📖 Biblical Definition
Eugenics is a direct assault on the image of God. Every human being is created in God's image (Genesis 1:27). God alone has authority over life and death (Deuteronomy 32:39). God chooses the weak to shame the strong (1 Corinthians 1:27). Eugenics in all forms is man attempting to play God — deciding who is worthy of life based on genetic utility rather than divine image-bearing.
📜 Webster 1828 Definition
The ideology of improving the human race through controlled breeding, apart from divine authority.
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Not in Webster 1828. He would have recognized it as man arrogating the divine prerogative of determining who is worthy of life.
📖 Key Scripture
• Genesis 1:27 — "God created man in His own image; male and female created He them."
• Deuteronomy 32:39 — "I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal."
• Psalm 139:14 — "I am fearfully and wonderfully made."
• 1 Corinthians 1:27 — "God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the mighty."
⚠️ Modern Corruption
Eugenics has returned in softer forms through genetic screening, selective abortion, and transhumanist ideology.
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Prenatal screening leading to selective abortion of children with Down syndrome is eugenics with a medical veneer. Designer baby technology selects for desirable traits. Transhumanism seeks to transcend biological limitations. All share the assumption that human value is determined by genetic quality rather than divine image-bearing.
Usage
• "Eugenics did not end with the Nazis; it changed its language from racial purity to genetic health, from forced sterilization to selective abortion."
• "Every human being bears the image of God regardless of genetic condition — to rank worth by DNA is eugenics, no matter what we call it."