The Trek World / Gundam SEED

One of my lesser known hobbies is sci-fi and the contemplation of the future of humanity. Through the science fiction series of Star Trek and Gundam SEED universe, the writes wishes to explore what happens when...

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/10/30/designer.babies/index.html

And it is beginning to look very much that our very own reality is turning into what the sci-fi writers few decades ago have only imagined. Perhaps that is one of those things that draws people to the sci-fi genre, for its seemingly tangible reach. And some of these writers have gotten their vision and basis of story quite accurately.

In the Star Trek Universe, according to Star Trek Enterprise and Star Trek: First Contact, after the WWIII and the Eugenics War, earth was devastated. And in the story of Gundam SEED, the story took place in the middle of what could be called WWIII and a Eugenics War between the genetically modified "Coordinators" and "Naturals".

One thing is certain between the two science fiction timeline and storyline. Humans begin to experiment with genetic modification and creates designer babies, Khan in Star Trek's story and Kira Yamato in Gundam SEED's story. There were in both stories struggles with suffering -- oh yes it could happen even if a child is genetically engineered to be as perfect as they can be, never-being-sick, super-intellect, super-strength, and super long life not withstanding. They could also be the most ordinary and pure child growing up, or they could be posterchild of "modern technological advances", a celebratiy of sorts, they will still experience the human condition as we know of it. And the people around them are certainly going to be going through similar experiences as well. In fact, for them in one hand, it will be harder for than to grasp what everyone else is going through and on the other hand it could breed contempt. Obviously, they'll no doubt suffer from prejudices and violences due to their differences and no doubt from people with envy and hatred.

We as the current generation of human beings should really consider if we want to walk down that path. Technological progression is good but not in all sense, and having our technology dictate our moral is a definite no-no. When we take the future solely into our own hands, reaching out grasping as Adam and Eve did in the Garden...

It is the propagation of our specie that we're talking about here...a most sacred and primordial duty and calling of our nature! That and working with the sweat of the brows for our food.

When we take the man and the woman out of the marriage, when our children are no longer born of a gentle mother's womb and a loving father's care, where would the capstones of our civilization rest on? And, when the dismantling of the human family is complete, where would a people lost in the stars, void of their Origin, Family, and Creator traverse? When we have finally reached the final frontier, would we be standing as who we are or just a product of our own vices?

Need I to say that when Pax Romana reached its height of moral decay, it crumbled. And when an Empire ruled its subject colonies with contempt, they revolt thus ending the Empire where the Sun Never Sets. I hope this critical year of 2008 marked with the election in the United States will not bring us over the top of Pax Americana with our own moral decay with FOCA, same-sex marriage/union/whatever "laws", and "hate crime" laws on the table in the next four years to come. Fr. Caropi says it well, "We're in a crisis of manhood...man of leadership". This is the time that we need to stand up for Truth, to affirm Beauty, and to move in Love.

- TMH -