nah, lets keep pretending like the earth and humans were sculpted by clay
GENESIS 2:7
Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being
Isaiah 64:8
But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.
are you sure we were not made from CLAY?
... The earth is our primary life-support system, supplying our basic needs for minerals, water and air. Our increased interest in how the earth works is due, in part, to the connection between geology and health.
First a question: What chemicals do you associate with the following conditions: osteoporosis, anemia, dizziness, and heat stress? Most people would probably answer calcium, iron, sodium and water, because we relate a deficiency in them with the corresponding condition. What is surprising is that, when asked where these chemicals come from, many people answer that our body "makes them." Sound incredulous? Well, consider the next question: When cell division takes place in the human body, where do the chemical elements come from that make up the new cells? Again, many people say that the body makes these chemicals.
A more accurate answer is that these chemicals come from the cycling of air, water and minerals between the earth and the human body. In fact, the earth's crust contains most of the mineral nutrients our body needs, and the chemical composition of a rock, such as granite, is strikingly similar to the composition of the human body. However, the minerals in granite usually are not in a form easily assimilated and dissolved in the body. So, if you grind up a chunk of granite in hopes of getting your daily mineral supplement, you would probably end up either clogging your intestine or ripping the lining of your digestive tract.
So instead of eating chunks of granite for our mineral nutrients, we rely on geologic processes such as weathering to chemically break down rocks into other natural materials, such as soil, that contain minerals more easily dissolved by the acid around roots of plants. The dissolved mineral elements are then incorporated into the plant and stored for our consumption or by some other animal that we later eat (top carnivores have choices!).
What are these common chemical elements found in rocks and our body? We are mostly water, about 62 percent by weight, and we must replenish our water budget daily or our body functions will be affected. Our planet is called the "Blue" or "Water Planet" because about 75 percent of the surface of the earth is covered by water. The earth's crust contains most of the 100 or so chemical elements discovered thus far. Only eight of them make up more than 98 percent of the crust. These are, in order of abundance, oxygen, silicon, aluminum, iron, calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium. In addition to water, we are composed of about 6 percent minerals: calcium, phosphorous, potassium, sulfur, sodium, chlorine, magnesium and iron. Do you see the similarity?
Of course, the human body is not made up only of dust, but God mixed the dust to water to produce clay.
The mixture is clay, understandably contains more water than dust.
My friends, we are like Snapple Drinks. " made from the best stuff on earth"