Ancient Astronauts and the Origin of Man

I have a fundamental question concerning the origin of humans, I think.  I understand that the ancient Sumerian tablets (Cuneiform) say that mankind was genetically engineered–from hominoids–by ancient astronauts called the Anunaki.  I believe that the Anunaki were and are planetary angels.  The Anunaki–beginning some 200,000 years ago–came to the earth to mine for gold in Havilah or Southern Africa.  At first, they undertook the intensive, manual labor themselves.  Then, after a while, they came up with a "better" idea: looking around them, they saw hominoids (Neanderthals) wandering around & decided to "tamper" with their DNA, thus creating the first humans.  So goes the story.

My question is this: why did the Anunaki make man the way they did?  I mean, look at us–in comparison with the apes (gorillas & chimpanzees).  We’re a lot weaker, physically.  We’re a lot less agile.  And I’m sure that we have a lot less lung capacity compared with the hominoids of today: the Sasquatch, Yeti, etc.  If we were designed as slaves to take over a job from the Anunaki–that involved heavy, physical exertion–then why did they make us so physically weak.  Yes, we are much more intelligent than all the other hominoids and apes, but you would think that physical strength would be more of a prerequisite for this kind of labor: working in a mine.

Your typical Neanderthal was much stronger, physically, than your typical early human (Cro-Magnon).  The Anunaki should have taken the Neanderthals–who were probably organized into primitive societies–and increased their intelligence, while simultaneously not tampering with physical abilities.  This new hominoid would’ve been the ideal slave for them.

So, it doesn’t make sense that the Anunaki created humans.  Unless, there’s something I’m not seeing.

Humans and “Hominoids”

Lloyd Pye says that hominids or "hominoids" (human-like creatures) have existed for millions of years.  He says that man is a creature with a more recent arrival on the scene.  Mankind did not appear until about 200,000 years ago–with something happening around 40,000 years ago that ushered in modern man.

This scenario basically gels with the idea that Adam and Eve were created some 50,000 years ago. 

Pye says that man’s DNA shows signs that we’ve been tampered with–by an extra-terrestrial intelligence that is very advanced.  We’re the product of alien tinkering–is the argument.  Not only that, but these aliens also tinkered with a number of animals, besides us. 

All the domesticated animals today are also the product of alien intervention: cats, dogs, sheep, cows, horses, etc.  A fascinating example of a "domesticated" animal is the cheetah.  Cheetahs are a hybrid of cats and dogs.  They have traits of both kinds of household pets.  They are easily domesticated after being caught in the wild.  They can be trained to hunt for man.

Pye says that these "gods" that created man also created the domesticated animals so that they could have some comfort during their stay here.

I believe that it was God who ushered in modern man with the creation of Adam and Eve.  And it was God who created the domesticated animals as companions for man.

Pye says that the sasquatch, the Yeti, the "Hobbits" (small hominoids who hide in the jungles of South Pacific islands close to the equator), and the Australian Yowie(!) are currently living hominoids that go back millions of years.  They are natural to this world.  (The Neanderthals were also hominoids, who were wiped out.)  The hominoids are "natural" to this world.  The basic argument goes like this: hominoids have 48 chromosomes.  Man has 46 chromosomes.  Actually (says Pye), we have 48, but the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th chromosomes in our DNA have been fused together.  Thus the tampering.  This fusing was done, Pye believes, to make our DNA compatible with the DNA of the aliens who created us–so that they could reproduce with us. 

We humans are not natural to this world–this would include the domesticated animals who serve us.  Scripture tells us that we should see ourselves as pilgrims who are undergoing a journey on this earth.  We are strangers on a strange world.  We were placed here by (I would say divine) intervention–from outside the earth.

Sanctified

I’ve heard that there are some Christians who can eat anything (heavily processed junk food included) and not be affected by the junk food.  This has to do with a passage from 1 Timothy 4:3-4.  There would be those who would command the brethren to "abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which know the truth.  For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer."

These particular Christians give thanks for and pray over any food that they are about to eat.  And their faith is strong enough to where they trust that the Lord (after they have given thanks and prayed over the meal about to be eaten) has turned all the bad, junky ingredients in the food into healthful, nutritious stuff.  There is a passage elsewhere in scripture where it says that the saints will consume poison, and it won’t harm them.  Hmmm.

Obama is now president elect.  I’ve heard that he may become one of the greatest presidents in American history so far.  I heard (on the radio) a prophecy expert–knlowledgeable about Nostradamus–say that Obama can become one of the greats–right up their with Lincoln and John Kennedy.  I would hope so.  It may be that he will become more enlightened while he occupies the Oval Office.

I heard a female voter who was questioned about which presidential candidate she cast her ballot for.  She said that she was in the $250,000 and above category, and that she had cast her vote for Obama.  She added that she was thinking about the poor and downtrodden in America and that she was willing to pay higher taxes so that the poor could be given more help.  I also heard a report that said that the majority of Americans making $200,000/yr or more gave their votes to Obama. 

I would say that for these particular Americans, it would not be socialism in action since they are willing to give more of their money for those who have much less than them.  But what about those Americans who did not vote for Obama?  One thing I know is that today too much of taxpayers’ money goes into the industrial/military complex that Pres. Eisenhower warned us about.    

Next, I would like to discuss the historical evidence for Jesus having been an actual man in Palestine some 2,000 years ago.  There are those who continue to say that no proof exists for Jesus having been a real man. 

Well, I say that there is evidence.  First of all, the documentary proof for the existence for Julius Caesar, as far as I can tell, is less than that for Jesus.  Only a few copies of Caesar’s writings (from around his time) have come down to us today.  Whereas, many more copies (much more) of all four Gospels (that go back to within a few decades of Jesus’ time) are available to us today.  Further more, we have translations of the Old Testament, which has been effectively corroborated by a historic and fantastic event (of 1948): the finding of the Dead Sea Scrolls.  For the Old Testament also speaks of Jesus–the pre-incarnate era of the Messiah.

Also, evidence for the existence of Pontius Pilate has been found in Europe (specifically Switzerland).  A stone or marble slab has been unearthed, which bares the former governor’s name.  It is believed that Pilate committed suicide after returning to Europe from his tour of duty in Palestine.