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.