civilwarbuff
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Regardless of my opinion of my own OP, which I believe I did state in this thread, this thread is not about aliens, demons, or implanted computer chips. Just asking people to stay on topic.
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Before I go and do a bunch of digging, I need to know exactly what will be acceptable as a "checkable" Source.
What is it that you will use to determine a source that is "checkable" to your standard of approval?
Years ago there was a Cornell study published. It reported that gene switches, genetics having the capacity to turn on and off, were due to DNA sequences mutating.
What science calls evolution I call God's plan unfolding as planned.
I wonder how this bit of tinkering will effect that?
Also, this latest study got me to thinking about a line in an old Al Pacino movie, "The Devil's Advocate". Big Pacino fan.
I'll clean it up a bit because the full line was rather crude. However, it did describe the human appetite for gorging the ego with our own capacity to excess. And I think it particularly relevant to this latest adventure in tinkering with embryo's in this manner.
" ....You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire, you build egos the size of cathedrals, fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse, grease even the dullest dreams with these dollar-green, gold plated fantasies until every human becomes an aspiring emperor, becomes his own god, and where can you go from there?...."
Yes.It's mostly histones and other factors that switch genes on and off. However, those are mediated by DNA as you suggest.
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.Yep. Evolution is what happens. But God intended it so. "Planning" is probably not a good word to use, since that means "figuring out how to do it." God knows everything, so He merely willed it so, without planning at all.
I think everything serves God's purpose. Our task is to reason it out when it happens to us.I notice that even Herod, who was opposed to God's will, served God's purposes in the end. So maybe gene tinkering will be like that.
True. Every generations advances lead that generation to imagine themselves the source for how they came to be there.This was true of the Romans, and the Chinese, and the Persians and the Mayas... (long list of clever cultures who thought themselves close to challenging God). We are no closer to doing that than the Romans who figured out how to get water in places far from where God left it.
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
I have been overwhelmed at work as of late and have not had the time that I would have liked to devote to your request.Show us that. Checkable source.
I have been overwhelmed at work as of late and have not had the time that I would have liked to devote to your request.
I did stumble on to this very interesting presentation... it is only about 10 minutes long.
What ever God does is Godly ...