CSI's theology?

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CSI tonight had Catherine explaining to a pro-life character in the story that a 16th century pope stated that before the 40th day when the woman feels the movement of the child within her, it is not a human. And then Gris explains that Leviticus 18 means that there is no life (no blood) prior to 18th day. I turned it off after that.
 
Well, it does center around a bunch of scientists, who only believe what they see…

What do you expect?
 
hence, another reason I don’t watch television.
  1. it rots brains & morals
 
I love CSI but that was a seriously flawed episode, but then again, most are. Remember, it is fiction and sometimes fiction uses fiction to make itself interesting.

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Not to Mention that the Church is against IVF but the show seemed to imply that the person running the IVF clinic that implanted unused embryos was a Catholic (based on Grissom talking to her about the Pope and “The Church” and stuff like that).
 
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Jayson:
Not to Mention that the Church is against IVF but the show seemed to imply that the person running the IVF clinic that implanted unused embryos was a Catholic (based on Grissom talking to her about the Pope and “The Church” and stuff like that).
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But the Church doesn’t yet have a position on embro adoption. You can find respected theologians arguing either way.
 
There’s another discussion of this going on at Apologetics.

When I saw the crucifix hanging on the wall of the victim’s house last night, I thought to myself that there would be some anti-Catholicism in the show. CSI did not disappoint.

And, of course, they made the pro-lifer look stiff and prissy.

See the other thread for some good debunking of the Catherine Willows and Grissom comments.
 
What other thread?

I too turned it off about then.

My immediate thought was that the pope’s statements had to be out of context. May have been private interpretation revolving around the science of the day. It’s my understanding that science of that period would have considered the man the source of the child and the woman merely the incubator (thus calling semen ‘seed’). Such an understanding WOULD have made it tough for philosophers and theologians to decide when life began. Surely the ‘seed’ inside the man wouldn’t yet be considered human. It wouldn’t be obvious why it immeidately became so upon entry to the woman.

Modern genetic understanding, however, would clear this issue up and provide the philosophers a foundation of understanding to build upon.

P.S. Adoption of an existing embryo created (sinfully) through IVF is NOT condemned by the church as sinful or scandalous as long as the adopter is not in any way endorsing the IVF conception itself. Where there is absence of definitive church teaching, there is freedom.
 
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Well, it does center around a bunch of scientists, who only believe what they see…

What do you expect?
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Their science isn’t much better than their theology. Did anyone see the show where the bus tire was blown by the injection of ether. They test it by adding ether to a tire and running it on a treadmill in identical conditions. It blows at the exact number of miles the original did. Anyone wonder how they knew how much ether was added?

I understand prosecutors are quite tired of explaining to juries that one cannot match CSI’s precision in real life.
 
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Their science isn’t much better than their theology. Did anyone see the show where the bus tire was blown by the injection of ether. They test it by adding ether to a tire and running it on a treadmill in identical conditions. It blows at the exact number of miles the original did. Anyone wonder how they knew how much ether was added?

I understand prosecutors are quite tired of explaining to juries that one cannot match CSI’s precision in real life.
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But one only asks fairy tales to be entertaining, not believable.

[Sorry I hit quote rather than edit :o ]
 
Remember, it is fiction and sometimes fiction uses fiction to make itself interesting.

Nicely put.
 
I’d love to see CSI’s producers produce thier source of this “fact”.
 
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MJE:
CSI tonight had Catherine explaining to a pro-life character in the story that a 16th century pope stated that before the 40th day when the woman feels the movement of the child within her, it is not a human. And then Gris explains that Leviticus 18 means that there is no life (no blood) prior to 18th day. I turned it off after that.
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I stopped watching CSI when Gris started dating that Madam whoever lady that was into weird bondage activities:rolleyes: Why do they have to ruin a good thing? 24 will be on soon MJE!!!
 
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