First it was human embryos. Now scientists are trying to develop another way to modify human DNA that can be passed on to future generations, NPR has learned. Reproductive biologists at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City are attempting to use the powerful gene-editing technique called CRISPR to alter genes in human sperm. NPR got exclusive access to watch the controversial experiments underway [NOTE FROM TOM HORN: Does a curious verse in the book of Daniel hint at what these experiments could lead to? Speaking of the last days, Daniel said: “They shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay (Daniel 2:43).” While Daniel does not explain who “they” that “mingle themselves with the seed of men” are, the personal pronoun “they” causes us to ask just what (or who) are ‘mingling with the seed of men?’ Who are these Non-seed? It staggers the mind to contemplate the potential significance of Daniel’s passage and its implications in light of these new HIGHER ENTITIES human-DNA modifying experiments]…
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Fabricating part-human-part-nonhuman animals, with features of both, seemed like something out of Greek mythology until the late 20th century. New research then on “geeps,” fully developed, viable mixtures of goats and sheep, showed that constructing such “chimeras” was a real possibility. Still, the warning by H.G. Wells, a century before, in his novel “The Island of Dr. Moreau,” that scientific experiments like this could go terribly awry, seemed fantastical. But this will soon change. At the end of July, it was reported that the biologist Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte, director of a laboratory at the Salk Institute in California, produced fetal human-monkey chimeras. He did this in collaboration with researchers in China. And this month the Japanese government is expected to give the go-ahead to scientist Hiromitsu Nakauchi, leader of teams at the University of Tokyo and Stanford University in California, to conduct similar experiments with the goal of bringing human-pig chimeras to full term. These novel forms of life will soon be among us.
This past week Avengers movie star Chris Evans took opportunity to join other low-information progressives in mocking conservative media and president Trump over his “I am the chose one” comment. “If Barack Obama looked to the sky and said, ‘I’m the chosen one’, even as a joke (which this wasn’t), everyone at Fox News would look like they just peeked inside the Ark of the Covenant,” Evans tweeted. So, we here at SkyWatch TV thought we could help Mr. Evans and his friends gain valuable insights plus a history lesson by taking a look back at all the ways Obama and his supporters carefully crafted the Democratic candidate as the Second Coming of Jesus Christ in the lead up to his election.
Jeffery Epstein’s deep involvement with transhumanism was briefly reported by the New York Times. His involvement was characterized as an isolated bizarre fascination, but the community he was involved in is deadly serious about their goals. As reported by the New York Times, Epstein gained access to the scientific community through John Brockman, a little known but highly influential agent based in New York. Yahoo Finance reports that the group is deleting posts from its website about Epstein following revelations of his sex trafficking. Epstein is still listed as a guest in 2000 on the Edge dinner website. Also listed as a 2001 guest is Marvin Minsky, accused of sex with a trafficking victim. John Brockman himself sought transhumanist goals. His 1969 book Afterwords foreshadows the transhumanist philosophy of later years which envisions man merging with machine…
A six-month Hearst Connecticut Media investigation has found 250 victims in 30 states who say they were sexually abused as children at the hands of employees, volunteers and other members of Boys & Girls Club of America affiliates. Children as young as 6 were raped and sexually assaulted, court documents reveal. Some were molested by their abusers for years. Others were abused while isolated in situations like sleepovers or club trips. They were molested by coaches, club directors and volunteers, according to records of criminal convictions reviewed by Hearst…
In a post yesterday I described developing a science and religion course at Luther College, where I teach. One thing that initially surprised me was the degree to which well-known religion scholars were willing to fully capitulate to Darwinian evolution and attempt to find ways to fit their religious reflections around it. Now that I understand the ideological nature of this grand narrative of Darwinian triumph and the force of its perpetuation in academic culture, I am no longer so surprised. These scholars must capitulate to Darwinism in order to be taken seriously within the academy where dissent from Darwinism brands one as an anti-scientific religious zealot not to be taken seriously. Yet in their rush to capitulate, these scholars end up subverting religion, the very topic of their academic work. Have these scholars been deceived by Darwin?
Obscured by the fog of these debates is the reality that the story of Lincoln’s faith was a journey, a progression. He was an atheist, then a seeker. He claimed to be spiritual but not religious, was churched though not converted. Ultimately, he was convinced of God’s existence but agonized over the meaning of Providence in a tragic world.
Christian gymnast Simone Biles won gold in the 2016 Olympics, and she continues to shatter records. During the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Biles became the first woman to hit a triple double. Her double back flip with three twists is “the hardest move in the world,” Biles tells the The New York Times. She also became the first person to do a double-twisting, double somersault dismount off the balance beam…
Father Bill O’Malley, an outgoing Jesuit teacher who became a Rochester, New York celebrity after a star turn in the supernatural film “The Exorcist,” has been accused of sexually abusing one of his students at McQuaid Jesuit High School three decades ago. The Rev. William J. O’Malley S.J. joined the McQuaid faculty in 1965. By the time he left the Brighton school in the mid-1980’s, he was one of the best-known clergy members in town…
On February 5, 2019, The Galaxy reported that if advanced, space-faring alien life exist anywhere in the Milky Way, odds are they will live in the Galactic Habitable Zone (GHZ). And if they want to explore the Milky Way searching for other life-bearing planets, similar to Earth, they would only have to explore the GHZ, not the whole of the Galaxy…
