Post by Jeff Gerke on Jan 13, 2009 11:50:17 GMT -5
This falls into the categories of monsters and last days, so it's a good fit for this sub-forum.
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,479777,00.html
The gist of this article is that scientists have "recreated a scenario that might have led to the origin of life." (They're working on the assumption that Darwinian evolution is how life began, but what do you expect from scientists?)
They have been able to cause artificial RNA (the primitive precursor to DNA) to replicate in a controlled environment, and even compete and form mutations that allow success vs. other strains.
So if you're looking for a scientific plot device that causes some kind of monster mutation or plague or alternate life form--that mutates to allow success over US--here's one idea.
And if you're one who thinks that God will bring about the End when He sees mankind able to actually produce life in competition with His own creation, this might be your ticket too.
One day I'll detail my theory that the devil created (evolved?) his own brand of human (Cro-Magnon man, maybe?) and caused his "children of the devil" to intermarry with "the sons of God" to sully God's bloodline and hide His chosen in a flock of imitations. If true, Satan was the first geneticist.
Jeff
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,479777,00.html
The gist of this article is that scientists have "recreated a scenario that might have led to the origin of life." (They're working on the assumption that Darwinian evolution is how life began, but what do you expect from scientists?)
They have been able to cause artificial RNA (the primitive precursor to DNA) to replicate in a controlled environment, and even compete and form mutations that allow success vs. other strains.
So if you're looking for a scientific plot device that causes some kind of monster mutation or plague or alternate life form--that mutates to allow success over US--here's one idea.
And if you're one who thinks that God will bring about the End when He sees mankind able to actually produce life in competition with His own creation, this might be your ticket too.
One day I'll detail my theory that the devil created (evolved?) his own brand of human (Cro-Magnon man, maybe?) and caused his "children of the devil" to intermarry with "the sons of God" to sully God's bloodline and hide His chosen in a flock of imitations. If true, Satan was the first geneticist.
Jeff
