Another Perspective on Cloning, God and Morality...

[Dave2112]

A scientist approached God and said "Listen, we've decided we no longer need you. Nowadays, we can clone people, transplant hearts and do all kinds of things that were once considered miraculous."

God patiently heard him out, and then said: "All right. To see whether or not you still need me, why don't we have a Man-making contest?"

"Fine with me!" the scientist said.

"Now, we're going to do this just like I did back in the old days with Adam," God said.

"No problem with me," replied the scientist, and bent to scoop up a handful of dirt.

"Whoa!" God said, shaking His head in disapproval, "Not so fast, son...get your own dirt."

😀 😎 😀

 

[dig dug dog]

Dear Dave,

I thought you might appreciate a piece of Rabbinic tradition, about 2000 years old, that touches on the issues you raised:

"Humanity was originally created with one person [Adam] to indicate the greatness of the Holy One, blessed be He. For a person mints many coins using one mold and all of them are the same, but the Supreme King of kings minted every person using the mold of Adam and no one is the same as his fellow."

dig dug dog

 

[venray]

Adam and Eve

Adam was returning home late one night. When Eve confronted him. "You are seeing another woman, aren't you?" she accused.

"Don't be silly," he replied. "You are the only woman on earth."

Later that night Adam woke up feeling a tickle on his chest. "What the hell are you doing?" he asked Eve.

"What do you think?" she asked. "I am counting your ribs."




Ven

 

[venray]

And to continue the theme.....

One day The Lord spoke to Adam. "I've got some good news and
some bad news," The Lord said.

Adam looked at The Lord and replied, "Well, give me the good news
first."

Smiling, The Lord explained, "I've got two new organs for you,
one is called a brain. It will allow you to create new things,
solve problems, and have intelligent conversations with Eve. The
other organ I have for you is called a penis. It will give you
great physical pleasure and allow you to reproduce your now
intelligent life form and populate this planet. Eve will be very
happy that you now have this organ to give her children."

Adam, very excited, exclaimed, "These are great gifts you have
given to me. What could possibly be bad news after such great
tidings?"

The Lord looked upon Adam and said with great sorrow, "You will
never be able to use these two gifts at the same time."

 

[dig dug dog]

Dear Venray,

You have pointed toward the important Aristotelian insight that the human being has two "peak" activities: thinking and sexual intercourse and that there is an inherent tension between these peaks.

The significant question is how we can use each area to enhance or "sublimate" ( = make sublime) the other one.

ddd

 

[desdemona]

or the flip side....

Seems God was just about done with creating the
> universe but he had two
> extra things left over in his bag so he decided
> to split them between Adam and Eve.
> He told them that one of the things
> he had left was a thing that would
> allow the owner to pee while standing
> up. "It's a very handy thing," God
> told them, "and I was wondering if either
> one of you would like that."
> Well, Adam jumped up and down and begged
> "Oh, give that to me! I'd love
> to be able to do that. It seems just the
> sort of thing a man should be
> able to do. Please. Please! Pleeease! Give
> it to me." On and on he went like an excited little boy. So Eve just
smiled
> and told God that if Adam really wanted it so badly, he should have
it.
>
> So God gave Adam the thing that allowed him to pee while standing up
and
> he was so excited. He whizzed on the bark of a tree and then went off
to
> write his name in the sand, laughing with delight all the while. God
and
> Eve watched him for a moment and then God said to Eve, "Well, here's
the
> other thing and I guess you can have it." "What's it called?" Eve
asked.
>
> "Brains" God said

 

[qjakal]

Circus?

Hmmm...not sure where you're living, EQ, but we have plenty of circuses over here...lol..and a mess of clowns too, but there's nothing to rival our unending supply of lousy drivers! 😛 Q

 

[Deleted member 2452]

different ending to joke

the way i heard it, adam got the penis, and eve received the ability to be multi-orgasmic!!!
she got the better end of the deal 😛
steve