A Layman's Theories On The Human Story

Long ago, an advanced civilization visited the earth, probably colonists. Left on this planet either by choice or by accident, they began erecting a home base. They build a great city and soon settle into their new environment. Things are going well for the colonists. The colony is well organized and led by an experienced and inspiring leader. In their leisure time from work, the colonists occasionally partake in social companionship, entertainment and intoxicating celebration. One day they begin to notice a falloff in female pregnancies among them. Despite increased marriages, the population is not growing. This has dire implications on colony survival. These people live for many thousands of years. The anticipation was that they would be on this planet for a very long time, and by natural means, the colony would grow in numbers. The medical team discloses to the leadership assembly that the drop in pregnancies is expected to continue, and eventually dry out. Once informed of this malady, panic begins to take hold of the colony. The public is beginning to question authority, and implications become centered on the colony's leadership. Division splits the colony, and some are beginning to fall under the influence of another one among them. The cast has been set, and this challenger begins to slowly build support.

Meanwhile the colonists decide in creating beings to supplement their numbers. The decision is critical, strictly forbidden for generations, but the situation makes it necessary. The beings must be physically similar to them, because of the desired tasks they will be doing. The process requires using their DNA crossed with a compatible specimen from the planet. Through trial and error, they achieve the desired result. Because of their natural biological heritage, the new creations retain the ability to procreate. The colonists also discover that if they were to supplement their DNA into these 'humans' from time to time, it can be possible to increase their life spans, maybe even closely matching their own. Uncertain as to how their creations will evolve, they decide to limit the humans' life span. Limited life expectancy will serve as a safety mechanism should anything go wrong. Natural creation will suffice in maintaining a good supply of the humans. The colony quickly discovers just how much these humans enjoy natural creation. In short time, the colony is over run with these overpopulating humans. With so many of them multiplying, it is decided to let the unnecessary humans roam free on their own. If the colony needs more, there will certainly be enough of them out there to choose. They instruct the humans they keep in proper conduct and useful skills. These humans now reside in communities surrounding the colony, living with their benefactors. In fact, humans are growing infatuated with their creators. In the beginning, humans naturally choose colonists they contact with the most, those teaching humans their basic survival skills. Construction, irrigation, fishing, cultivation, animal domestication, social behavior, colonists teaching these skills were the first that humans revered. Soon the colonists discover that humans are developing more quickly than they anticipated. The minds of humans are reaching for new knowledge and concepts. They are beginning to contemplate complicated ideas. Humans search for colonists to guide them in these matters. In short turn, the humans honor even more colonists. It is amusing, but not taken seriously by most. They reason that the childlike adulation may help them to focus on their responsibilities for the time being. The colonists' have never created a living thinking being before, and they too are learning from the experience as well.

Meanwhile the colonist opposing leadership has influenced enough support to mount a challenge. Though outnumbered and militarily weaker, his ego knows no bounds. He wants to do as he pleases, free of restricting rules imposed by the current administration. His goal is to split from the colony and build another empire with his followers, and a good supply of worshiping humans of course. The result is war, death and devastation. Despite living for thousands of years, termination of life is still possible. It is a hard fought war, and precious lives are lost. The challenging force is close to being defeated, when suddenly the destruction of war begins to affect the fragile planet. Great upheavals in the earth's crust and atmosphere are becoming more frequent. Eventually they call a truce before they destroy the planet. Military strength determines victory. In light of current circumstances, the now weakened challengers and leader must unconditionally surrender. The enemy cannot survive by themselves, so they agree to surrender any threatening technology they may have. Both sides agree to temporarily band together and wait it out.

Preserving their race is the most important concern right now. They must find a safe location for their people to go until the worst is over. Undoubtedly the humans will all die during the upheaval of earth stabilizing. There will be many eruptions, earthquakes and violent weather patterns all around the globe during this time. The dilemma is that when it is finally over, the colonists will still need humans to rebuild. It could be that there was not enough room to take humans where they were going. Caring for the ever-multiplying beings is probably the determining factor, in not bringing even a few along. Bringing a few and sterilizing them would defeat the purpose. Still, they needed the humans' services. They decide to instruct groups of humans on how to survive the coming catastrophes. This way they may still have a good supply of them when it is all over. The humans' enthusiasm in sexual intercourse will take care of the rest. If needed, they can jump start the process and increase human productivity before they return. Having agreed to terms, the former enemies manage to cohabitate until the planet can heal itself. Once it does, they return and start all over again. Only this time they separate themselves by continents, and the victors now have other plans. The victors' main goal is to preserve the remaining colony. They know their enemies will eventually regroup, and may mount another challenge, possibly even using an army of humans to do it. They reluctantly decide to leave the planet and relocate.

Their main reasoning is the undesirable prospect of living under the threat of another war. Irreplaceable lives have already been lost and risking one more would be too many. Secondly, although victorious and militarily superior, the victors do not have the heart to kill anymore of their kind. They mercifully feel that survival of their race is more important, even for the prisoners. They cannot bring themselves to exterminate their enemies. There is discussion about building a prison for their enemies on a nearby planet, until the subject of humans comes up. Humans can be taught if closely instructed, but they are not evolved enough to develop and retain the skills needed to resist evil influences with such short lives. Their primitive temptations can easily sway them to no good. They will intellectually evolve, but without their beliefs and laws to guide humans, things could go terribly wrong. They could extend the humans' life spans, but would they just be creating another formidable enemy in the end? The humans already outnumber them in alarming proportions, and more are multiplying every day. Yet, they have grown fond of the beings that look so similar to them. The humans also carry an important essence of their race. The colonists do not wish to exterminate them, and are willing to commit themselves in self-exile not to. If taught properly, the humans may even serve as guardians over their evil enemies. While they prepare to leave the planet, the victors implement an instructional program for humans. Some educators even become friends with them. In addition to their basic survival skills, they teach humans proper guidance in the laws and beliefs of their people. It will require a great amount of self-discipline by the humans to follow these guidelines. This is a difficult mental skill for most humans to comprehend at this stage in their evolution. After a few generations without maintenance, the humans will soon forget the lessons.

To help prevent this, humans need to archive the information for later reference, so communication skills are included in the curriculum. Humans have demonstrated an ability to quickly learn and adapt. Maybe humans can one day evolve enough to be worthy of longer life. In any case, they will teach the humans their important concepts and laws until it is time to evacuate. To avoid any hasty acts by their enemies, they prepare to leave in secret. At some point the research and development is over and they choose a nearby planet to apply it. Bringing a sizeable labor force of humans with them, they send a construction crew to begin building their new environment. Eventually the day arrives when their new home is complete. Ending their instructional program, the victors prepare to leave. They commence to slowly transport themselves from earth to their new home. The victors hope to do this before their enemies are aware of what is happening. Because of this, the evacuation takes several centuries to accomplish. Afterwards, a force of military strength remains stationed on earth until they establish themselves on the other planet. A small and limited educational staff also remains as military advisors observing human activity. Occasionally there are times when educators must interact in a given situation, but most do their work from a distance. The humans eventually evolve to a point when the colonists' presence becomes too risky to remain on earth. The educators and military begin relocating to strategically placed outposts recently constructed on several nearby planets. Finally, the only ones left on earth are humans and their enemies.

This is a layman's hypothetic explanation of the human story, using both scientific theory and ancient legends. It fits in with traditional religious beliefs, albeit from a perspective resisted by most. It also fits in very well with the accepted timetable of human evolution, even explaining how today's humans suddenly emerged and quickly rose to dominate. You may notice that the theory views it from the creators' perspective, and not humans'. This is intentional and important, as it becomes clearer on how this affected our evolution, and validates the legends of ancient manuscripts. Seeing this theory from the creators' perspective also helps us realize that the most important thing to them is their survival. Humans are only a secondary concern. They will deal with their enemies later. Realizing humans are not the most important thing on their agenda, makes us wonder how they will react if humans have not achieved what we were instructed to do.

Another question stands out from all of this. If their enemies were, and maybe still are here, how did humans apply the curriculum? It is reasonable to believe that both opposing sides taught humans. Have we accomplished what the victors desired, or have humans succumbed to the influences of their enemies? Could it be both? Maybe the victors' are keeping a close eye on this planet, taking notes of our progress. We will examine that possibility later. For now, let us remember that hope is the fundamental belief of every religion throughout the ages. Hope that we will live our lives according to the instructions of a higher being, hope that we will not fall prey to temptation and self indulgences, and hope for redemption when the victorious finally return. Next, we will focus our attention on when the victorious departed, leaving humans and their enemies alone on the planet. How did humans react in this new environment?