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The Raëlians have landed at Science Blog
January 16, 2008
by Fred Bortz,
1 year 44 weeks ago
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[Preface: Wikipedia states: "Raëlism or Raëlian Church is a UFO religion founded by a purported contactee named Claude Vorilhon. The group is secular, hedonistic, and supports human cloning. It believes that God and souls do not exist; instead it believes that extraterrestrials who created humanity sparked the founding of major religions."]
Dear "Friend,"
I'll play your game, but only this once. I'm sure others would like to join in the tweaking later.
Since the Raëlian Movement is generally considered a cult that gives science a bad name (such as with the phony human clone some time ago), I'm not disposed to visit your website. Please explain here how your belief in alien creation is "intelligent design" unless you limit "life" to an earthly phenomenon.
I discuss life on other worlds in my latest book for young readers, Astrobiology. Even in the unlikely event that life on Earth was established by alien beings who arrived here on a spacecraft, those beings would have arisen through a process of evolution on their world. If you talk about the origin of life in general terms, not just Earth life, then there is no need for your "3rd possibility."
I've cleared the Rod Serling Memorial Landing Strip for you, so come on in!
Fred Bortz -- Science and technology books for young readers (www.fredbortz.com) and Science book reviews (www.scienceshelf.com)