Commentary: Can I be Cloned?

Aug. 8 -- I'm close to being hooked. Maybe I want to be cloned.

Thanks to this week's auspicious meeting in Washington organized by the National Academy of Sciences, I now can even look forward to having my memory and personality transferred into my cloned brain. Then I will live forever.

I'm extremely hopeful because of what three rather intriguing scientists who sat and presented together had to say about cloning. Let's start with the one who, for one reason or another, didn't get so much media attention. That was Brigitte Boisselier. She's a scientist and also actually a "bishop" with a group named the Raelian Movement.

Experts argue for and against cloning for "therapeutic" purposes.

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Now, stay with me because this story is highly instructive. The Raelians, some 55,000 strong and found in 84 countries, believe that we Earthlings were created by very advanced alien scientists who understood the ins and outs of DNA.

'There Never Was a God'

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This is known because in December 1973, Claude Vorilhon, a journalist, was visited by a 4-foot-tall extraterrestrial (with almond-shaped eyes and exuding warmth and a sense of humor) who explained the whole creation-shebang.

If you're still with me, that means there never was a "God." The aliens brought us "scientific creationism."

Apparently, the resurrection of Jesus was also a major cloning event. Vorilhon, who now calls himself "Rael" and the "Pope" of the Raelians, thinks it is high time to give cloning a break. This will undoubtedly impress our Creators and they'll want to come back and visit with us. This is why Rael wants to build an "embassy" where the encounter will take place.

Rael enlisted Boisselier to take on the cloning project, which she says is already underway. Mind you, a lot of this is hush-hush. A fully-equipped secret lab. A secret investor who is the father of a 10-month old baby who will be the first cloned human. And who knows what else is going on.