A question I have is that we, as a species, are born into sinfulness due to the actions of our predecessors. However, since Jesus died on the cross for our sins, we as Children of God have a chance at salvation. Would our "Children of Man" also be born into sinfulness, and if so, would Jesus' death also pay the toll for them too?

As for the question of already existing species or rouge scientists, I find that my line of logic follows that of abortion, being that the uplifted is an innocent 3rd party that should be left to live. Short of experimental abominations that have no hope of living life independently, to stamp them out like pests would be an atrocity rivaling that of the worst genocides.

Finally, for the question of uplifting itself, Genesis 1:26 can be pretty easily contorted to allow for that kind of behavior from mankind. One could also assume that if an uplifted species has a soul, which people often conflate with sentience, that the soul's existence is an implicit rubberstamp from God. Of course, we run into the issue of distinguishing a philisophical zombie from a real, live, sentient being, but the simplest likelyhood is that it would either be dead in the test tube or living and breathing, not in that kind of grey area.

Minor edit and explanation for "implicit rubberstamp", the reason why I say that is because God could in all likelyhood refuse to bestow a hybrid-species we are trying to uplift a soul, thusly putting them less as "human", and more like smart dog/cat/whatever, which wouldn't fall under uplifted, in my eyes at least.

Personally, I find my issue one of the need and fulfillment of salvation by Jesus, but I might be looking at it completely wrong.

A question I have is that we, as a species, are born into sinfulness due to the actions of our predecessors. However, since Jesus died on the cross for our sins, we as Children of God have a chance at salvation. Would our "Children of Man" also be born into sinfulness, and if so, would Jesus' death also pay the toll for them too?

As for the question of already existing species or rouge scientists, I find that my line of logic follows that of abortion, being that the uplifted is an innocent 3rd party that should be left to live. Short of experimental abominations that have no hope of living life independently, to stamp them out like pests would be an atrocity rivaling that of the worst genocides.

Finally, for the question of uplifting itself, Genesis 1:26 can be pretty easily contorted to allow for that kind of behavior from mankind. One could also assume that if an uplifted species has a soul, which people often conflate with sentience, that the soul's existence is an implicit rubberstamp from God. Of course, we run into the issue of distinguishing a philisophical zombie from a real, live, sentient being, but the simplest likelyhood is that it would either be dead in the test tube or living and breathing, not in that kind of grey area.

Personally, I find my issue one of the need and fulfillment of salvation by Jesus, but I might be looking at it completely wrong.