Cloning - Where Were the Angels?

Clonaid CEO
Gabriel, perhaps?
I can't believe the news media are so gullible. I suppose there is a possibility that the report of cloning by the "Raelians" is true, but I am not at all convinced. Think about it. The claim is that the birth is the day after Christmas. They are calling the baby Eve. Their theology is that immortality is to be found in the process of cloning. Doesn't this sound like the birth of a Messiah? The only thing missing are the angels and the wise men.

The identities of the parents have not been revealed. What do you want to bet their names are Joseph and Mary? Of course, the father is not really the child's father. Clonaid, the name of the company that is to have done the cloning, claims that there are four more clones to be born shortly. Will they be the four gospel writers? Perhaps there are also twelve disciples waiting in the wings. I suppose I am way out of line, but it is hard not to be sarcastic with such outlandish claims.

The founder of the Raelians claims that he was visited by little green men in the crater of a French volcano. He was then told that all human life comes from the cloning of these space visitors called "Elohim." Of course Elohim is one of the names for God in the Hebrew bible.

The Raelians claim that the next step in the cloning process is to clone a fully grown human, and then to transfer the mind and personality directly to the new clone. Through this process, individuals are supposed to attain immortality, by periodically gaining a new body. They explain Jesus' resurrection through such a cloning technique. This is great science fiction, but little else. Like I say, I can't believe that the news media got sucked up into this thing. It's too far-fetched. It will be interesting to learn what this scientific evidence is when it is offered next week. I'm sure they will find some way to make it sound real.

If you find no future writings on this web site, you will know that the little greem men came and whisked the Old Professor away to some Raelian Hell. Better yet, if the Raelian rapture occurs, I could be "Left Behind." Sorry about that, but like I say, it's hard not to make fun of this nonsense.

Copyright © Jay D Weaver - December 30, 2002


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