The potential destructiveness of nuclear power, the morality of organ transplants, the possible uses and misuses of DNA, and the wonder and fear created by the space exploration program - just to cite some clear examples - gives us all pause to contemplate the ramifications of scientific endeavors made in the name of humanity, yet having the potential to destroy it. (185) Mary Shelly's Frankenstein provides a dramatic case study of what goes wrong when people sport with life and attempt to "play God". Victor's motivation, process and reaction to his creation can be clearly contrasted to God's creative and redemptive process. This contrast will demonstrate society's need for self-imposed medical and scientific limitations through identifying our human incompetence in attempting to "play God". Victor's motivation for creating life stands in stark contrast to God's motivation. It is obvious from reading that Victor's motivation was purely sel

Not only did Victor possess no personal value for his creation, his scientific experiment was performed without serious pre- thought to the responsibilities that come with such a deistic endeavor. Again, this was problematic to his lack of a proper motivation and love for his creation. The monster points out this fact many times throughout his discussions with his creator. When comparing his creator to the God he discovered thorugh personal his reading he spoke: He [Adam] had come forth from the hands of God a perfect creature, happy and prosperous, guarded by the especial care of his Creator; he was allowed to converse with and acquire knowledge from beings of superior nature; but I was wretched, helpless, and alone (Frankenstein 126).

ery resemblance (Frankenstein 126). David Ketterer notes the monster's awful dilemma when he wrote, "The monster is an object of alarm not only because he is different but because he appears to be assembled imperfectly" (10).

Not only does man have great worth, importance and purpose to God, but man's design was infinitely and eternally thought-out as well. You made my whole being; you formed me in my mother's body. I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way. What you have done is wonderful. I know this very well. You saw my bones being formed as I took shape in my mother's body. When I was put together there, you saw my body as it was formed. All the days planned for me were written in your book before I was one day old. God, your thoughts are precious to me. They are so many! If I could count them, they would be more than all the grains of sand. When I wake up, I am still with you. (Psalm 139:13-18 NCV) The final comparison that need be examined is that of Victor's response to his creation to that of God's response to His creation. While this particular aspect of the comparison has been previously touched on, it is important to draw attention to Victor's abandonment of his c!

When examining Yahweh God as a creator, it is discovered that while there is a similar motivation for creating, there is also a diametric difference in His motivation to that of Victor's. It is very obvious through the Bible that God created selfishly in that He wanted a creation in which to express His love. God had nothing to prove, nothing to gain nor an ego to build. Because love is at the heart of His nature He wanted to demonstrate that love to something and someone. Thus He created the heavens and the earth and placed man in it.

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him at this point. "The world was to me a secret which I desired to divine. Curiosity, earnest research to learn the hidden laws of nature. . ." (Frankenstein 36), "I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation" (Frankenstein 47). Victor's motivation to "play God" was to achieve his own level of deity. To posses the power of life would be an accomplishment never before attained by the finite human race. Victor did not care about the repercussions and responsibilities of creating life, he was only concerned with the deistic power that creating would provide.

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