Is Biohacking 'Playing God'? A Moral and Ethical Framework

Defining 'Playing God'

• 💡 The concept of "playing God" is explored in the context of biohacking and human innovation.
• 🚀 Humans are uniquely created with the capacity to "create" and "sub-create," similar to the ultimate Creator, as evidenced by inventions like spaceships and brain surgery.
• ✅ This creative ability is viewed as a gift, a human vocation to invent, design, and build, reflecting the ultimate Creator.

Ethical Framework for Biohacking

• ⚖️ Three primary criteria are proposed for evaluating biohacking practices: 1. Is it forbidden in the Bible? 2. Is it harming me? 3. Is it harming someone else?
• 📜 The Bible serves as a moral guide, with the latter two criteria logically falling under its umbrella.
• ⚠️ Intentionality is crucial; using stem cells to live forever is distinct from using them to enhance physical performance.

Practices to Avoid

• 🚫 Pharmarmacia, such as using mind-altering substances for divination, is considered forbidden.
• ❌ Transhumanist body modification with the intent of transcending human limits or achieving immortality is also cautioned against.
• 📉 Short-term biohacks that detract from long-term health, like excessive steroid use or certain fertility-decreasing agents, should be avoided.
• 🔬 Protocols with scant human research and irreversibility, such as injecting chlorophyll into eyeballs, are also flagged for avoidance.

Considerations for Harming Others

• 💔 Practices involving vaccines or stem cells derived from aborted fetal lines are considered problematic due to supporting the death of an unborn human.
• ⚖️ The use of human tissue products derived from unwilling participants or those harmed in the process, like documented organ harvesting, is also to be avoided.

Responsible Creativity

• 🧠 While boundaries and rules are necessary, human creativity and innovation, including biohacking, are gifts to be wielded responsibly.
• ✨ God smiles upon human creativity, and being made in God's image equips us to be "sub-creators."