Human beings have always played God. Why do you think we are still on this planet and were not wiped out by the various plagues that have befallen us?
The Black Death should have decimated our population, not withstanding Malaria, Cholera etc. However not only plagues, war and attrition, but even just one species overrunning another species. Modern humans overran the Neanderthals and Denisovans, what makes us think that there is always a way to continue our existence?
Historic Plagues:
The plague of Athens 430-427 BC
The Antonine Plague 165-180 AD
The Justinian Plague 541-542 AD
The Black Death 1347-1351 AD
Native American Smallpox Epidemic 1500-1900 AD
The First Six Cholera Pandemics 1816-1923 AD
The Spanish Flu Pandemic 1918-1920
And so on and so on…
Had humanity not played God, invented vaccines and tried to stop death we would hardly exist. Why is it that people abhor science with one breath but cling to it with the other?
In the same news that brought the glowing cat – created by genetically modifying it with DNA from a glowing jellyfish (to eventually cure HIV and AIDS). The other news was a genetically modified Mosquito bred for the specific purpose of tackling Dengue fever.
However one is being given the thumbs up and the other the thumbs down!
Each breakthrough of our timeline has been in the pursuit of God. We shot into space looking for our elusive creator, expecting him to be there. We wonder if we are favoured more than any other of his brood. We question him when a plague threatens, an asteroid comes too close, and we destroy each other with viruses and manmade weapons. The key word there is manmade!
The Black Death should have decimated our population, not withstanding Malaria, Cholera etc. However not only plagues, war and attrition, but even just one species overrunning another species. Modern humans overran the Neanderthals and Denisovans, what makes us think that there is always a way to continue our existence?
Historic Plagues:
The plague of Athens 430-427 BC
The Antonine Plague 165-180 AD
The Justinian Plague 541-542 AD
The Black Death 1347-1351 AD
Native American Smallpox Epidemic 1500-1900 AD
The First Six Cholera Pandemics 1816-1923 AD
The Spanish Flu Pandemic 1918-1920
And so on and so on…
Had humanity not played God, invented vaccines and tried to stop death we would hardly exist. Why is it that people abhor science with one breath but cling to it with the other?
In the same news that brought the glowing cat – created by genetically modifying it with DNA from a glowing jellyfish (to eventually cure HIV and AIDS). The other news was a genetically modified Mosquito bred for the specific purpose of tackling Dengue fever.
However one is being given the thumbs up and the other the thumbs down!
Each breakthrough of our timeline has been in the pursuit of God. We shot into space looking for our elusive creator, expecting him to be there. We wonder if we are favoured more than any other of his brood. We question him when a plague threatens, an asteroid comes too close, and we destroy each other with viruses and manmade weapons. The key word there is manmade!