First, an update:
I'm trying to get copies of the medical research bills my contact inside the Vatican has been seeing. While I'm not an expert on gene sequencing, I've known enough lab people to know what it means when someone's paying for gels: It means they're separating the bits and pieces of a set of genes, to see what they're made of. If one of our readers knows enough to break down where this research is headed, so much the better.
Of course, they've just started. It may be too early to tell. All the same, if someone is unraveling the secrets of immortality, I consider it my duty to bring as much of this information to light as possible.
That's really the focus of this blog entry. Over the weekend, I've given things a lot of thought. Yes, it's possible that I set the Church on Sam Bailey's trail. Moreover, I'm fairly certain that research like theirs is what keeps people like Sam in hiding. If it isn't obvious, there's a lot the world can learn from a man like him. His silence is our loss.
I'm going to keep this project alive for that reason. If the Church insists on persecuting and picking apart the wonders and miracles they claim to worship, then the best thing we can do is show the world that they are a minority. Exploration and compassion have often been exclusive to one another, but they don't have to be.
Let the record show that I neither endorse nor condone violence as a tool for inquiry. Anyone who uses my information for violent purposes is acting against the spirit in which that information was gathered and shared. Let this forum be a place for science, history, and reasonable discourse. Every one of history's best thinkers held to these ideals, from Socrates to Einstein.
I refuse to be dangerous, and I deny those who use my knowledge for harm. Let us honor our world and embrace her mysteries.

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