten life Itself. Deeper perhaps than that, as we move 
closer to genetic engineering, we are convinced there Is something 
Irreparably human about human genetic mistakes. Already, If 
diabetics have reason for hope, dwarfs beware. 
In closing, I agree with Gordon Cosby that It Isn't our MAD 
(mutual assured destruction) nuclear policy that has kept human- 
kind from nuclear annihilation* \Ultlmately we are still here by 
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