In an application more in line with the goals of the Second Coming Project, scientists have cloned a throwback Asian gaur that is being carried to term in an an ordinary Iowa cow named Bessie. Asian gaurs, according to a Washington Post article on the cloning, are heavily muscled, humpbacked, ox-like animals that are native to the the bamboo jungles of India and Burma. They also are on the verge of extinction. The little gaur growing inside Bessie was cloned from a single skin cell taken from a dead gaur. The Massachusetts scientists have named Bessie's gaur Noah, a biblical reference that must make Bessie Noah's ark.
Scientists now believe they can bring back extinct animals such as dodo birds.
They worry, however, about the moral questions. Preserved cells from the child will be used to fertilize a human egg that will be carried to term by one of 50 surrogate mothers who already have volunteered. The Raelians, according to the newspaper, have established Clonaid, a Bahamas company formed to produce babies for homosexual couples. In other words, even if the Second Coming Project is a hoax, the science may already exist to clone Jesus. This material shall not be published or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.