Re: Intervention Theory: An alternative to Darwinism and Creationism
<>
However it was done, it wasn't by crossbreeding. Entire suites of genes must be modified to change the physical characteristics of animals. (In an interesting counterpoint to wild and domesticated plants, domesticated animals are usually smaller than their wild progenitors.) But with animals, something more 'something ineffable' must be changed to alter their basic natures from wild to docile. To accomplish it remains beyond modern abilities, so attributing such capacity to Neolithic humans is an insult to our intelligence.
However it was done, it wasn't by crossbreeding. Entire suites of genes must be modified to change the physical characteristics of animals. (In an interesting counterpoint to wild and domesticated plants, domesticated animals are usually smaller than their wild progenitors.) But with animals, something more 'something ineffable' must be changed to alter their basic natures from wild to docile. To accomplish it remains beyond modern abilities, so attributing such capacity to Neolithic humans is an insult to our intelligence.
Of course, then there is the other side of this whole idea, one that nobody seems to consider. What if the whole Sumerian idea is the direct opposite of reality. What if it was designed this way by Sumerian leaders and clergy to captivate the minds of the simple people, and bring them under their subjugation. What if EVERYTHING were domesticated back in prehistory, and there were no "aliens" or whatever to improve things. What if the closest to this were only demons that caused complex domesticated things to become wild.
God, the Creator, made everything perfect. And He made it all for people, prepared right from the beginning for people to eat and use. Then Adam and Eve turned from God in the Garden. In His anger, God did two things. He started destruction which brought about genetic changes from domesticated to wild, and He promised the Savior, Jesus, way back then, which allowed a few of the plants and animals to remain "domesticated" so that people had the opportunity to live for a while, and find salvation.
Consider that many scientists and researchers recognize that old age is a programmed-in thing for people. In other words, without this programming, people might essentially live forever, but certainly a lot longer - many times longer - than what they do.
You are going to find that you have it backwards. And probably those scientists that understand these things in detail have at least a hint that they have it backwards.
