Dear Chas:

To restate Occam's razor, "The simplest explanation for some phenomenon is more likely to be accurate than more complicated explanations" or "The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct" or most simply, " "Keep things simple!"

This axiom and the fact that there is not a single shred of credible evidence to suggest that anyone from another planet ever visited the earth demands that we alter our analysis in a different direction. It is unscientific, illogical, and ridiculous to presume alien influence as a solution to the engineering mysteries of ancient times. But, that's what these alien astronaut theorists do.

The documentary that I viewed showed this pattern. As I was watching the documentary a number of ancient engineering mysteries were discussed. Whenever we, in the 21st century, could not understand how such things as the pyramids were created, or how the stone faces were moved on Easter Island, or how Stonehenge was built, these alien astronaut dingbats automatically presumed that it must have been aliens who either built those structures or taught human beings how to do it.

What I observed is that the so-called theorists essentially thought that the human race was too stupid to have the ingenuity and creativity to figure out how to do these things without help from little green men from outer space. These so-called theorists even suggested that people like Leonardo da Vinci and Einstein could not have done what they did without the help of aliens. I am sorry, but the so-called theorists are idiots and anti-human bigots.

Anyone who even pretends to be a scientist or researcher cannot take their already decided upon conclusions and impose them upon the evidence. You must take the evidence and see where it leads using credible methods of investigation and analysis. To automatically presume that any engineering mystery that we cannot understand must have the influence of aliens is just pure poppycock.

Not only are these so-called theorists presuming the human race is too stupid to solve these engineering problems, but they also show a sort of ethnocentrism in favor of our own culture and time. That is, they believe that if we cannot figure out the engineering problem in our time then the ancient peoples thousand years ago, who are obviously more stupid than we are, could not have possibly figured it out. This is snobbery in the first degree, outright bias, and a fundamental stupidity in thinking that we're so much better and more enlightened and superior to peoples thousands of years ago. We are not.

In a similar manner, we cannot impose our conclusions upon Scripture. We must take Scripture as it is presented to us and not impose fanciful ideas and notions upon it. You stated, "we know Seth was not Adam's firstborn." We know no such thing. Maybe he was the firstborn maybe not. We do not know and we cannot pontificate that we do know, because we don't. However, it does not matter whether Seth was the firstborn. That level of accuracy in the genealogies in the Bible does not exist. The genealogies in the Bible do not list every single generation, because that's not the point.

For example, in Genesis chapter 10 we read the genealogies of the sons of Noah. The purpose of this genealogies is not to list every single generation. The lesson learned from these genealogies is to teach us "that the whole human race is of the same stock", according to the Navarre Bible Commentary. That is the point and listing every single generation is not necessary to make that point.

Concerning the Flood, God decided to destroy the world, with the exception of Noah and his family, because the wickedness of mankind had become so great. The Navarre Bible Commentary states: "From the very beginning, evil and sin spread in tandem with the growth of mankind. We get see this in the episode of Cain and Abel." The Commentary continues, "mankind's moral decline on account of pride and abuses of marriage [not technology or knowledge] prepares the way for the upcoming account of the flood. The severity of these words [in vv. 5-8] shows how corrupt mankind had become. There is also a lesson here about the absolute sovereignty of God, who has power to wipe mankind off the face of the earth.… Mankind will be saved by the fidelity of one man, Noah; and the earth will be populated again after the flood." Here, Noah is a prefigurement of Christ, who is the singular person of the Son of God through which the world is saved.

The Commentary continues:

The flood happens because man rejected the law of God (this process began with Adam any). God punishes man's disobedience by undoing the order of nature that he himself had established for man's benefit. Thus, the waters above and below, which God had wisely separated from the earth now invade the land in full force. The result is a return to chaos, and mankind is on the point of disappearing. The situation calls for a new beginning following on a severe purification. The Bible is offering us here and impressive lesson about the destiny of mankind when it turns its back on God and rejects the laws that are stamped on creation itself.… The Bible depicts the flood as a consequence of mankind's sin, and as a new starting point from which the true God, the Creator of the world and of man, it advances plans of salvation through a remnant; from that remnant will later emerge Abraham, the father of the chosen people.

One of the punishments that God enacterd upon mankind was the reduction of his lifespan. We see that after the Flood man's lifespan reduces. Finally, God sets man's lifespan to no more than 120 years. That limitation still exist today.

The Flood and the restriction on lifespan were a result of man's wickedness of heart. Theologically this wickedness of heart is called concupiscence, that is, man's tendency to sin. It is this wickedness of heart, not technology or knowledge that corrupts mankind.

Technology and knowledge are morally neutral. It is not the cause of any of man's problems or his corruptions or is wickedness. It is only the heart of man the causes that corruption and wickedness. Technology has nothing to do with it. Both technology and knowledge are mere tools in which man can use properly, or to which he can abuse. But in-and-of-itself technology and knowledge are morally neutral.

There is no technology or advanced knowledge that exists today that causes our corruption. It is the abuse of technology and knowledge that contributes to corruption and wickedness. Mankind has always had technology and knowledge. Mankind has always abused that technology and knowledge.

For example, the proverbial caveman learned to take a rock and hit it against another rock to make a sharp edge. With that technology the caveman was able to cut into would or cut into the flesh of a carcass. At the same time he could use that very same rock to bash in the head of his neighbor. When the proverbial caveman learned how to use fire he could use it to cook food and to warm himself, or he could use it to burn down the house of his neighbor. Thus, technology and knowledge that can be used for good or for evil. The only difference between that rock and a nuclear physics today is that it's different technology. That is all. Both technologies can be and have been abused.

The bottom line is that there is no such thing as evil technology and knowledge. There is only the proper use or the abuse of that technology and knowledge. The technology used to abort a baby is the same technology used when a mother has a miscarriage and the dead baby must be extracted from her womb in order to prevent infection and kill the mother. Same technology, but used for different purposes.

The culprit here is the heart of man, not technology or knowledge.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary