Posted on 01/25/2012 6:27:40 AM PST by Lazamataz
There is a video circulating Youtube recently that describes a DoD presentation in 2005, in which a researcher proposes a vaccination that immunizes against the VMAT-2 gene, a gene associated with a high level of religious experience. The researcher proposes circulating this vaccination with a virus, like the flu.
It is chilling. Please watch it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jRg41D8SOq0
Leaving aside the Frankenstein-nature of this discussed proposal, let us remember that evolution expressed this gene, or that God put it there.
There's a reason for it. It could be that the only way an ordered society could work is that people were moral when no one is looking. Morality tends to be very high in those who believe in God. If this gene is destroyed or hampered by science, who knows what sort of world will be created? Amoral creatures, without conscience, all looking out for their selfish interests ONLY, will make for a hell on Earth.
I would predict a total collapse of society and a reversion to a human animal.
These are truly evil people.
Google is your friend.
Do my work for me.
Those who have been inoculated wouldn't believe the evidence anyway.
Nope.
The fact that you would even bite on this in the first place (if you aren’t just trolling the board) is quite telling.
God isn’t in a gene, and no “virus” could ever eradicate Him or religion.
The premise is impossible from the outset. When you understand that, you quickly recognize that its a pretty bad hoax, and Google will do the rest for you.
I understand that some people like the tin-foil conspiracies, and if you are one of those, I apologize.
Those who have been inoculated wouldn't believe the evidence anyway.
Look, if all you have for me is reasoned discourse and rational explanations backed by hard evidence, I guess our conversation is finished.
Someone asked if I’d rather have lunch with Michael Moore or have the religious part of my brain removed from my forehead. I said I guess I’d rather have lunch with Michael Moore.
He asked why.
I said I’d rather have a butthole in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
See, now THIS is the sort of conversation this thread needs.
Oh, I see what you did there.
Man is only the creation, and cannot change the creator’s plan. It’s lack of faith that would let us worry about this. God created all and is in control of all. The Holy Spirit is greater than all.
If there was a gene, and man could remove it, God’s plan will not be hampered. He will continue saving who he has chosen. And in the end, he will come for his people, and those who are evil will be judged.
Praise God for his power and glory and righteousness. Know he is full of grace and mercy. Know his will, will be done.
There is no way to “vaccinate” against a gene. Can’t be done, at least with technology as it exists now. So even if u think there is a religious gene, you can selectively breed those who do not have it, but you cannot inoculate against it.
“See, now THIS is the sort of conversation this thread needs.”
Have fun!
This guy gets up at 2:13 AM.
So, since I will not say I was wrong, I will resort to diversionary tactics.
Like, becoming inappropriately personal, and with no evidence whatsoever, mentioning your many failed marriages. Some husband YOU turn out to be!!!!
Look, an airplane.
“The great mystery, God will also still exist whether we have the gene or not.”
And, of course, if He wants us to have this gene, He is perfectly capable of replacing it or making it immune to the virus. He is God, after all, and He wants us to be with Him. He wants our souls and so does His enemy. Trust that He will prevail. There is more good in the world than evil; evil just seems to have the upper hand at the moment. That moment won’t last and try as they might they will not be able to destroy our innate relationship with our God.
Not quite. See, I am very gullible and believe absolutely any damned-fool theory that comes along, so, when I am proven wrong, I welcome any comment that helps to obfuscate that fact.
Yeah? Well the whole topic discourses me. :)
You should go into the Infidels door.
Great movie.
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