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"Is There a Gene for the Human Spirit"? - Engineering Company

Promises to "Vaporize" Combat PTSD (Part 2 of 3)
Part 2 of 3: Ready for
Battle:Engineering Company
Promises to "Vaporize" Combat
PTSD
Note: This blog entry is a response
to a news article about a company
called Great Life Technologies that
claims it can cure combat PTSD in
soldiers. (Read Part 1 here)

Before I answer those questions

(see Part I of this series), let me
just state that my only real interest
here is to get people to THINK

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before they leap into the giant gene

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first I need to lay a little groundwork on the subject of human genetic engineering.

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Then, in Part 3, we'll be talk about soldiers becoming lab rats for genetic and/or social
scientists. Not to mention cults like Scientology, and self-described religions like Wicca that are
proliferating in the military while Christianity is being driven out by a politically correct agenda.
Is this a fluke or a trend that will only continue?
So, what is the big deal about human genetic engineering anyway? After all, why not use it if it
works to make people happy, healthy human beings? Doesn't the end sometimes justify the
means? And wouldn't it be especially beneficial for our soldiers who, after all, need to be at
their optimum self in order to get the job done?

First, a little background is in order. As most people know, human genetic engineering,

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sometimes called "social" engineering is the nouveau science of the future. It promises to
genetically alter or "improve" man's DNA so that we can all be, as Mary Poppins would say,

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"practically perfect in every way." In other words, coming as close to perfection as one can get
before the inevitable wrinkles and decay take over and we all go gently into that good night.
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Notable authors such as H.G. Wells, author of The Time Machine and The Island of Dr. Moreau

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was one of the more influential and vocal Utopians, believing that man couldand should

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attempt to achieve a blissful existence on earth. Actually some of the things he conceived as
fiction (like wireless technology) are in evidence today.
On another side note, it's interesting to me how many Utopians are also socialists. Meaning
they rarely believe in a personal God, and if they do, they attempt to create "him" or "her" in
their own image. Makes sense, really, since if this life is all there is and there is no Higher Being
to be accountable to, then why not mess with DNA to create that perfect world order?
Back to the subject at hand: human genetic engineering. Recent popular sci-films like Gattaca
(great film) give us a prophetic glimpse into the stark reality of what that kind of genetically
altered future might actually look alike. More recently, the remake of the '60's TV cult classic,
The Prisoner shows us human engineering at its highestand most frighteningutopian level of
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As an aside, if you look at AMC's Summakor (the corporation that engineered "The Village" in
The Prisoner ) web site, it looks eerily similar to Great Life Technologies' site. Except that one

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is real and the other fake. (Though in the world of human engineering, it's becoming
increasingly difficult to tell where "real" begins and "fake" ends.) I mention this similarity only
because it's...well, kind of creepy. Check it out and you'll know what I mean.
So, what about the morality of human genetic engineering? (I'll talk about the theological
implications in Part 3). Ever since the most recognizable poster faces of genetic engineering,
a.k.a. the cloned sheep sister act, "Hello Dolly, Hello Dolly," took center stage, the subject has
been an issue fraught with moral and ethical dilemmas. And not just for Christians. Certain
secular humanists give solid and well-thought ethical arguments against mankind trying to
forever achieve a state of perfection. (Read, A Case Against Perfection and you'll read some
pretty well-thought out arguments).

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The only difference is that they (the secular humanists) against genetic manipulation and the

One thing that is obvious. When it comes to the idea of genetically altering weak and flawed
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ills such as abortion and euthanasia is certainly related to that warming trend for one simple
reason: when you stop believing that God is both Creator and Judge of all mankind, then it's the
quality of life vs. the value of life itself that causes the pointer on your moral compass to change
direction.
Thus the unhealthy obsession among present-day Christians who, like the rest of the world,
seem more concerned with keeping up external appearances vs eternal appearances, a.k.a.
""fixing our hearts on those things that are above, rather than below." I confess, I've been guilty
of this sin of spiritual misplacement myself.
Once confined to La-La land (L.A.) a dissatisfaction with one's inner being has led to a huge
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surge in plastic surgery throughout the countrynot to mention chemical solutions to problems
of depression, anxiety and even the inability to focus. Don't like getting old? Seeing too many
men leave their wives for younger women? Then make yourself feel betterat least
temporarilyby taking advantage of that $999 Brow Lift or $300 Botox Injection offer that
comes with the "Buy Two Dinners, Get one Free" coupon inserted inside your Value Pak
mailer. (That ought to give you at least a few more hits on eHarmony
Then there's the emotional side. Anxious? Stressed Out? The answer is easy. Just pop a pill
or go in for a little bio-feedback. And if weor our childis distracted? Buy the latest book on
A.D.D, join a support group and/or take your Ritalin. The same with depression. Wow, has that
ever become a drug company's pot of gold. In 2007, sales of antidepressants topped a
whopping $11.9 billion in the U.S!
One of these days, I'm going to sit down and actually figure out what 11.9 billion could buy
besides anesthetizing people who have lost their sense of purpose in life. Something tells me if
you took most of the chronically depressed people and shipped them out to a Third World
country for a few months, giving them the money they would have spent on antidepressants
and doctors, saying, "Here, go help people who are worse off than you," they might just be
miraculously cured. But again, I digress. (I really do have to stop that.)
Ironically, in the 1950s, reported cases of depression were practically unheard of, but now the
World Health Organization warns it could become the second leading cause of disability in the

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That brings us to PTSD, which, of course, is fraught with its own controversy. Like anything else
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that it needs to be addressed. 411 God- Hope for the Heroes is just one way we're attempting
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afflicted" and give hope where there is no hope.

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After all, you can mess with mess with a man's DNA all you like in an attempt to achieve some
sort of temporal happiness, but it is just that--temporal. More important, there could be a price
to pay, and I'm not just talking about money. But, I'm getting ahead of myself...we'll talk more
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My point in writing this blog article is this: I'd advise anyone considering "human software
engineering" and other such pseudo-science solutions that offer easy cures for PTSD, to cast a
critical eye, and discerning mind to what Post humanists believe. And not only what they

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believe, but what they try to have us believe through their strategically disseminated, and
carefully disguised propaganda.

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bodies but can instead become "super human." That view is diametrically opposed to the
Judeo-Christian world view as you will see later on in Part 3 of this blog series, Ready for
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Combat PTSD.
I'll be posting that entry early next weekwatch for it. I'll also be addressing the issue of man's

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right to "inalienable happiness." Is it a "right" in the sense that most Americans construe the
meaning of the word? Keep tracking with me, folks.
Yes, this is probably the longest blog article you've ever read, but sometimes one has to lay
down a philosophical foundation before one can readily answer some of the heavier questions
in life. Like, for example, Does God wants us to be better versions of ourselves via the magic of
science or does the biblical principle of "In our weakness is His strength" have any merit? And
how does all this apply to soldiers? Find out next week!

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