Dr. John Bergsma

Well, thanks be to God, even though the scriptures don't directly address IVF, we have an authoritative answer.

interpreter of the scriptures who can apply the principles of the scriptures to this current challenge and tell us clearly what is right and what is wrong with respect to that so that we're not left in a cloud of unknowing and like, well, we can't come to the truth.

We can't figure out what the truth is.

So it's precisely the reverse of what our

Objector is describing, he thinks that development of doctrine means we never know what we're going to believe and anything can be anything.

And it's actually not that way.

The development of doctrine is a conservative force.

It's ever greater clarity.

We don't believe that we do 180s in the development of doctrine and turn around like, now we don't believe that.

No.

We progress in our understanding.

Now we believe it more accurately.

Now we believe it more deeply.

And as new challenges arise, we have the living interpretive voice, which allows us to know the truth about these unforeseen realities that have come up in the progress of history so that we can know the truth and not be just, you know... Tossed to and fro by a wind of doctrine.

Correct.

Yeah, absolutely.

Right.

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's a good question.