The Raelians and Clones
I have to give credit to a reader for bringing up questions I have not been asked before. After teaching for all these years this is rare.
He follows the teachings of the Raelians which has an unusual philosophy. Here it is in his words:
On the planet of Elohim the things are different. According to Yahweh [related by Claude Vorilhon], on the planet of Elohim, with the help of some medical procedure, they can extend their life span to about 1000 years. [First people on Earth created by them on the same principles also lived about 1000 years.]
However, they cannot combat aging completely, nor they can regenerate tissues at will. So after about 1000 years it is time to die… But they found a workaround death.
What they do. Before death of a person they scan his/her brain and store all the thoughts and memories on a computer. Then when the person dies [or before that, does not matter], they scan DNA code from some cells. After that, using the scanned DNA they recreate a physical body with the same features and properties as of the deceased person. This growing of the physical body literally takes 10 minutes! Special machines are designed for that.
They then have a copy of the deceased person. Now the most important. They download all the stored memories and thoughts from the computer into the brain of this just created body. The person comes back to life, remembering and being fully aware of him/herself. There might be a small memory gap from the time the memories have been scanned last time to the moment of death, but it is not significant. Also it might take some time for this person to readjust to his/her new healthy physical body, which would be created usually younger — 25 years of physical age.
But basically the person continues! Such process of recreation performed every 1000 years or in some cases after deaths resulted from accidents.
[Also, using the same technology, they can recreate dead people from Earth. To do that they need to scan the brain and take a DNA sample. They do it on rare occasions under hypnosis.]
Now the questions [assuming that this technology of immortality really exists and not just sci-fi]: 1] Which soul reincarnates this freshly recreated body: – the same soul of a deceased person; – any random soul which likes the new young fresh body; – no soul, the copy thus becoming an intelligent robot with only a memory of a certain person?
2] The plot thickens if we take into account that they can create several copies of the same deceased person. Which one will be the real continuation of the deceased person and who will become an imposter? [By the way, the fact that we have many messiahs, Jesuses, Moseses and other prominent figures popping up here and there, is it not because of the experiments of Elohim?]
3] If a random soul enters a recreated body which remembers him/herself as a completely different figure, will it not be confusing for the soul to live in a body with such memories? [End Quote]
JJ Fortunately the Raelians are incorrect about life after death. There are number of spheres of existence of which they seem unaware. Their belief seems entirely centered on the idea that physical reality is all there is.
Even so, in this huge universe there are probably civilizations who have developed the technology mentioned. Assuming this is true let us look at Alex’s questions.
1] Which soul reincarnates this freshly recreated body?
Here on earth 80 years or so in one body is enough for the lessons we have to learn so imagine how we would feel after a thousand years. Most of us would be ready for a new body and new challenge. If a clone of yourself were created and you had a chance to enter into it you would see from the higher angle of the soul. Most likely the answer would be no and a different entity would incarnate into it. It would not be a mindless robot unless it was manufactured that way.
2] If we take into account that they can create several copies of the same deceased person. Which one will be the real continuation of the deceased person and who will become an imposter?
Two different clones would normally be occupied by two different entities – similar to identical twins. Whenever a suitable body is created on earth, there is always some entity willing to inhabit it.
3] If a random soul enters a recreated body which remembers him/herself as a completely different figure, will it not be confusing for the soul to live in a body with such memories?
This is similar to the situation of walk-ins that we have talked about earlier. If a different entity occupies the body, he would have the body’s memories and at first assume that he is that individual. As time passes, he would have personality changes and become the entity he really is but with influences from the body he occupies.
The Gospel of the Kailedy
A reader says: There is a very little-known book that I recently re-read called “The Gospel of the Kailedy.” Very little information is available about this supposedly ancient book–where it came from, how it was found and translated, etc. One website says that those who came over to England with Joseph of Arimathea were known as the Kailedy, and there is speculation that this is Joseph of Arimathea’s own account of Jesus’ life.
JJ The Gospel of the Kailedy sounds interesting. I found a link to the full text here:
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/hercolobus/kolbrin_11.htm
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