After watching a repeat W5 TV show about SETA (searching for extraterrestrial life etc) I have to make a comment;
It seems to me that ‘extraterrestrial life’ is already here but not recognized as such!
No, I’m not referring to unique aquatic creatures, such as the amazing octopus as was suggested in that program, nor any other mysterious deep sea creature.
So what do I believe may be the unrecognized alien creature on earth;
wait for it…..
Indeed its us ‘humans’!
Ridiculous you say.? Well let’s objectively consider the evidence;
First; given a very long history of environmental damage to the earth humans may well be described as the ‘least compatible creature’ on earth.
Next; consider how very few of mankind actually commit to the support of all the other life-forms on earth. To the contrary, human record proves humans actually; exploit; abuse; and outright destroy; everything from flora to fauna, to animals and vegetables. A far cry from benefiting most other life forms on earth.
Finally; many humans are very discontent with their lives on earth and instead are seeking to occupy other places, such as on the planet Mars, or even much further away from earth if the opportunity presented itself.
So for those (alienated humans) so inclined, I must say; maybe that’s where you actually belong…!?
Once again we see an amazing commitment and technical reaching out for ‘virtual dust’ on Mars. A commitment not just by NASA but by many nations. I firmly believe these efforts defy all logic. They are primarily no more than a vain attempt to justify erroneous theories, at great expense to humanity.
Imho there is no doubt the authors of the latest Mars probe will, once again, have to reluctantly admit failure to provide any ‘substantive support’ for their highly flawed evolutionary beliefs. Beliefs in theories that are little more than a stubborn refusal to admit to a far superior divine authority, the Creator of all life!
However for those still teachable, honest scientists have provided ‘genuine scientific proof’ of our divine creation. (Please see my post: ‘evolution foolishness’).
Not sure who wrote this surprising and interesting post but I do not take credit for it…in fact it appears to have originated with this UK site: https://www.mayflower400uk.org/
On August 5, 1620, the Mayflower departed Plymouth, England, on a journey across the Atlantic. Their destination was the Virginia Colony.
In other words, from the start, their intent was to head further south.
Keep in mind three important facts:
Their original destination was not what is now the Boston area, the place where they finally settled. Boston is south of Plymouth, England (51° N vs. 42° N). The intended destination was even further south (51° N vs. 40° N).
The journey was beset by many delays. They originally intended to set off in July. Since most of the people making the voyage were then living in Leiden, in the Netherlands. The plan was for a sister ship, the Speedwell, to depart England for the Netherlands, pick up the passengers, return to Southampton, join the Mayflower, and then the two ships would begin their journey.
On August 5, the two ships set sail for the New World. The Speedwell began leaking, so they docked in Dartmouth for repairs. They set out again on August 21, and after a few days at sea, the Speedwell began leaking again. The leaders of the voyage determined that the Speedwell would return to England, while the Mayflower would continue across the Atlantic. So, after transferring supplies, the Mayflower finally set out on September 6 — over a month behind schedule.
The transatlantic crossing proved treacherous. While the voyage initially proceeded smoothly, the ship was beset by storms and foul weather during the second half of the trip. They finally spotted land (modern-day Cape Cod) on November 9 — 66 days after they had departed.
Their original plan was to journey about 250 miles further south to establish their colony, but they faced a grave problem: They had run out of beer. Drinking water, in those days, would spoil and become notoriously disease-ridden. Travelers, like those journeying on the Mayflower, relied on beer as a drinking source that wouldn’t spoil. But they had run out.
After exploring the coastline of Cape Cod and the mainland, they finally chose Plymouth, just west of Cape Cod, as the place they would establish their colony, and on December 25 1620 — Christmas Day — they established Plymouth Plantation.
As I noted, their original destination was the Virginia Colony. They intended to settle on a large island, a place teeming with wildlife and natural resources, fronted by a huge and navigable natural harbor, and bordered by a wide river that flowed from far into the interior. At that point in history, the northern boundary of the Virginia Colony was about 225 miles farther north than the current border of Virginia. The island where the voyagers intended to establish their colony is today called Manhattan.
So, the Pilgrims settled in Boston, rather than New York City, because they ran out of beer…you’ve got to admit, its a sobering story!
After purchasing a 100 year old two-storey Austin Street residence that was in need of repairs on a very short term private contract. The work progressed well.
I turned it into a simple up and down duplex, with cozy one bedroom upper suite. Now with young rental tenants upstairs the time to resell and pay off the private financing was not far off.
In fact progress had been so good I wanted to reward my family, as a private pilot.
So I took the required pilot medical in Medford Oregon to obtain a US private pilot endorsement, plus a check ride in a Piper Cherokee thus allowing me to rent said plane for a short pleasure trip around the area with my family.
After circling the nearby spectacular Table Rock volcanic plateau at low altitude, we cruised over the Rogue Valley and further South over the popular ski slopes of Mt. Ashland.
All in all it was a memorable experience that day, which I truly hope left a lasting impression on my children. After all, few could claim to have had such experience.
Though I cannot claim to be an environmental authority I can and do appreciate the ecology of planet earth as more and more of us do.
The truth is that mankind has never, since rebellion in the garden of Eden, managed to see himself as a participant in the ecology of the planet. Rather we have been generally ignorant beneficiaries of earth’s environment.
What I mean is every day we are learning and confirming that plants, animals, insects, and every aquatic living creature on planet earth actually harmonizes with earth’s ecology; except for…. you guessed it, us humans!
In other words while all other life forms on earth play a fundamental role in the the continuity of life on earth in their never ending life and death cycle, mankind has been largely oblivious of his own place!
Mankind has not been able ‘to see the woods for the trees’. In other words as an actual ‘contributing’ participant in earth’s amazing and often hidden environmental cycle(s), how very sad is that!?
Will that ever change? Yes!
I believe it will, e.g. copy and paste this excellent video for some much needed positive hope; click here!
I had just landed at the Nakusp B.C. airstrip located right next to the local community dump. It was a few miles from the village and completely isolated.
My younger brother was supposed to pick me up there, however he had not arrived on time. So I hefted a back pack of some personal gear and started down what appeared to be a back road toward the main road and highway from the airstrip.
Immediately I observed another individual walking along the same roadway just a 200′ or so ahead. Indeed it was a full grown black bear. As I hesitated to follow along behind him, or her, it looked back over its shoulder at me. No doubt more easily aware of me than I was of it.
Of course I can only imagine what it’s thoughts were, mine were somewhat frozen. I thought the backpack may have been somewhat interesting to this beast, even without food. In any case I definitely declined to continue following it, and back stepped back towards my airplane.
Soon I realized my encounter was not alone, the local dump had numerous competing resident bears. Needless to say I was now a little traumatized. So when a pickup truck with a young couple came along I waved them down and very thankfully got a safe ride to the main road where i eventually connected with my negligent brother!
It doesn’t know me, and I don’t know it, male or female. But it has been a local feral cat entity for years. I only know its black bob-tailed butt. It may or may not be the same one that came up on my back railing and peered at me in a kitchen window when I first moved in 8 years ago.
Indeed that cat peered into my kitchen, and me, as if inspecting who had moved in. And not many weeks afterwards as I was sitting on my very private rear sundeck, the same cat came struggling past with a dead rabbit in its jaws that was equal in size to the feline itself to my amazement! It was no-less similar to an African leopard carrying a recently killed gazelle to tree storage!
That was year’s ago, so I’m not sure if the current feline is the same one, or perhaps even the offspring of that highly efficient hunter.
In any case I only see it in fleeting moments, as I did tonight. A ghostly image disappearing around my garden shed or garage. Leaving a remnant of canned salmon or sardines may be well appreciated but not acknowledged by my shadowy neighbor.
But how it has so-far managed to elude regular known predators including coyotes, raccoons, and eagles, not to mention freezing nights, for years, is hard to image, perhaps a case study for military scientists.
In any case it will continue to have my deep admiration for its independent survival skills.
I was enjoying an afternoon in October sunshine on the promenade at White Rock B.C. today. Some misguided person was serving up food for throngs of seagulls and they screamed as they competed for each one.
Watching those seagulls reminded me of the new Boeing ‘787 dream liner’, how?
If you take a close look, the wings of that modern airliner bear a close resemblance to the wings of those gulls! Indeed the wings of the 787 are not only able to flex 25 feet under test conditions, but their design appears to mimic seagulls, at least visually.
Most commercial jets today have employed (Burt Rutan designed) winglets at the end of their wings to reduce turbulant drag and improve performance. But if you look closely the new Boeing dream liner has a design similar to gulls, a sophisticated tapered shape that accomplishes the same thing without winglets!
My point in writing about this is to compliment those who have learned from so-called ‘nature’, by that I mean the ‘Creator of nature’, our Father in heaven. Yes he is in fact the master designer of all life on this blue marble, a planet with beauty and complexity we may only be just beginning to appreciate as this video well illustrates… copy and paste it to view, I guarantee you will not be dissapointed:
After just watching updated nuclear reactor developments that produce little or no waste as proposed by MIT brains and such, it does appear there are definite positive high energy production advantages with these newer developments, no doubt.
That said, my question is simple; why pursue development of such high energy production methods that will likely always carry very have high human risk factors?
No matter how such risks may be minimized, why is it necessary? Does it not make far more planetary sense to strive for greater harmony with nature by making it the primary goal to ‘eliminate’ all risks in order to preserve a pristine natural environment as much as we are humanly capable?!
Clearly the mentality persists that ‘more is somehow better’. That pursuit of material goods and services are somehow in mankind’s best interest. Hasn’t earth’s environmental and human damage proven that philosophy is a fallacy? I would argue that is has.
The claim by those involved in preventing sea turtle extinction is that they have ‘helped’ them. While this may partly seem like a matter of symantecs, the truth is that only human ‘non-intervention’ could rightly be called ‘help’, be it for sea turtles or the hundreds if not thousands of other forms of life on planet earth.
When will it be acknowledged that, in fact, it is human interference and ignorance that is the fundamental reason why all life on earth is threatened! This is not just a matter of symantecs, but a basic reality that needs to be very humbly admitted. Only then will it be possible for us to accept our supreme Creator as the guide to full and complete restoration of planet earth as it was in the very beginning.
That restoration is coming, in spite of human opposition and arrogance, very soon. So we can either submit to the Creator’s purpose, or continue to ignore it, that is the choice he has given us. For more info please visit JW.org
