Tuesday, July 1, 2008

DNA Mysteries: The Search for the Scientific Adam

We cannot deny the fact that science is so advanced, it could make things possible beyond our imagination. It could explain the things around us, how do they occur and why did it happen. The same with religion, science is pointing out the truth. But, it is so ironic that both are searching for the truth but they are against each other. Some of the discoveries of science is not accepted immediately by the church, it do usually takes a long time to accept it. Science, however, do not stop disproving the philosophy and teachings of the church.
On the other hand, it seemed that science is trying to prove something based from the bible, where most of religion based their faith. They try to prove from the book of Genesis, the origin of all humanities, Adam.
They get samples of genes from different people across the globe in searching for the DNA that are common to almost all of men living on earth. One chromosome can trace mankind from their ancestors and origin.
If the search for the scientific Adam will succeed, it will affect people and it will change the world. It would contribute a lot to science and probably will destroy religion and their faith. Though, it will prove the beginning of mankind it will not be easy to be accepted by the church because both have different explanation on it. Science have theories that man evolved from apes and in the middle of the evolution, there comes Adam. In the bible, on the other hand, Adam is created by God, through His likeness and image.
There is a lot of questions why they are searching for the real Adam. is it really just to prove something or it will lead to the birth of our ancestor? Will it bring our ancestor to life by means of cloning their genes. Science, soon will create immortals and it will change the people's perception of death.
It is really nice to know the truth, but it doesn't really mean that the truth is always good. Some of it will be better if it remains silent. It would be better to put it as part of our history. It will just make another conflict between science and faith. The more science discover, the more it changes lives, it complicate things from the culture of people, not only for the believers of the bible, but also with other religion. If they will prove the existence of Adam, it doesn't make any significance part of one's life. We should be contented of what we have right now and instead solve the current problems that the whole world is facing on. Adam and Eve are part of our history, and they contribute a lot to mankind.
DNA plays a very important role in humanities and it could create immortals, death seemed to be nothing. It would not be moral if we will bring our death ancestors back to life. It will change the natural tradition of nature, the tradition of death, where all living undergoes. There will be no balance of nature if we will bring Adam to the present and see him in person. If they will trace the DNA of Adam, science will not be contented of discovering it but most probably to see the actual Adam and how he really looks like, how he thinks and move.
We don't have the permission to create immortals, but our primary reason why we are born are just to die.

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