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Boring

And disappointing. No my dear, no one knows the absolute truth, but we actually can definitely and with certainty throw away rubbish, icluding creationism or intelligent design or any fancy name you want to give to it. There is no contradiction here. Tell me, have you been there to know for sure that the Earth is not at the center of the universe? Have you been at the beginning of creation to see for certain that the earth actually does rotate around the sun? So according to you, similar nut jobs who still maintain Earth is stationary at the center of the firmament should be given the benefit fo a doubt as well? :-)
Actually creationist nut jobs and geocentric defender nut jobs are in the exact same category.

Sorry dear but evolution is a fact.

Brilliant

Did anyone ever tell you how scholastic and objective you are?  I never cease to be amazed at the brilliant comments that flow from your keypad.  The term is "ID" and I don't have time to go into it here but I will let you take on Francis Collins if you like.  Since no one was there who is alive today who can give us an eyewitness account, it is theory yes.  In fact, it would not even be admissible as a factual assertion in a court of law because there are no eye witnesses.  Otherwise stated, were you there with the universe began since you are so certain of precisely what happened?  If so, tell me what did you see?  All of the scientists in the world would be elated if you would tell them. 

Anything of theory?

What are you, a creationist nut job?

Dear Mrs.

Then the article may not apply to you

Reply to Zion

How can anything of theory be stated with such certainty?  In any event, your issue isn't with me, it is with the man who is considered by many to be the greatest bio-geneticist in the world. :)

//www.genome.gov/10000779

Sorry DW

but what are you talking about?!

Humans were not created to be immortal. The dying "mutation" is an extremely ancient one, already present in all living organisms because it creates a clear evolutionary advantage. The old stifle new growth, so by killing them nature paves the way for newer generations to go forth, mutate and adapt.

It is quite possible sometime in the future to tackle this in labs and create longevity, and whose offsprings will benefit would still be for free markets to decide, but none of this gives any basis for lectures on having been "created" originally for immortality and so on.

David ET. I mostly wore

David ET.

I mostly wore jeans when I was a kid so no, I don't remember that dress. It wasn't until I had breasts that I go interested in dresses.

Reply to Ms

Hi MS. Your concern about aging and dying is certainly important and legitimate. Death is a horrible event that should never occur. No person should ever suffer death. In fact, it is contrary to the "Order of the Universe."

I am sure that you have heard of the Genome Project. It was the cooperative effort of The University of Michigan, MIT and several other leading universities, to map the entire human genetic structure. The task is completed. The gene that causes the aging process has been identified. Guess what, it is a mutated gene. The original gene that caused aging was supposed to age to a certain number of years then become dormant. That age was between 30 and 50 years. The person in question was supposed to live forever at that age. But something went wrong. Every ancient culture has an explanation of what that might have been. According to Judaism and Christianity it was that mankind engaged in some abomination that caused the loss of the "immortal gene." In the story book that means they ate of the tree of "knowledge of good and evil." But is there something more? Could it be that they did something prohibited such as eating the flesh of a mammal which caused the gene to mutate. In other words, did the consuption of "flesh" cause an event that was so severe that it completeley altered human DNA? Could it be, as some have suggested, that humans were intended to be immortal but due to some "sin" they lost that immortality.

What I will tell you my unknown friend, is that there is reason to believe that physical immortality of humans is within "reach." There is so much research in this area but what is found is that it is beyond human reach. Physical immortality is spiritual. If you are truly interested in this topic I will discuss it further with you.

I will tell you this. There is a human speciman alive today, who according to the opinion of a number of reputable and very perplexed physicans, has stopped aging at the age of 35 though his physical age is 50+ and it is believed that others are waiting in the wings. :) How is this possible? Perhaps it is as Francis Collins the founder of the Genome Project said, humans were created to be immortal.  If the original gene that was supposed to result in immortality mutated, isn't it possible that it would mutate back?  What is the trigger of the event that prevents the infinite mutation? Some have suggested that it is pure love.  :)

Dear David you are a much better person than I am.

As a  spiritual person I  believe in the next world , but was not as kind as you to share it with her, after all the bad mouthing that she has done to us. But I will do it in your blog since you are a very special person.

~~To consider that after the death of the body the spirit perishes is like imagining that a bird in a cage will be destroyed if the cage is broken, though the bird has nothing to fear from the destruction of the cage. Our body is like the cage, and the spirit is like the bird. We see that without the cage this bird flies in the world of sleep; therefore, if the cage becomes broken, the bird will continue and exist. Its feelings will be even more powerful, its perceptions greater, and its happiness increased. In truth, from hell it reaches a paradise of delights because for the thankful birds there is no paradise greater than freedom from the cage. That is why with utmost joy and happiness the martyrs hasten to the plain of sacrifice.~~(Abdulbaha)

Tahirih

Touching

Oh so very touching