The God Implanted DNA

DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) is the basic of our heredity. DNA is the "language of life" as Francis Collins, the head of genome project famously asserts. The genetic blueprint are encoded in our DNA, inherited half from our father and mother. Saliva, nose-mouth secretion and also blood bear high amount of DNA. Even from our outer skin cell, we can found a certain amount of DNA as well. To make it plain, its everywhere inside of us. Although we cannot see them clearly through our naked eyes. The molecules of DNA are so small and cannot be seen even with a regular light microscope. 

Not just DNA can transmit the code of living to produce new life, the forensic evidence for criminal case also can be established through touch and wearer DNA, founded in associated criminal scene. Based on these sample and act of profiling from touch and wearer DNA, we can discover some further clues that will bring a significant progress to the criminal case. Moreover, recent study also conclude that DNA affect people behavior (non-shared environmental influences) also quite fascinating, DNA can also influence the depression level and academics score and competency.

There are differences between DNA and RNA. Although they are identical, they are not the same with several qualitative differences. DNA consists of two stands of nucleotides whereas RNA consists only stand of nucleotides. DNA is made up of 4 million nucleotides. RNA is made up of 75-2000 nucleotide DNA is genetical material and RNA is non-genetical material, and several others. How about the function? Because of the complexity some found difficult to explain. We might use this metaphor to help us. DNA is like drive, save various information of our genetic code short term whereby RNA translating and transcribing the data from DNA. Both DNA and RNA are inter-connected. 

Well known to many, the most common discussion about DNA is frequently limited to physical discussion. Nothing wrong with that. Yet, there is another sense of the matter, which is not physical in nature but also spiritual. In other words, there is God DNA in each and every one of us. One of it, is the relationship DNA, the relational hardwiring whereby there is a sense in which, from the deepest core of our soul, human is long for the things above themselves to comprehend. Through history we know, humanity was displaying the longing through the means of religion, whereby the relation between transience and eternal, God (gods) and humanity are known to be authentic, wired and projected out most naturally. From the smallest tribe and to the largest kingdom and nations of the past (Almost no "stones" left unturned regarding the supernatural belief).

Although atheists are allegedly known to be the arch enemy of established Major religions, what they try to debunk is the traditional idea of Metaphysical God which is personal for most of them, are still believe in some sort of higher power or cosmic force so called, "The Einsteinian God" (Impersonal God). Some atheist does not deny the possibility of God as personal being as long as there are enough evidences to convince them in a naturalistic way. Theologians claim, in counter response, to wish only for the natural and visible evidence is very reductionist because the idea of God itself cannot be boxed solely in a physical realm. Relevance to our discussion, one thing we can ponder deeper is regarding the existence of the uncountable treatises on happiness. Numerous people throughout the century were trying to address the quest of attaining happiness as seems this is the ultimate goal of every mankind. Thinker like Sam Harris prefer to use the concept of Well-being as substitute toward the notion of happiness. 

The quest for happiness is somewhat encoded in our gene from beginning. Everyone are looking for happiness. However, it seems impossible to think a perfect state of wellbeing, happiness or bliss whatsoever, apart from the transcendental ground which raise above the shared-natural phenomena of ours which Buddha best describes as Annica, Dukkha, Anatta. This philosophy of Buddha (East) has influenced thinker like Allan Watts, and also Schopenhauer as they both propose that life are in constant change and impermanence and full of misery. The world around me only as only a "representation", captured through the means of sense and sensation. It is not the real essence of things by itself (The Will). And suffering is the substance and the a priori definition of reality of being that raise from the root of existence, according to the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer.

What interest me is how can we define evil, suffering, bad in the first place without the idea of objective category? Here, Ravi Zaharias a notable Christian Apologists wisely says, "when one asserts that there is such a thing as evil, one must assume there is such a thing as good. When one assumes there is such a thing as good, he or she must also assume there is an objective moral law by which to distinguish between good and evil. When you assume an objective moral law, you must posit a moral lawgiver—the source of the moral law." This is not only a mere logical leap that bring us to the very fact of the moral law-giver in order to know and distinguished evil and good, but the moral law giver who had given the law himself is about to bring a relationship, a deepest desire of which we are ever long for. The God implanted DNA, the I-Thou relationship. This relation does not bring happiness or a state of wellbeing but deeper. In Christian language, particularly of New Testament, we called it as "joy." Maybe this is the happiness that humanity is dreaming of. 

In Christian Theology, the DNA of God in us is to be said as the foundation of every relationship visible in the world. We are primarily created for communion with God and as the result, this relationship expanded through the others areas as well. Brock Bingaman an associate professor of religious study at Wesleyan Collage put it this way, "Human being corresponded first of all relationship of God to themselves and to the whole creation. But they also correspond to the inner relationship of God to [Godself]-to the eternal, inner love of God which express and manifest in creation." The debate between whether God exists or real is perhaps will never be eradicated totally in the whole history of mankind. Atheist according to Tillich are philosophically attacking God only in air since God is not-thing (Not a thing). God does not exist. God is beyond the category of existence. He is far greater and supreme above all existence. 

I venture to assume, this conversation and debate of God from both side, atheist or theist will last for a very long time without ending, for somehow thus far, we cannot or are able to eliminate the "God-Talk" because either we talk and somehow relate with him from His absences or from His presences. Biological evolutionary will also agree that human have in history, somehow develop the idea of God for survival. To deny or to affirm God is to convey that this issue about God by itself is vital and inescapable. Why so? Simple, we cannot stop doing it until now because perhaps, there is a real God implanted DNA inside of each and every one of us. Leading thinker in cognitive science as Justin Barrett argues, belief in God is not artificial activity rather, rises from natural in our human mind.