Balancing

I agree with Chet Raymo in "A Measure of Restraint". I agree that humans have a responsibility to keep the balance in nature, as the most dominant species on earth. Humans have the ability to to lead, guide, and discover new things, but consequently they also have the ability to bring things to the light that were meant to stay in the dark. The perfect allusion to my declaration comes from the beginning of time itself with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. In this garden, god declared Adam and Even command over all the creatures of the lands. He also told them to not eat the forbidden fruit. Unfortunately, it did not take long before Adam and Eve were tempted by their curiosity to try the forbidden fruit. Once the fruit was eaten, Adam and Eve were filled with the knowledge of all the good and bad in the world and were punished. Not only where they punished but everyone that came after them was punished as well forever. The examples of "curiosity killing the cat" that Chet Raymo used in his story fortunately only has effects for short periods of time. Therefore Chet Raymo's caution about the truly dangerous and permanent use of genetic modification really brings thoughts to mind. Especially for any Christians that know and understand God's word it is scary to to think about changing the way things were meant to be. And even for those who are not Christians, it is scary to ponder the image of another species developing intellectual dominance and eventually taking humans out of the picture. Though it has taken time, the biggest GMO "killers" are the use of hormones, chemicals, and man made refined products. All the things that bring unusual health issues and one of our biggest ever. Overweight people. Yes GMO's are not all bad, but precautions definitely need to be taken by human beings to provide a greater balance and as well maintain human beings health.