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In 1931, a science-fiction film about a Dr. Frankenstein hit the theaters with the impact of a horror-thriller, a scientist building a somewhat larger-than-life "monster" from the bodies and brains of deceased humans. Based on an 1818 nightmarish gothic tale, protruding bolt heads gave the man-creature a quasi-robot, mechanical (sci-fi-satisfactory) appearance. Somewhat similarly, and equally entertaining to seekers of horror- based thrills, the movie "Fly" dealt with a human-fly combination, the scientist himself becoming the experimental subject when a fruit-fly accidentally enters his "matter-transformation" chamber.
"Modern biologists aim to convince us that man is just another animal" says Eric Cohen, author of an article, "The Human Difference", which appeared in Commentary magazine. Thus, if - as Darwinists argue - man is but an accident of nature with no higher authority for morality and ethics, no supreme being to thank or blame for his existence, then he surely has unfettered freedom for experimentations in bio-technology, such as man-animal combinations. Although, perhaps below the radar screen of general public awareness, such experiments are presently underway in China, Britain, the Caribbean and even at the Mayo clinic in the US - the ostensible forcing function being "holding out the promise of useful results .. therapies for Parkinson's disease or for mass-producing designer stem cells."
That Americans enjoy such imaginative flights of "scarification" is unquestionable. However, is there a reality potential in today's medical technology and adventurism, a potential that is perhaps a bit more scary - and realistic - than people may be comfortable with?
Take some "for instances":
- Animal cloning was first achieved in 1996, in Scotland, a sheep named Dolly - which subsequently died prematurely of lung disease.
- Clonings of many animals have followed: a few years ago a dog owner payed handsomely for a clone of her pet who had died.
- In China and Britain, scientists are creating cloned man-animal embryos using rabbit eggs and human DNA. In the Caribbean, human neural cells have been inserted into monkey brains. At the Mayo clinic, researchers have produced pigs with hybrid pig-human blood cells.
- Octuplets were recently born in Los Angeles, from the implantation of eight embryos in a woman. The same doctor has implanted another woman with seven.
- Both an American doctor and a South Korean researcher have already created a human embryo - both saying they destroyed it.
There seems to be a fair degree of "brain-washing" with the conventional wisdom about Darwin-Evolutionism being proven fact: intellectuals, columnists, reporters, Judges - essentially the intellectual elite and lay folk of our society. However, the words of pro-Darwin scientists admit the "mysteries" in their research - they cannot prove the claims of their advocates. There is also the litany of astronomical improbabilities to Darwin-Evolutionism by scientists in every field (Reference Ezine articles: The Pajaro Dunes Conference - Scientists Challenging Darwinism!; From Darwin - Evolutionism to Intelligent Design - Inevitably!; Elitist World, "Brain-Washed" by Darwinism - Would Darwin Approve?; Darwin-Evolutionism - Undeniable Astronomic Improbabilities Despite Secular Claims of Proven Fact!)
Thus, there is no basis for the assumed premise for such experiments - that there is no higher authority re ethics or morality - thus man is free to conduct whatever experiments with "life" that his curiosity (or financial incentive) arouses. Although neither Darwin-Evolutionism nor Intelligent Design can be truly proved or disproved, by whatever rationality 21st century science can muster, the probability odds favor an "intelligent designer" by trillions to one.
There is, however, tremendous zeal with which contemporary, Evolution-advocate scientists defend Darwinian theory, such as Richard Dawkins or Daniel Dennett - "evolution is a kind of liberation, a proof that God is dead or there cannot be a God, proof that we are free to impose our own moral order on a world governed only by amoral chance."
However, modern theorists like Demski, Behe and Meyer then enter the fray with the weapons of logic, reformulating the watchmaker metaphor (the complexity of a watch is proof of a watchmaker), and in mathematical and biochemical terms, focusing primarily on the inadequacy of Darwinism for the emergence of complex life. The foundation of Darwinism is further weakened by the fact that those who seem loudest in claiming factuality and proven science for their belief seem to ignore the mathematics and probabilities - and the arguments of the hard science of physics, e.g. the Big Bang (from where did the enormous amount of energy come - that was transformed into all the "matter" comprising our universe?).
The stem-cell debate appears to be the slippery slope, what the political advocacy of full-out stem cell research will probably lead to. The Dr. Frankenstein monster concept is becoming steadily more realizable.
Aaron Kolom qualifies as a "rocket scientist" with over 50 years aerospace engineering: Stress Analyst to Chief of Structural Sciences on numerous military aircraft, to Corp. Director Structures and Materials, Asst. Chief Engineer Space Shuttle Program through first three flights (awarded NASA Public Service Medal), Rockwell International Corp.; Program Manager Concorde SST, VP Engineering TRE Corp.; Aerospace Consultant.
Aaron L. Kolom - from Brainwashed* and Miracles**
* The Perceived Mind-Set of the Secular Elite re Darwin Evolutionism!
** To Believe in Them - Have Faith - In Science and Logic!
Visit website at [http://www.brainwashedandmiracles.com] to learn a bit about Science vs the Bible, from conflict to confirmation; http://www.definingmoment.tv"; Aaron Kolom EzineArticles.
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Fly $15.98 By the time Fly emerged, the battle lines had long been drawn, and those who preferred to place Ono's domestic situation rather than her music in the foreground were never going to give it a fair shake. Very much their loss -- not only is it that rarest of all beasts, a '70s double album that rewards repeated listening, but Fly also shows the work of a creative artist working with a sympathetic set of backing players to create inspired, varied songs. At points, the appeal lies simply in Ono's implicit "to heck with you" approach to singing -- compositions like "Midsummer New York" are easygoing rock chug that won't surprise many, but it's her take on high-pitched soul and quivering delivery that transforms them into something else. The screwy blues yowl of "Don't Worry Kyoko" is something else again, suggesting something off Led Zeppelin III gone utterly berserk. Meanwhile, check the fragile, pretty acoustic guitar of "Mind Holes," her singing swooping in the background like a lost ghost, while the reflective "Mrs. Lennon," as wry but heartfelt a portrait of her position in the public eye as any, ended up being used by Alex Chilton for "Holocaust," which gives a good sense of the sad tug of the melody. Perhaps the best measure of Fly is how Ono ended up inventing Krautrock, or perhaps more seriously bringing the sense of motorik's pulse and slow-building tension to an English-language audience. There weren't many artists of her profile in America getting trance-y, heavy-duty songs like "Mindtrain" and the murky ambient howls of "Aimale" out to an English-language audience. Such songs readily match the work of Can, another band with a Japanese vocalist taking things to a higher level. As for "Fly" itself, the mostly unaccompanied wails and trills from Ono will confirm stereotypes in many folks' minds, but it's a strange, often beautiful performance that follows its own logic. ~ Ned Raggett, Rovi Performers: Bobby Keys - Claves, Saxophone; Yoko Ono - Claves, Voices, Vocals; Chris Osborne - Dobro; David Spinozza - Guitar; Eric Clapton - Guitar; Jim Gordon - Tabla, Drums; Jim Keltner - Tabla, Percussion, Drums; John Lennon - Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals, Piano, Guitar, Organ; Klaus Voormann - Cymbals, Bells, Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Vocals; |
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