Human Embryo Cloning—Cypriot Scientist Called to Repent

Apr 30, 2009 by Fr Luke Palumbis

Controversial scientist, Panayiotis Zavos, a Cypriot with fertility clinics in both Cyprus and the United Sates, has made claims that he has cloned human embryos and implanted them into four women—with the intent to produce cloned human beings.  Main-stream science lacks an acceptance of Dr. Zavos’ claims as they are rarely substantiated with evidence.  Yet, the mere pursuit of such work requires attention and response. 

The business of cloning human beings is a prospect which is beyond dangerous, let alone ethical.  Rather than,‘Can we?” ...the question must be, “Should we?” Although modern science classifies human beings as a mammal animal, there is a great difference between mankind and animals which is witnessed and experience in the realms of both good and bad.  Mankind, created in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:26), is given a soul and free choice by The Creator, our Father in Heaven.  With these Divine gifts, mankind has the ability and responsibility to make choices that not only affect themselves but also others.  The Good: A doctor choosing to treat a patient, a friend choosing to comfort another, a farmer choosing to produce and share food with others, a mother choosing to embrace her child, etc.  The Bad: An criminal choosing to deal drugs, a thief choosing to mug an elderly woman, a businessman choosing to exploit others, a husband choosing to neglect his family, an individual choosing to abuse a child, etc.  With free-choice, a gift only given to mankind,  a responsibility binds man to act in a way that is beneficial to himself and others; this responsibility is our morality, which for Christians is built upon the Word of God, and taught through His Church.  To voluntarily turn away from this responsibility is an affront to God, as it spites the gift of free-choice, by utilizing it in a way that is unbefitting to Him.  To facilitate, not only the immorality of others, but to create a new existence of fo-humans, not created in the image and likeness of God, soulless, and lacking God’s gifts and blessings - goes well beyond immorality into a new realm of ego-fueled damnation.

Within God’s creation, animals, which do not possess God’s gift of free-choice; dogs, cats, buffalo, snakes, and every other living thing on earth other than man, function and act according to a natural instinct God provided them so that may live in an experience of healthy continuity which is commonly referred to as a ‘circle of life.’  If the world is introduced to a living creation that does not have this natural instinct, and does not have free-choice guided by morality, the results will be disastrous, as this new creation will be bound by nothing.  Soulless, lacking instinct and morality, this created being, will metaphorically manifest the on screen zombie depictions of a mass with no purpose but to consume aimlessly and destructively.

Dr. Zavos, and all others who seek what will ultimately bring this end, is called to repent, and change their focus from developing this age of destruction, to something more befitting the morality and responsibility of one created by God.  Dr. Zavos has been blessed with the first name, Panayiotis; literally meaning All-Holy, and referring to the the Virgin Mary.  The Panagia (All-Holy Virgin Mary) is the one through whom the Light came into the world—how sad that one who has been blessed as her namesake is seeking to be the one who escorts an age of grave darkness into the world!  Dr. Zahos is a Cypriot, how sad that a man who has witness and perhaps experienced such oppression and persecution, as the island of Cyprus, since the 1974 invasion, is partially occupied and oppressed by the Muslim country of Turkey, seeks to invite an oppression upon the humanity of God’s creation.

I pray that Dr. Vahos and his colleagues repent!  I pray that our political leaders will have the foresight to not further politicize these types of ‘science,’ and will take a stand to prevent the continuance of these abominations!  I pray that you will join my prayers, and together we ask that our Lord have mercy upon our souls!