Truth really can be stranger than fiction.
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La verdad puede ser más extraña que la ficción.
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Estudio bíblico que nos hace abrir los ojos en menos de cinco minutos! Acceda a todos los episodios aquí.
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Augenöffnendes Bibelstudium in weniger als fünf Minuten! Alle Episoden finden Sie hier.
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¿Qué tiene que ver conmigo? por Teófila Gottfried
Lo que leemos en la Biblia tiene que ver con todos los seres humanos, sean cristianos o judíos, ateos o agnósticos, budistas, musulmanes o adherentes a alguna de las filosofías o nuevas religiones que surgen en el mundo. ¿Por qué? Ver mayor información sobre este interesante libro.
Scripture of The Day - St. John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Escritura del día - San Juan 14,6
Jesús le dijo: Yo soy el camino, y la verdad, y la vida; nadie viene al Padre, sino por mí.
Bibelstelle des Tages - Johannes 14,6
Jesus spricht zu ihm: Ich bin der Weg und die Wahrheit und das Leben; niemand kommt zum Vater, denn durch mich!
Anti-Aging Products
Scientists are working on the development of what they believe could end up being the world's best sunscreen to serve not only as sunscreen, but also as an ingredient in anti-aging products such as make-up, beauty creams, and sun tan lotions. The technology of genetic engineering has allowed the discovery of small-molecule sunscreens known as mycosporines and mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs), able to absorb ultraviolet light which can damage cells and accelerate the aging process. According to the article, "Ancient Bacteria Could Improve Anti-Aging Cosmetics," by James Urquhart, MAAs are present in blue-green algae which obviously endure many hours of exposure to sunlight on a daily basis. Mr. Urquhart's article points out that the gene cluster that might contain the code needed to "manufacture" MAAs has been successfully isolated and expressed in a test bacterium that was later able to produce the sunscreen molecules. Unlike the use of simple extractions from blue-green algae already being employed in anti-aging products, a biologically engineered sunscreen could prove to be the ultimate protection against the sun's rays--or could it prove to be more harmful than ultraviolet light itself?
The Making of Anti-Aging Products Could Backfire
Although the theory that these sunscreen molecules could revolutionize anti-aging products might sound convincing at first glance, closer consideration of the principles on which this technology rests should raise some concern. First, scientists believe that blue-green algae have existed on Earth for 3.4 billion years, long before a period they refer to as the, "great oxygenation event" took place supposedly some 2.4 billion years ago, a fallacy rooted in the theory of evolution. What's more is that scientists have changed the age of planet earth so many times that it should be obvious even to laypeople that their dating methods are seriously flawed, unreliable and deceptive.
The confusion that scientists who believe in evolution have over Earth's age prompts the question of whether they might also confused over just how the gene cluster responsible for the production of sunscreen molecules in blue-green algae will behave in anti-aging products. Anti-aging products aren't blue-green algae. Every living thing was created to reproduce its own kind and every kind of living thing possesses the specific genetic code necessary for its God-given built-in provisions and protection to live on Earth. Man doesn't live in the ocean; he's not plant life; therefore, he doesn't need to be exposed to the dangerous rays of the sun in order to manufacture his own energy or food via photosynthesis like blue-green algae do. Biologically engineered sunscreen and anti-aging products simply aren't necessary and might prove to be harmful like so many other "gifts" from technology have.
©2010 Ana Kirk
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