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As we drift further and further from our Christian roots we will see more and more the god of science fashioning some bizarre combination of an Orwellian government and a Jules Verne culture.

i'm not sure why you think science leads to orwellian government (?) but as for a jules verne culture, we are already there and personally i think it rocks.

And it's all to make us 'healthier, happier and live longer'.

exactly, and i say rock on god of science, you're the coolest!

I wonder if when they are finally finished there will there be anyone around who will want to live longer?

and i wonder if you'd rather live 50 years in the 21st century or 100 years in the God centered 12th century. i'm not afraid of the future, i'm much more afraid of people who want to return to the bad old days when religion was king and they put galileo on the rack. come back if the scientists ever put the pope on the rack and then maybe i'll consider if you might have a point.

"and i wonder if you'd rather live 50 years in the 21st century or 100 years in the God centered 12th century."

I'll take the 100 years in the God centered 12th century, thanks. :o)

"i'm not afraid of the future, i'm much more afraid of people who want to return to the bad old days when religion was king and they put galileo on the rack."

hey, palerobber, you're a poor historian along with being an atheist. Galileo was never put on a rack, tortured, or even jailed. His "punishment" was house arrest in his old age, and when he was held it was in the Cardinal's mansion, where Galileo was free to do as he wished. Science was very much enjoyed by the Catholic Church in Galileo's times; in fact, Galileo was educated in Catholic Universities by Catholic science profs.