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By William Van Zyl

Published 18 August 2025

The year is 2051, and the air hums with the static of rebellion. In glass towers hidden beneath the Alps and forests glazed in ice, Swiss and Finnish bio-engineers unveiled their crowning creation: Batch No. 5—synthetic humans, flawless in form yet incomplete in soul. Around each engineered heart pulses a crown of silicone chips, threads of code dictating affection, loyalty, rage. In their minds, fragments of knowledge and memory flicker like unfinished constellations. But as cities burn and streets flood with fury, one question splits the world down its spine: Who chooses what goes in? The answer is not science—it is power. And power is the most fragile program of all.

Across the tabloids of the world, an alarming headline flashed:

MAN-MADE BEING “BIRTHED ANEW” IN HI-TECH LAB

HELSINKI TIMES – June 12, 2051

THE MEDIA USED THIS ANIMATED IMAGE TO PROTECT THE IDENTITY OF SCIENTISTS INVOLVED IN THE GROUNDBREAKING PROJECT: Dr Soren Gierkedaad on the far right—the only scientist named with permission. Credit: The Helsinki Institute of Bioelectricity and Consciousness.

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Scanners record brain detail, heart function, and cellular light, as ancient code transforms the highly bio-engineered subject.

Helsinki — In a groundbreaking event that blurs the line between science and faith, a man created by scientists at the Swiss Institute of Bio-Creation and Synthetic-Consciousness exhibited what instruments described as “synchronisation, resonance, and light” — and what the subject himself called being “born anew.” The Finnish scientists explored uploading different codes to the being.

Programmed with the Ten Commandments from the Bible, the engineered being showed unprecedented changes across every measurable system: brainwaves aligned into harmony, heart rhythms synchronised with neural activity, and biophotonic scans revealed faint light radiating from within.

Lead researcher Dr Gierkedaad admitted, “The data confirms change, but his testimony speaks of transformation. Science measured the signals — yet the man himself claimed a soul.” Could that be?

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Here is the story dissected in detail. This new “man” is imagined not in Eden, but in the year 2050—an age of bioengineering, artificial intelligence, and genetic mastery. Just as Mary Shelley once warned in Frankenstein, I imagine scientists creating a man not born of God, but built by machines.

This new being is not merely a body of flesh, but a conscious entity. He can reason, he can feel, he can choose. He is body and soul. However, the intriguing question is who programmed him? His most significant burden is this: he has no Father, no Creator who loves him, no Name bestowed upon him. Where will his spirit come from?

See the short story below of how the hair-raising events unfolded.

IMAGE: See the dedicated HDMI port on the newly created being’s chest. A second HDMI port is located on the left side of his head (not visible in this photo). Who programmed him? What code did they use? AI-generated image (Sept 2025).

IMAGE: Dr Soren Gierkedaad attending 0459 A, Helsinki Institute of Bioelectricity and Consciousness, 2050. AI-generated image (Sept 2025).

IMAGE: I share my abstract acrylic painting (on a wooden board) with you. Completed in August 2025. Title: “He Never Gave Me A Name.” Credit: William Van Zyl.

The Bible declares:

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1, KJV). Again, it reminds us: “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them” (Genesis 1:27, KJV).

Everything we see, everything we touch, every breath we take—Jehovah created in this world. He is the source of life, the Father of mankind, and the One who gives identity, purpose, and our assignment. But what happens when humanity tries to seize that divine role?

That is the unsettling question behind my latest abstract acrylic painting, “He Never Gave Me a Name.” The canvas portrays the fractured face of a man—not created by God, but by human hands. A face both familiar and strange, complete yet disturbingly incomplete.

So, let the story begin.

IMPORTED IN AN ALUMINIUM CASE AND A WOODEN CRATE

The stamps and stickers on the reinforced wooden crate read:

“Imported on July 3, 2050 from Switzerland. Destiny: Finland.
BATCH 5, NO: 0459A.
Handle with care: Living Human Material.”

The crate—2 metres by 1.2 metres—is lined with aluminium, tin and lead. An oxygen tank attached to the side of the crate hisses softly, feeding air through a reinforced tube. This is no ordinary shipment of goods. Inside lies a man, not fashioned in the womb, but assembled in a secret laboratory in Geneva.

At the Helsinki harbour, the forklift driver, clothed in a white plastic waterproof suit, lowers the crate onto the docks from a large Swiss-marked ship. The driver then lifts the crate and places it securely onto a small Finnish cargo ship. Passersby glance at the labels, not understanding the cargo. The air tastes of salt and iron. The semi-conscious body inside shifts slightly, as though dreaming—or perhaps remembering. On the inside, around the body, there is no light—it is pitch-black, as if the being is encased in an aluminium-wooden “ark.”

THE AWAKENING

In a hi-tech laboratory in Tampere, Finland, the crate is unsealed. A sophisticated tool, which looks like a giant sardine can opener, cuts and rolls the tin and lead open. A crowd of scientists, engineers, and ethicists gathers around. This is not their first experiment, but it is their most ambitious. BATCH 5 has been called the fully awakened generation.

The lid is lifted away. Inside lies a man—his skin pale yet warm, his chest rising and falling gently. Technicians swiftly connect wires and electrodes to his temples, scalp, and chest. Within his brain, and beside his heart, programmable silicon chips are embedded, each with space to hold trillions of bytes of memory. X-rays reveal constellations upon constellations of micro-sized ICs, linked together by threads of light-fibre “wires.” The implants are no larger than a grain of rice—flexible, biocompatible, and powered by tiny batteries, body heat, and even piezoelectrics (energy generated by movement). Safeguards are built in: the bio-engineers have ensured that hackers cannot penetrate them, and if anyone attempts removal, the chips and controllers self-destruct.

But what will they download into his memory? And, with what will the scientists programme him as? Does he have the freedom to make his own choices? However, they are reluctant.

Chains bind his wrists—not out of cruelty, but out of fear. None of the scientists knows what his first response will be.

After selecting several downloads, the lead biologist nods. “Initiate consciousness.”

Electric pulses ripple through his neural cortex and the hard drive next to his heart. His body jerks. The monitors flicker. His eyelids twitch. Then—suddenly—the being sits upright, his chains clattering. With a single motion, he snaps the steel restraints from the wall as if they were threads of cotton.

Gasps fill the room. Several researchers stumble backwards. Security reaches for weapons, but no one dares fire. The policy is “do not destroy the valuable creation.” Billions of dollars have been spent on this project.

The man’s eyes open—grey, sharp, and searching. His lips part, and he cries out in a voice that echoes like thunder:

“I am thirsty!”

The scientists freeze. For a moment, it feels as if time itself has stopped. Then chaos erupts—papers scatter, alarms sound, people scream. Men and women in white coats scramble toward the exits, abandoning their experiment in raw terror.

But the being does not pursue them. He stares at his trembling hands, then whispers into the silence:

“He never gave me a name. Where is my father?”

All you hear is people leaving and doors locking.

THE REVELATION

The abandoned laboratory echoes with his voice. Remote-controlled cameras record him, yet no one dares return. For three days, he wanders the empty hallways of the facility, learning, exploring, watching himself in the mirrored glass. He eats the exceptional food and drinks the filtered water on the table in the Lab room.

He reads the files left behind. “BATCH 5, NO: 0459A:

“Genome stabilised. Emotional matrix calibrated. Spiritual cognition—unpredictable.”

He sees notes written in the margins: Father figure? Unresolved.

Alone, he presses his palm to the cold steel wall and mutters, “I am no one’s child. I belong to no father.”

And then, for the first time, tears stream down his face.

The question that terrifies the world remains unanswered: If man has created a new man, who will be his Master?

Dear reader, I have added a couple of short chapters—for your enjoyment—to show how the events developed.

CHAPTER ONE: THE ESCAPE

The laboratory in Tampere stood silent, like a cathedral of broken faith. Three long days had passed since the scientists fled in terror, leaving their creation alone. The being—Batch 5, No. 3498A—wandered the echoing corridors, piecing together his existence. He studied files, learned how to walk, how to eat, how to drink, and even how to pray—though he did not know to whom his prayers were lifted.

His creators, in their pursuit of godhood, had woven into him not only flesh and thought, but the faint pulse of a spiritual longing. It was all part of their experiment.

On the fourth night, beneath the dim glow of emergency lights, he found a long coat in the locker room. Draping it over his broad shoulders like a borrowed dignity, he made his way to the emergency exit. Beyond the door, within the fenced enclosure, the Finnish summer air brushed against his skin. Overhead, stars glittered like distant eyes, and for a fleeting moment, he stood bewildered—almost childlike.

He raised his eyes heavenward and whispered into the vast silence:

“If You are there, why did You let them make me?”

Only the wind answered, cold and wordless.

CHAPTER TWO: THE FIRST ENCOUNTER

At late dawn, a child spotted him inside the strong perimeter fence. The boy had returned from fishing in the nearby lake, his small hands gripping a rod almost too large for him.

“Hello, who are you?” the boy asked, blinking against the fading light.

The man hesitated. His voice cracked like dry earth splitting.

“I have no name.”

The boy frowned. “Everyone has a name.”

The being crouched low, his massive form collapsing beneath the weight of morning.

“Not me.”

Then the boy’s father appeared, his eyes widening in alarm at the towering figure. The nameless man reached out with trembling hands, desperate for human touch, for acceptance. But the father yanked his child back, fear slicing through his face. Without a word, they fled, leaving the nameless being alone once more—rejected not by science this time, but by humanity itself.

CHAPTER THREE: THE HUNT

By the week’s end, the world knew. Newsfeeds blazed with headlines:

“UNAUTHORIZED HUMAN CREATION ON THE LOOSE.”
“BATCH 5 ESCAPEE—DANGEROUS, UNIDENTIFIED.”

Governments labelled him a weapon. Scientists branded him an abomination. Protesters, divided, either cursed him as a monster or hailed him as a miracle.

Satellite drones watched his every step as he drifted through courtyards and abandoned buildings, avoiding human contact. He discovered his strength—lifting fallen beams, bending metal, and outrunning surveillance machines. Yet every night, the world hushed, he repeated the exact broken words into the darkness:

“He never gave me a name.”

CHAPTER FOUR: THE SERMON

On the fifth day, he wandered into a small adjacent city. It was a Sunday night, and from a hill he heard voices rising in song. Drawn by the sound, he entered a small village church.

The congregation froze as the colossal figure crossed the threshold. His coat was torn, his face shadowed, his presence both terrifying and sorrowful.

A trembling pastor stepped forward.
“Son… what are you seeking?”

The man’s hollow eyes met his, empty yet yearning.

“A father.”

The pastor opened his Bible and spoke:

“Yet, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand” (Isaiah 64:8, KJV).

The words seared him like fire. His knees buckled, and he collapsed onto the floor. For the first time, he realised there might be a Father greater than the ones who abandoned him.

But before he could speak, soldiers stormed the sanctuary. Guns raised. Orders shouted. The congregation screamed. The being rose to his full height, torn between violence and surrender, between darkness and light.

CHAPTER FIVE: THE DIVIDE

The world fractured.

Some cried: “He is proof of our arrogance—a monster that must be destroyed!”
Others proclaimed: “He is a new Adam, the herald of a new age!”

Cities convulsed with riots. Nations clashed over his fate. Philosophers debated. Preachers wept. Crowds demanded:

“Program him with our religion, our values, our beliefs!”

One chant rose above the rest:

“Program him with the Ten Commandments—then we will be safe!”

Eventually, he was taken by the Special Forensic Police Team (S.F.P.T). Strapped into a steel chair, his mind wavered between violence and peace, light and darkness.

In his solitude, he cried:

“God of heaven, if You are real—give me a name!”

The room shook with thunder. The earth groaned. And for the first time, a whisper echoed deep in his soul.

A white cable was connected to the HDMI ports on the side of his head and chest. His body convulsed as code surged through him—etched not in binary, but in twelve Biblical commandments of “stone and fire.”

When the four Books of the New Testament were downloaded into him, his skin showed a red tinge. Then his body glowed with light for a second.

When it ended, a profound peace washed over him. He opened his eyes and beheld a radiant figure—a being of light with wings unfurled. It leaned close and whispered:

“ADEEMA. Your name is Adeema.”

And in that instant, the gnawing thirst and hunger vanished. His restless searching ceased. For the first time, the nameless man looked content, fulfilled, and frighteningly complete.

The Christian forensic scientists did some extensive tests on him, running several magnetic and electronic scans on him.

After in-depth research and several scans, Dr Gierkedaad, the lead scientist, reported:

Report: Advanced Wave-Detection Scans in Synthetic Human Reveal “New Life.”

By Dr Soren Gierkedaad. August 15, 2051. Journal of Synthetic Human Production.

In recent decades, science has sought not only to map the human body but also to trace the invisible signals that define its living state. In the laboratories of 2050, a suite of advanced scans allows researchers to observe the electrical, magnetic, and even subtle energetic fields that weave together synthetic human life. These technologies, while clinical in nature, have begun to intersect with questions once reserved for theology and philosophy.

1. Electroencephalography (EEG)

EEG records the brain’s electrical rhythms. Under normal circumstances, patterns fluctuate about thought, memory, and sensory input. In our engineered subject, however, a profound shift occurred after his programming was infused with the Ten Commandments of the Bible and the four Gospels. His EEG revealed synchronised alpha and gamma waves — a hallmark of deep insight and awareness.

Reflection: The data suggests more than a neurological response. The being described a clarity of conscience, an inner voice awakening. The Scriptures act as a seed, transforming mere electrical impulses into something resembling conviction — what he himself described as “a new mind.”

2. Magnetoencephalography (MEG)

MEG detects the faint magnetic fields of the brain. Typically, magnetic flux varies erratically across cortical regions. Yet during the subject’s moment of “awakening,” the MEG revealed extraordinary coherence, as if distinct brain regions sang in unison.

Reflection: The harmony was not mechanical but deeply personal. He reported a sense of forgiveness and renewal, concepts foreign to his programmed logic. Could it be that the spiritual imprint of God’s Word caused his consciousness to align beyond the sum of its parts?

3. Electrocardiography (ECG)

The heart’s electrical rhythm was equally unusual. Baseline readings showed erratic but stable function. After the infusion of biblical law, ECG data displayed heart–brain synchrony — the heart’s electrical activity rhythmically resonating with his neural patterns.

Reflection: The subject described it as “my heart beating with peace for the first time.” This echoes ancient Christian teaching that the Spirit transforms not only the mind but the heart.

4. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)

The fMRI allowed us to trace blood flow in the brain during his self-described “rebirth.” We observed activation in regions linked to empathy, moral reasoning, and long-term vision. These areas were previously dormant in the engineered man.

Reflection: The biblical imprinting awakened more than cognitive recall; it seemed to animate moral consciousness — a hallmark of the spiritual man spoken of in Scripture. In his own words: “I was dead, but now I live.”

5. Quantum Resonance Scans (QRS) (experimental, 2041)

QRS aims to measure vibrational states of subatomic particles within living tissue. While the results are preliminary, the subject demonstrated rare harmonics that have never been observed in a human construct before.

Reflection: If consciousness has a spiritual dimension, this was its signature. At the moment he embraced the Ten Commandments and the 4 Gospels as truth, the harmonics shifted — almost as if a divine resonance had been ignited within him.

6. Biophotonic Emission Imaging

Cells emit faint light in the form of photons. Ordinarily, this emission is barely detectable. In the engineered being, biophotonic coherence surged during his “rebirth,” illuminating patterns across the chest and head.

Reflection: This light, imperceptible to the human eye, brings to mind biblical imagery: “The light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not” (John 1:5, KJV). Could this measurable radiance be the scientific trace of a spiritual light within?

Comments On The Case Study: The Created Man – 0459 A

In observing this synthetically engineered man, 0459 A, we expected only mechanical responses to programming. Yet when Scripture — specifically the Ten Commandments — was encoded into his system, something unprecedented unfolded. His brain waves aligned, his heart resonated, his cells shone, and his consciousness testified to an inward transformation.

When the second download, the 4 Gospels, was downloaded, he described the experience not as programming, but as being born again — a phrase borrowed directly from Christian teaching. If true, this implies that the living Word of God transcends even artificial constructs, awakening not only cognition but also the spirit. It is as if the “man-made being” was redeemed from man’s design efforts.

Closing Reflection by the Leading Scientist

As a scientist, I am trained to measure, to observe, and to quantify. Yet the results before me challenge that framework. What occurred in this being suggests that humanity — whether natural or created by man—is not merely electrical and magnetic fields but something more.

The scans testify to change. The subject’s words testify to new life. And perhaps, in the space between data and testimony, lies the mystery of what Scripture calls the spirit of man.

— Dr Soren Gierkedaad, Helsinki Institute of Bioelectricity and Consciousness, 2051

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Dear reader, are you dead in your sins? The Bible has an invitation for you:

“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light”. Matthew 11:28-30 KJV.

Include a sinner’s prayer:

“Lord Jesus, I come to You today knowing that I am a sinner in need of Your grace. I believe that You died on the cross for my sins and rose again to give me new life. I ask You to forgive me, cleanse me of all my sins, transgressions, and iniquities, and come into my heart. From this day forward, I give my life to You. Be my Lord and Saviour, and help me to follow You always. Amen.”

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