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Date: August 20, 2016 12:01AM
No spoof here placing LDS doctrine under the Microbial Microscope. I listened to a fascinating interview of Ed Yong, author of a new book about the microbes within us is called "I Contain Multitudes."
http://www.npr.org/2016/08/18/490432969/eating-yogurt-is-not-enough-rebalancing-the-ecosystem-of-the-microbes-within-usFirst off here are two of his quotes to set the stage for an "on topic" discussion of Mormon resurrection doctrine.
We've had this long-standing idea that microbes are germs, are enemies that we need to destroy lest they destroy us. But actually we're coming to realize that many of these microbes are profoundly important for our lives. But I wanted to get across in the book that there isn't really any such thing as a good microbe or a bad microbe. They just live with us. They are our partners in life and they can often do us tremendous amounts of good. They can help to digest our food and tune our immune system and protect us from disease. But if they get in the wrong place or if our relationship with them breaks down, then they might also do us harm.
"You know, bacteria have been the rulers of the planet for most of the Earth's history, and they are still the rulers of the planet. They still govern the movements of chemicals all around the world. They are in every possible habitat. They are omnipresent, and they are hugely influential. And in many ways, our bodies, the bodies of every other animals or our cities that we are so proud of, all of these are just more habitats for bacteria and other microbes to inhabit." - Ed Yong's new book about the microbes within us is called "I Contain Multitudes."
Ok follow my logic here and make corrections/suggestions where due:
1, Our bodies are ecosystems composed of not only of flesh blood and bone but trillions of specialized microbes that balance our digestion, auto-immune system, respiration, reproduction, etc.
2. Mormon resurrection doctrine is that our bodies will rise up in perfected form without blemish or disease.
3. Does this mean microbes will also resurrect?
4. If microbes don't resurrect then digestion is not possible. If digestion is not necessary then there is no need for our entire digestive tract. Parts of our bodies have co-developed with microbes which has determined some of our very appearance.
5. So I call Mormon resurrection, heavenly messengers and sacred grove seances all bogus. Human bodies can not function and sustain life without microbes. And many of the these microbes can only survive inside human bodies.