Without prejudice to the question of GM foods (on which I commented earlier),
I see no basis for this statement. Gen.1:26-28 does not speak explicitly of
humanity as "steward" or "co-creator". It does speak of having dominion and being made
in the "image and likeness" of God. This certainly means being God's representative on
earth and, since Genesis 1 is all about God as creator, it isn't too much of a stretch
to say that being in the image & likeness of God has something to do with human creative
ability.
"Co-creator" may not be the ideal term for that - in some ways Tolkien's
"sub-creator" might be better. & imaging God's creative activity involves more than
just being able to do lots of things: Our whole orientation to the world is to be the
one we see in Christ. But I see no justification for the idea that we're to have a
hands-off attitude in certain areas like genetics. "The heavens are the LORD's heavens,
but the earth he has given to human beings" (Ps.115:16).
BTW, a detailed theological anthropology which develops the idea of the human as
"created co-creator" is Phil Hefner's _The Human Factor_.
Shalom,
George
George L. Murphy
gmurphy@raex.com
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/