I was doing research today into 2012 and I was sickened by all the end of the world and paradigm shift theories there are.
I did some delving into different creation myths of the Mayans and have postulated a theory: We may have been created by Aliens. (*This does not automatically disprove god)
In The Popol Vuh, it talks of three gods creating the universe and it inhabitants. Could these god be aliens and could they have used genetic engineering to create us?
When the gods arrived at the place where the shadows were deposited, the shadows, speaking among themselves, made known their sentiments and agreed among themselves what should be done.
-The Popol Vuh
Why would gods just suddenly arrive and from where?
"You, beast, you, animal, you will drink in the rivers; you will sleep in the caves; you will walk on all fours, and you will have a soft, mushy head, but in time your back will serve to carry burdens.* And because of all this you will not resist nor boast of rebellion, not even of exhaustion. You, bird, you will live in the trees and you will fly through the air, reaching the region of the clouds, you will touch the transparency of the sky and will not be afraid of falling. Thus you will multiply and your children and the children of your children will do the same, and will continue in every way your example and your grace."
-The Popol Vuh
* This statement alludes to the theosophical, and other, teachings - that the first races or forms did not possess rigid or bony structures, as do the plants, animals and humans of the present epoch, but were ethereal, gelatinous or, at most, cartilaginous in consistency.
-Translators Comment
Could it be that these first animals made were not perfect from genetic manipulation? We know that the first cloned sheep, Dolly, had many problems that arose as a result of being cloned.
Much of the Popol Vuh talks of refinement of the people that were created. At first making people out of the earth, Then wood, and finally flesh, bone and blood. Failed Genetics?
Finally why did these gods (Aliens?) leave:
Then the gods gathered together again to devote themselves to the creation of a new race of people, which would be made of flesh, bone and intelligence. They had to do this quickly, because it was imperative that it be all completed before the dawn of the new day. Accordingly, when they began to notice vague and tenuous lights on the horizon, they said:
"This is the propitious time to bless the food of the beings who soon will populate these regions."
Could this vague and tenuous lights on the horizons be a spaceship coming to take these gods away?
In the end it is for you to decide. For the complete translation of the Popol Vuh goto: myweb.cableone.net/subru/Mayan .html