The buying and selling of organs is intrinsically evil. We had input from the Catholic Church, from the National Council of Churches, from rabbis on that one. In my own conscience, I've never had a conflict between my religious upbringing and my science. What Murray thinks is essential to the effectiveness of the dialogue between religion and science is humility. But sometimes theologians should keep their mouths shut, too.
Bishops are sometimes too quick to give definitive pronouncements on scientific affairs.
Murray cited artificial insemination and the handling of frozen embryos as examples. I'm a little disappointed that some Church leaders will come down hard on artificial insemination as if we scientists are playing God. Said Murray, there's no reason that science and religion have to operate in an adversarial relationship. Both come from same source, the only source of truth-the Creator. Gabriel Meyer is based in Los Angeles.