Page Content (OCR)
He made a sign to one of the robots located near the machine, and the robot touched certain parts of it. Then he made a sign for me to move close to a window measuring about two meters by one meter. In a bluish liquid I then saw the form of a human skeleton vaguely taking shape. Its form grew clearer and clearer, finally becoming a real skeleton. Then some nerves took shape and formed over the bones, then some muscles and finally some skin and hair. A splendid athlete was now lying there in a position where moments earlier there had been nothing. Yahweh spoke again: ‘Remember in the Old Testament, this description in Ezekiel, Chapter 37: Son of man, can these bones live?.. there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above...and the breath came into great army. The description that you will give of this will certainly be similar to Ezekiel’s - apart from the noise, which we have been able to eliminate.’ Indeed, what I had seen corresponded perfectly to Ezekiel’s description. Following this, the prostrate figure had slid to the left and disappeared completely from my sight. Then a trap door opened, and I saw the creature whose rapid creation I had witnessed, lying on tora a very white fabric. He was still immobile, but suddenly he opened his eyes, got up, came down the few steps that separated him from our level, and after exchanging a few words with another robot, came up to me. He gave me his hand, which I shook, and I felt his skin soft and warm. ‘Do you have a picture of a loved one with you?’ Yahweh asked. ‘Yes,’ I answered, ‘I have a picture of my mother in my wallet, which I left in my clothes.’ 166 INTELLIGENT DESIGN: MESSAGE FROM THE DESIGNERS them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding