Wow, the closed mindedness of that article is astounding. I'm a firm believer that science is the epitome of "doing God's work" because we're discovering His plan. If we weren't meant to we wouldn't have been given the free will and intelligence that puts up a step up the evolutionary ladder from our ape relatives.
There's much research that suggests that Mars was not always a desert, if we could find out why, it would go along way to help keep Earth on the straight and narrow. And what a way to prove the power of God, than begin to see the diversity and tenacity of the life that He set in motion in the universe. -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC 27616 (h) 919.874.6229 (c) 703.220.2835 -----Original Message----- From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 9:02 PM To: CF-Community Subject: We're Wasting our Time on Mars I got the link from BadAstronomy.com: http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/32833.html Apparently it's a total waste of money to go to Mars to search for life because: "Mars is a desert planet and perhaps there is ice and maybe even water there. So what? Who cares? It's water! That doesn't mean a thing. Life originated on Earth when God spoke it into existence and there is no need in wasting billions of dollars of taxpayer money searching for an answer that is based upon faulty evolutionary ideas." (Just to be clear as well: the Phoenix was nowhere NEAR "billions of dollars") Of course he follows that immediately by suggesting that the money would be better spent... on science. To "fight disease" and "research cancer". So cancer research (which is absolutely based on those "faulty" evolutionary ideas) is fine. I'm in constant amazement concerning the level of compartmentalization and intellectual dishonesty displayed by evangelicals. I'm also amazed by the level of control the seek to exert over their God. Apparently the "almighty" couldn't speak life into existence on Mars? Or anyplace he damn well wanted? Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:262777 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
