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46to control whether someone lives or dies should be considered a God-likeability and shouldn’t be normally attributed to humans in general. “Tobelieve that our talents and powers are wholly our own doing is tomisunderstand our place in creation, to confuse our role with God’s.” (273)First off having a living, decapitated head is a stretch but keeping it alive isnothing short of torturous. And by denying it death is taking the order ofnature and throwing it out the window. Another part of the video is whensymbolism really comes into play in the form of the Medic stepping out frombehind two doors with angelic music playing and a flock of doves appearsbehind him. In Christian traditions doves are seen as a symbol of divinityand are used sometimes to represent Christ. By using doves in the video theMedic is either portrayed as God or as a savior of all mankind, or perhapsboth. Whichever it is, the Medic is being portrayed as something that nobodyshould assume they are, divine. “If the genetic revolution erodes ourappreciation for the gifted character of human powers and achievements, itwill transform three key features of our moral landscape—humility,responsibility, and solidarity.” (274) If we allow certain areas ofbiotechnology to advance than our morals will change to compensate for thischange and we will view ourselves with a much higher status then weactually have in the world. The Medic seems to hold himself as a superiorbeing than the rest of the characters in the video, both through his actions