Abbadon I may be out of my league, but what in heck are you talking about not perfect in a scientific way? I don't understand.
Precisely. Look at the dictionary definiton;
Now, outside of very specific terms (like 'perfect flower '), the word 'perfect' is not carelessly bandied around in scientific circles as it is not appropriate very often; even the process by which a human comes about carries with it errors that may not influence the survivability of the organism but will certainly deny it any claim to being a 'perfect' example. Look at the definiton and you will see why;
- "being entirely without fault or defect",
- "corresponding to an ideal standard or abstract concept",
- "PERFECT implies the soundness and the excellence of every part, element, or quality of a thing frequently as an unattainable or theoretical state <a perfect set of teeth>."
How come you can't label a singularity or the sun as an environment and say well it can't survive here must not be scientifically perfect?
Because if you take something that can survive in an extreme environment (let's be a little more realistic in examples) like a deep sea volcanic vent, it will NOT be perfect somewhere else. You are using 'perfect 'as an absolute concept when there is no such thing (that's the Borg influence on your thinking patterns). Some of the most hardy organisms in the world can be killed by OXYGEN, as there isn't any where they are adapted for and it is poison to them! Thus no one would wisely use the phrase 'sceintifically perfect' as it's normally just a fanciful conceit. Perfectly adapted for it's normal environment you can say, if that's what you mean, say it!!
I assume we were talking about Adam whom was described as human, and the father of humanity hence being the exact same species.
Since when did being H. sapiens mean we had a sole claim on the term 'humanity'? Most of our H. sapiens characteristics (down to care for the dead and symbology) can be observed in the 'cousin' species to us like H. neanderthal.
Since we know what humans are already like then making a perfect human could only mean a low mortality rate and long life span since Adam was over 900 years old supposedly when he died.
Yes, well, you believing that uncritically is part of the problem here. So, are the claims made in other religious texts about extreme lifespans also true? If not, why not?
Perfect humans are mortal because Jesus was perfect and was killed by normal means.
So, YOUR definiton of perfect means that he can be killed? Again, cultic thinking - you're using one word to mean two different things depending on what suits your argument. Wow, there are loads of organisms that can regenerate quickly, or otherwise survive conditions like that on the cross. Are they MORE perfect then? See what I mean about you still being immersed in the loaded-language world of a cult? You are just using a word as it suits you and removing any real meaning to it as a consequence.
I can't understand your definition when in context of the story Adam and Eve. They are too defined.
Hold on, you're running ahead. Now, you are bandying around scientific claims and talking about humanity being descended from a single couple in the past ten thousand years.
If you believe the Bible is literal in that way you cannot believe in much of modern science (although I am sure you use it every day - at least the Amish are consistant) as dozens if not hundreds of lines of evidence point to the fact that, in modern science's assesment, Genesis is a myth.
So, do you believe in the modern science you are trying to make a point with, or do you believe in Genesis being literal? The two, I assure you, are incompatable views, and to switch from one to the other makes it look like you don't realise the mismatch.
We may have the technology to build a better being than Adam in the future.
Better for what? I thought Adam was perfect? How can perfect get better? Ultra perfect? Do you iike Star Trek? It's a popular Dub program as it allows people to have silly fantasies about pseudoscience and yet still feel faithful. Man, I came up with some really cool theories about post-Armagedon Earth when I was a Dub!! After all, what's more 'logical' than for us to fill the galaxy after we've filled the Earth? Of cousre, it was all utter nonsense.
Also we could be like Adam today and have some of our dna turned off.
Again, you are mixing up a bronze-age creation myth with modern science. It's easy to make claims like that. Here's one; "After the Flood happened a process of runaway evolution took place in the empty environments the animals survving the Flood had access to. This explains diversity arrising ion such a short time frame".
In that I weld a few scietifc terms to a bronze age myth. I prove NOTHING, I just put a ribbon in the hair of a claim I want to support. The claim is still bunk, just like a pig is still a pig no matter how its hair is arranged.
If we could remove the mitochondria from our cells and use other means of power we may unleash a new age.
Please, please, please, get a few basic books on biology out of the library. Yes, theoretically we could replace the mitochondria in out cells. Why and to what effect and with what reprecussions I don't know; you're making Watchtower like claims as I have exemplified; you state a fact (we could replace the mitochondria in out cells) and then use it to back a claim (we may unleash a new age) when you are basically GUESSING and associating facts with claims to give your claims credence when you don't even understand your claims
Everything has a trade off so we may trade long life for decreased intelligence, prowess, size and reflexes.
Why? There's no reason we couldn't have eyes like eagles and two hundred-year-long lifespans, and still have brains the size and ability we have now, it's just there's never been enough evolutionary pressure to make this happen.
End up like those tiny aliens on MIB.
Which is a good assesment of your level of scientific knowledge... based entirely too much on the media and entirely too little on education, with the dreadful seasoning of cult psychology you need to shake off.
Accurate knoweldge is a better idea than badly informed nonsense - even the Bible can get that one right. The choice is yours. Walk towards the light.
