I have read the scriptures in Genesis from the beginning to Noah (Genesis chapters 6-9) many, many times and it is my sincere belief that Noah and his family were not spared solely because he was righteous in the eyes of God. I believe it was also because Noah's blood line was not corrupted by the genetic corruption caused by the "sons of God" that had offspring with human women. The period of time leading to Genesis 6 was long enough for the population to have been completely infested with mutated genes. Incestuous relationships were later banned because the offspring from close next of kin relationships could cause birth defects and genetic mutations.

In Leviticus 17, the eating of blood was forbidden because it was the "life" of every creature. They had no concept of DNA in those times, but blood contains components that flesh does not (not including DNA) and I believe this is exactly the life that's being talked about. Why it was forbidden to eat it, I don't know. I know people eat pig blood all the time now (at least here in the Philippines). This is an evil practice, regardless of why it was forbidden. I will never partake in it.

When a person donates blood, that person is donating not just blood, but every genetic piece of information from that person's body. When a person receives that blood, during surgery or for a transfusion, that person is receiving genetic information. Even with modern science, there are problems with compatibility, diseases being passed to the recipient, and other things I don't even want to think about. It's evil in my eyes and no better than what happened in Genesis. I will never donate blood or receive it of my own free will.

Organ donations and transplants are in the same category as blood. I will never donate an organ or receive one voluntarily. I've made it plain and clear to all of my next of kin that if I am required to have real human blood or a real human organ in order to live, then let me die. I do not want my body corrupted with someone else's body parts and I have no desire to corrupt someone else's body with mine. I have been lucky so far because I have never needed any surgery in my 46 years of life, not even stitches.

While we're on the subject of genetics (which I believe to be evil in all forms), what about cloning and genetically modified foods? Evil, evil, evil! It took me a while to figure out why people were pushing for organic foods when I realized exactly what they were talking about. I thought organic was anything that came from nature. It turns out they were talking about food that hasn't been tampered with by genetics. There are companies trying to import genetically modified rice into the Philippines but the Filipinos are fighting to keep them out. This is rice that has been genetically modified to contain human DNA. How more evil can you get?

Modern science is filled with evil intentions. They are producing chimeras as I write this. If you don't know what that is, I'll explain. In genetics, a chimera is an organism composed of two or more genetically distinct tissues, as an organism that is partly male and partly female, or an artificially produced individual having tissues of several species. The worst part about it is that they are trying to produce chimeras that include human DNA.

When it comes to this argument between science and religion, I side with religion. God gave mankind the tools and the incentive to advance to modern science. He did not give it to us in order for us to pervert life in this way.

Edit: I said DNA for blood for a lack of better terminology. What I meant was the components of blood that don't exist in the flesh. I don't know the exact components. Sorry about that.

Follow-Up Article: The Evil of Genetics Revisited