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The recent ‘curiosity’ probe is already being used to justify appeals for even greater exploration of Mars.
Personally, I’ve always been excited about exploring beyond earth, in spite of the more mature realization that the earth itself has not even begun to be explored, especially oceanic life forms.
However ever-expanding searches based on purely speculative ideas that arise from the curiosity probe must be offset by a reality check. E.g. what does the ‘environment’ for life, vs. the ‘absence’ of organic molecules fundamental to life really say?
Even if the ‘building blocks’ of life were discovered, as unlikely as that is, there are no signs of ‘actual’ life, past or present, should that not lead us to a very obvious logical conclusion?
That conclusion is this; the earth, with all its diverse and abundant life forms, is truly a unique and intelligent creation by an unfathomably wise and loving Creator!
There is simply no other reasonable deduction based on all facts available. Speculation and imagination notwithstanding, this is simply a matter of accepting reality. Are we so lacking in basic humility that we ‘cannot see the woods for the trees’? All observable evidence right up to date points to this one truth; we humans are part of a very unique intelligent creation along with all the other amazing life-forms on earth.
Therefore how much better it would be to focus on discerning ‘the plan’, or ‘reasons’ for this wondrous creation, instead of the terribly wasteful and unproductive continuous search for imaginary, wholly unintelligent origins of life!
For a thorough science analysis of Evolution vs Creation please visit this website!
Occasionally a ‘letter to the Editor’ is worth saving. I clipped one out of the local paper some time ago, and after re-reading it today I’d like to share it with any visitors to my blog, so here it is…
(Written in response to a previous letter writer…)
“Mr. N. is entitled to his opinion in attacking Christianity and espousing education as the remedy for our problems, but I’m afraid education has not had a good track record either.
His censure of religion puzzles me. Since he believes in evolution, he believes complexity emerges from chaos. Evolution is a kind of all-wise force that always makes the right choices. Since religion, or some form of spiritual awareness exists in every known culture, it must have evolved. Since it evolved, it must be good, so he should consider joining.it.
By the way, since germs and viruses also evolved, we should not be killing them. In fact, they may be evolutionary strategies to get rid of man. And why not? If we are mere lumps of randomly arranged matter, who cares? In fact, we should also encourage war, since people have always fought each other, it must be good since it evolved. Or are these the first errors evolution has made?
The best and most recent example of society without religion was Soviet Russia. The concept was that if religion were eradicated, society would blossom into peace, freedom, and harmony. Education was to be the tool to bring about Utopia. The exact opposite occurred.
Science is not the answer either; from science we have nuclear bombs and weapons and pollution.
Its no use blaming God; we have expelled Him from our country, our lives and our affairs, so He certainly is not to blame for the mess we’re in.
The problem is not religion, it is sin – rebellion against God. When I was a boy, there was a recognition of the need for a moral base. There was Bible reading and prayer in schools. It’s a much worse world now.” (W. Bresch)
note: please visit my post: The Art of God!
Its said we should “get a life”. Given our indulgence in ‘gadgets’, that often means “buy new batteries”!
Few products in common use today are more harmful to the environment than batteries. It doesn’t matter if they are ‘A’, ‘C”, ‘D’, ‘double A’, triple ‘A’, or you name it.
In fact the U.S. alone uses about three billion batteries annually, averaging about 32 per family or ten per person, not counting those little ‘button’ batteries in watches etc.
Batteries contain heavy metals such as mercury, lead, cadmium, and nickel, which can and do contaminate the environment. If they’re burned, some metals are released in the air and fall as ash. In landfills they leach into the ground and contaminate water with lead and acid. Dry cell batteries contribute about 88 percent of the total mercury and 50 percent of the cadmium in the municipal solid waste streams.
It might even exceed the damage of major oil spills, its that bad. But what is the point of this blog, besides mentioning yet another area of human folly?
Well, the least we can do besides properly disposing of old batteries, is to personally recycle them. What I mean by that is ‘re-use’ them.
Yes indeed I’ve found that its quite possible to extend the life of your average pair of household dry cell batteries, with no effort required mind you. “What?”, you say, “how can this be so?!”
I’ve found that by simply bagging up those old remote control, flashlight, and so many other device, batteries, over-time they will indeed recover sufficiently to make them quite re-useable again.
How long it will take depends on prior use, but after a good number of weeks or months its surprising how many recover a significant amount of their original charge, I’ve found.
Ironically my discovery was made simply because I hated the idea of throwing them into the garbage as had often been the case before, (shame on me, and probably you also). So I began hoarding them in a zip-lock baggy hoping for some enlightened recycler to come to the rescue.
After bagging batteries up for many moons, like several years worth, I decided to give them another go-around in my remote controls and other gadgets. To my delight and surprise I found that many of them, perhaps as much as 66% were very much good-to-go again. And I don’t just mean for a few days either, some even seem to last nearly as long as brand new ones!
So the moral of this story is; if you can’t find the correct recycler, and you’re a little on the ‘cheapskate’ side like me, bag those little beggars up, stuff them away where you will eventually find them again, and you will be somewhat of a blessing to that long-suffering friend of yours and mine… the ‘environment’.
