"It's life Jim, but not as we know it"

You wrote:

What is their legal standing?

Good question, reminds me of that episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" where Jean Luc was arguing that the android "Data" was not "property" and as "he" displayed "human" emotions -- such as love -- should be given the same legal rights as a human.

I would hope that "enhanced" humans would also be afforded the same rights as us, but you just know the lawyers are going to have a field day on this one. If you really want to see a person in the service of Satan just go and see a divorce lawyer (for instance). You may know what I am talking about, these people are the ugliest and most reprehensible pariahs of human misery. I think that just about covers it :-)

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Who are their parents?

I guess you could argue that when the donors of say >50% of the childs genome can be identified then those donors could be considered to be "the parents". But you're right, the concept of "parents" in the genetic sense will become meaningless in the long term (one may be able to watch this unfold over the millenia from Heaven, but I don't have a good handle on the nature of Heaven so I am not sure about that). In any case, there are many people who consider themselves to be "parents" of children that they look after - even though there is no genetic link, so it maybe that "creche parent" will be the way the nomenclature goes.

When do they become "human" -- when they are lifted out of amniotic bath?

Well I guess they don't. If they have a different genome then by definition they are of a different species.

It's Sunday, let's praise the Lord for our lives and our talents. Amen.

Peace Brother :-)