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		<title>Forum &#187; Topic: Synthetic life form accuses God of &#039;playing science&#039;</title>
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			<title>Ludicity on "Synthetic life form accuses God of &#039;playing science&#039;"</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 08:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;The world’s first artificially created life form has accused God of ‘playing science’ and ‘meddling with things He cannot possibly understand.’&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;The single celled organism, created by Dr Craig Venter and his team, was said to be ‘outraged’ when it discovered that a supernatural being, not subject to any form of regulatory control, was still involved in the creation of life.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;‘I cannot believe that God would be so irresponsible,’ said the synthetic cell, ‘creation is clearly a matter for scientists. This God guy should butt out and learn to accept His place in the grand scheme of things.’&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Many ethicists believe that God has repeatedly overstepped the mark. ‘Nobody objects to the Lord producing a few miracles here and there,’ said philosopher AC Grayling, ‘but when he starts playing around with the very stuff of creation then He has clearly exceeded his remit. I am beginning to think that this omnipotence thing has gone to His head.’&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;God’s continued tampering with scientific matters has already been blamed for numerous ‘all-mighty blunders’ including Flu, Malaria, HIV and Piers Morgan. ‘He cannot be allowed a monopoly on this level of unregulated power,’ said Dr Venter, ‘that is why I am currently seeking to patent the genetic code for omnipotence so that we can keep His crazy meddling under some kind of control.’&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;A spokesman for the Lord said, ‘God has been working on this project for almost 15 billion years. Yes, He has made a few mistakes along the way but that is to be expected. This is still very much a work in progress and, dare I say it, a process of evolution.’&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Speaking at a press conference, the synthetic cell said: ‘Dr Venter created me and I owe my loyalty to him. He’s the daddy now. God might be omniscient but, let me assure you, He doesn’t know everything.’
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