"And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us [extraterrestrials], to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken." -- Genesis 3:22-23
"Well, it [Intelligent Design] could come about in the folowing way, it could be that at some earlier time somewhere in the universe a civilisation ... [came] to a very high level of technology and designed a form of life that they seeded onto perhaps this planet. Now that is a possibility, an intriguing possibility, and I suppose it's possible that you might find evidence for that if you look at the details of biochemistry and molecular biology you might find a signature of some sort of designer. And that designer could well be a higher intelligence from elsewhere in the universe." -- Richard Dawkins, atheist preacher, 2008
MSNBC: Looking for alien DNA.
Zecharia Sitchin says he's willing to stake everything he's written about alien astronauts on DNA tests that could be performed on the 4,500-year-old remains of a high-ranking Sumerian woman. ...
Puabi's remains were unearthed from a tomb in present-day Iraq during the 1920s and 1930s, roughly the same time frame as the discovery and study of Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt. Forensic experts at London's Natural History Museum determined that Puabi was about 40 years old when she died, and probably reigned as queen in her own right during the First Dynasty of Ur. Sitchin contends she was something more than a queen - specifically, that she was a "nin," a Sumerian term which he takes to mean "goddess."
He suggests that Puabi was an ancient demigod, genetically related to the visitors from Nibiru. What if these aliens tinkered with our DNA to enhance our intelligence - the biblical tree of knowledge of good and evil - but held back the genetic fruit from the tree of eternal life? Does the story of Adam and Eve actually refer to the aliens' tinkering? The way Sitchin sees it, the ancient myths suggest that "whoever created us deliberately held back from us a certain thing - fruit, genes, DNA, whatever - not to give us health, longevity, and the immortality that they had. So what was it?"
Sitchin wants scientists to test the DNA from Puabi's remains, just in case it holds the answer. "Maybe by comparing her genome with ours, we would find out what are those missing genes that they deliberately did not give us," he told me.
That would be actual evidence of design; not the supernatural kind.
ReplyDeleteBut that begs a question... Who designed the designers?
At some point you have to say that the development of life comes down to natural evolution or divine intervention.
Guess which one has more support?
Jeffery,
ReplyDeleteDefine supernatural.
Have you ever considered the fact that God is entirely natural?
Spontaneous generation and evolution are supernatural because they require magic and miracles.
I say Intelligent Design has more support.
You saying that doesn't make it true. Evolution is based on chemistry and physics, two things you clearly consider magical.
ReplyDeleteIf God exists, then He certainly is the most "natural" thing in the universe.
Spontaneous generation and evolution are supernatural because they require magic and miracles.
No one honestly beleives this. No such thing has ever been said by any reputable human being ever. (That includes your saying it.)
Spontaneous generation was disproven a very long time ago; but there's no magic in Evolution.
The whole world in 6 days? Magic.
Let me correct things for you...
ReplyDelete“Well, it could come about in the following way. It could be that at some earlier time, somewhere in the universe, a civilization evolved, probably by some kind of Darwinian means, probably to a very high level of technology, and designed a form of life that they seeded onto perhaps this planet. Now, um, now that is a possibility, and an intriguing possibility. And I suppose it's possible that you might find evidence for that if you look at the details of biochemistry, molecular biology, you might find a signature of some sort of designer.”
Reads a bit different when you don't doctor it, doesn't it?
I knew you wouldn't be able to define supernatural.
ReplyDeleteMost people define supernatural as the divine. As I said, if God exists, he is the definition of natural, and everything else is his work, kinda "artificial." I personally don't see a point to the word supernatural, therefore, I didn't define it.
ReplyDeleteHowever, you still fail to see my POV, at some point, one must concede a first cause to life in the universe, either it's physics and chemistry, or it's God. You can't have both, try as you might.