Synthetic Embryos and Alien Spacecraft? | Stars, Cells, and God

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Join Fazale “Fuz” Rana and Hugh Ross as they discuss new discoveries taking place at the frontiers of science that have theological and philosophical implications, including the reality of God’s existence.

Synthetic Embryos
A research team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently reported on the first-ever production of synthetic embryos from monkey embryonic stem cells. This work follows on the heels of other research that demonstrates how (1) synthetic embryos can be produced from human embryonic stem cells, and (2) synthetic mice embryos made from embryonic stem cells can develop in a bioreactor beyond the earliest stage to display the beginning of organ formation.

In this episode, biochemist Fuz Rana addresses questions such as:

What is a synthetic embryo?
Why are scientists interested in creating synthetic embryos?
What are the most salient ethical issues to consider with this work?
What should the Christian response be to the production of synthetic embryos?

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Additional Resources:
A Theology for Synthetic Biology, Part 1

A Theology for Synthetic Biology, Part 2

Alien Spacecraft?
Dozens of news stories have come out claiming that the US government has admitted to possessing physical evidence of alien spacecraft. Since we claimed in our book, Lights in the Sky & Little Green Men, that no such evidence exists, we have been asked to respond to these new claims. There are a few reasons we stand by the claims we made two decades ago. First, the US government and military security are not capable of hiding such physical evidence from the public for several decades. Second, no one has ever produced a single physical artifact from an alien craft. The third, and most definitive reason, is that physical spacecraft larger than 10 centimeters across cannot traverse interstellar space. The required travel velocities and the laws of physics guarantee that such spacecraft would be destroyed long before they reach Earth. In this episode, we’ll expound on these and give examples that support our reasoning.

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[harryruzgerian]

I understand only about 1/3 of what you say, but I praise God for you and your channel. We are battling the unseen powers and principalities and know that the world is being prepared in building the foundation for the “ explanations” for events in end times.

[SomeoneYouMayKnow]

“Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.”
- Dr. Ian Malcolm, "Jurassic Park" (1993)

[BennisTheMenacePod]

RTB, I would absolutely love to talk to one of your scholars, or even Dr. Ross, regarding a multi part podcast series we will be doing soon titled “The multiverse from a biblical perspective”.

[thedepriestcompound]

In a congressional testimony a month or so ago, the witness used the term “biologics”. What is a biologic?

[markminor]

Andy Loeb a few months ago has already found small metallic spheres in the ocean. He had an interview on it and it was him I can't remember how they tracked the small metallic pieces and Spears. To where they were in the ocean.

[beowulf.reborn]

What about civilizations that have learned to transcend the Laws of Physics? Perhaps by entering into the Spiritual Dimension? We know that this is at least _technically_ possible, because both Enoch and Elijah were transcended into the Heavenly Realms.

So if, _for some reason beyond our current comprehension, _ God had created other Intelligent Lifeforms, and again, _for some reason beyond our current comprehension, _ God allowed those Lifeforms to transcend our current understanding of the Laws of Physics in such a way, then it is entirely _possible..._ Probable? No. But _Possible._