Thread: What if...

Originally Posted by ExoByte

I'm trying to understand the point of the thread. It doesn't seem to have any real bounds in philosophy, religion or otherwise. It just seems more of "Here's a neat idea I had!"

If I'm mistaken, please elaborate more.

Fair enough. Some ancient cultures wholeheartedly believe that we were created by a more advanced race of beings, and that those creators were created by an even more advanced race of beings. Take the Sumerians for example, - they believed the Annunaki engineered mankind. The Dogon Tribe of Africa believe they were created by beings from the Sirius star system. And many more just like them. I'm not saying aliens created us because for one, the term alien is perceptually associated with a Mexican on a floating door or a big grey with bulging eyes mutilating cattle at odd hours of the night. I'm merely saying It's quite possible that we were created...to create. We have continuously evolved and are making incremental leaps and bounds in the fields of genetic engineering, and science as a whole. I mentioned earlier that scientists have already engineered bacteria to excrete (as waste) petroleum. Hello? Useful?

In some respects you're right. This thread doesn't fit into religion because this thread requires no belief in a god or pantheon or any religious dogmas. It doesn't belong in the philosophy forum either because It's not really a thread that prompts you to ponder on the ever elusive question of "Why?". It's merely a thread I put together based on some studying I've done into other cultural beliefs with the intent of proposing a different human origins story devoid of sins, holy cows, nirvana and *sad sigh*...72 virgins.

If anything, I would consider it the most likely theory. Not to mention it could fit well into the panspermia theory.

Originally Posted by Wayfaerer

I have always thought this as a possibility, in the sense that humans are a product of artificial selection by a more advanced species.

Sounds more plausible than a giant spirit blowing air into a pile of mud and abra cadabra'ing consciousness out of it.

This is a cool idea, but I see one flaw.
Suppose this is true, that there is an advanced group of beings somewhere out there that created us and have been watching us evolve.
My question is who created the beings who created us?
An even more advanced group of beings?
And what of them? Another group of beings wiser yet?
There has to be some origin of life that wasn't an advanced wise group of beings.
I have yet to hear a good theory that suffieciently explains the origin of the very first life.

Originally Posted by Fableflame

This is a cool idea, but I see one flaw.
Suppose this is true, that there is an advanced group of beings somewhere out there that created us and have been watching us evolve.
My question is who created the beings who created us?
An even more advanced group of beings?
And what of them? Another group of beings wiser yet?
There has to be some origin of life that wasn't an advanced wise group of beings.
I have yet to hear a good theory that suffieciently explains the origin of the very first life.

That's just it, life was created by life. Considering the span of the universe, it's possible life existed and started creating life quite early on. And perhaps an even wiser/smarter group of beings built this universe (and perhaps others) if you believe in the multi-verse theory. Perhaps wrapping our minds around this conundrum is harder than trying to teach an ant russian?

What if we're the product of sadistic gits and are now actually a little brighter than they ever got?

Cooler yet:

In the future we'll send seeds of life back in time, thus causing our own existence.

If this is the truth, Jeff, how would it change your liffe and ideologies?

We are sophisticated biological androids. Yes....yes

Originally Posted by guitarboy

If this is the truth, Jeff, how would it change your liffe and ideologies?

Good question. If it were true, I'd feel a bit relieved. Not necessarily because I'd know without a shout of a doubt the history behind human origins, but also because I'd finally have peace about where we came from...period. What about you?

Originally Posted by Jeff777

That's just it, life was created by life. Considering the span of the universe, it's possible life existed and started creating life quite early on. And perhaps an even wiser/smarter group of beings built this universe (and perhaps others) if you believe in the multi-verse theory. Perhaps wrapping our minds around this conundrum is harder than trying to teach an ant russian?

Meh. That's not good enough. Life can't just be there, something had to have created it. Whether it be a higher being, or the big bang (neither of these explanations make any sense though.)

Most theories that explain how we came to be are inadequate, something is definitely missing. This allows the holes to be filled by religion and magical tales.

Originally Posted by grasshoppa

Most theories that explain how we came to be are inadequate, something is definitely missing. This allows the holes to be filled by religion and magical tales.

And big bangs. Don't forget that most popular of the theory-spackling pastes haha.