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→Was this lifted from a nineteenth century textbook?: science is not our master
::You all might want to consider taking it down a notch. Any tool for manipulating or understanding the world, be it science or a ball peen hammer, can be misused. We obviously cannot live in this world in any reasonable way without science...the next world, well, a different story. But now, we are here, so we must strive to use all of our tools morally. You shouldn't slam a hammer into someone's head just because it is the right tool for the job. You shouldn't alter science to fit an ideology, just because it is a good tool for the job.[[User:JoyousOne|JoyousOne]] 16:45, 15 May 2007 (EDT)
::You all might want to consider taking it down a notch. Any tool for manipulating or understanding the world, be it science or a ball peen hammer, can be misused. We obviously cannot live in this world in any reasonable way without science...the next world, well, a different story. But now, we are here, so we must strive to use all of our tools morally. You shouldn't slam a hammer into someone's head just because it is the right tool for the job. You shouldn't alter science to fit an ideology, just because it is a good tool for the job.[[User:JoyousOne|JoyousOne]] 16:45, 15 May 2007 (EDT)
*''People will find a way to kill each other anyway, they don't need scientists for that.''
:That does not mean scientists should not be held accountable, nor that they do not have a moral responsibility. Nor that they do not need oversight and direction from poltical policymakers. Nor does it mean when a dangerous regime is using scientists without accountability to the rest of the international community, with the likelihood that scientific knowledge of how to produce [[WMD]] is being passed on to unknown persons, that policymakers, (and for that matter, the general public outside the scientific community) does not have the power and responsibility to act in those circumstances.
:To put it bluntly, just as the Church has more less been brought in subordination to the State under the so-called "separation of church and state doctrine", from a pure publicy policy standpoint, science is not our master, it is our slave. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 17:32, 15 May 2007 (EDT)
==[[Mormon]] church policy==
==[[Mormon]] church policy==