Life found on Mars?

The Sun ^ | 1/14/2009 | Paul Sutherland

[MarketR]

ALIEN microbes living just below the Martian soil are responsible for a haze of methane around the Red Planet, Nasa scientists believe.

[MarketR]

If true...a real date to remember in human history.

[mnehring]

Sweet.. but of course, all the news is about Obama’s new tie.

[null and void]

Aw, us Coast-to-Coast listeners have know about life on Mars for years.

[wgflyer]

We’ve been home to martian microbes for quite some time, now. They populate Congress.

[neodad]

Wow!

[tet68]

If true...a real date to remember in Martian history.

[G8 Diplomat]

LOL! You beat me to it

[GatorGirl]

Alien to whom? Us, obviously! Mars?

Perhaps all the conservatives need to move to Mars—the RED planet!

[Keli Kilohana]

What if there is life on Mars? How would that affect biblical Christianity?

My response:

1. Maybe Mars was seeded by microbes from Earth scientific probes or landers? (Many scientists believe that life originated on Mars! Remember when they found a meteorite in Antarctica and Bill Clinton declared that the meteorite contained fossilized microbes from Mars? Scientists believed that a meteor impact on Mars ejected the meteorite life-transporter. How else could this rock have landed in Antarctica?—since there never have been meteors strike the earth or there has never been volcanic eruptions on earth that could have blasted that rock there.)

2. Nothing in my theology rules out the possibility of living organisms on other planets. What a bout the discovery of other intelligent beings? Would the discovery of other intelligent life forms undermine Christianity? No. If they are intelligent beings, then we could learn a lot from them. We can learn a lot from apes, dogs and dolphins right now—right here.

3. What makes humans unique is not that we are alive; rather, it is that we have a spirit—a God consciousness. Unfortunately, that nature is fallen and in need of redemption because of sin.. But, thanks be to God that the Gospel is the answer to that need.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Pastor Terry Hagedorn
Calvary Baptist Church
Reedsville, WV 26547
304-864-3870
http://mountainmanna.com
"Pointing Mountaineers to Mount Calvary"

[Perdogg]

ping

[Hoodat]

[steve86]

Expert quoted in the article seems to have an alien microbe growing on his hand.

[cripplecreek]

Believing the methane comes from subsurface microbes is a far cry from finding the actual microbes.

Personally I think we will one day find microbial life or solid evidence of it there in the past.

[sionnsar]

Nasa scientists believe.

NASA administrators believe we're deep into a period of man-made global warming, too.

[KevinDavis]

MARSWARD HO!!!

[Quix]

Thx. Will check it out.

[Carley]

We have alien microbes moving into the White House.

[G8 Diplomat]

As Calvin said in Calvin and Hobbes, "Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."

[TruthWillWin]

[badpacifist]

Bush’s fault

[Gordon Greene]

Beautiful... we have an expert on the subject of Mars and I believe he was frozen about the same time as Austin Powers.

From the looks of the guy, he’s probably smoked enough wacky weed to see many alien life-forms. Either way, every time these bozo’s come up with some kind of “proof” there’s no real “evidence”. When they parade the little green guys up on the stage we’ll talk. Until then...

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[redk]

And chipmunks growing on his face.

[adorno]

ALIEN microbes living just below the Martian soil are responsible for a haze of methane around the Red Planet, Nasa scientists believe.

Good!

Now, let's send them some of our air, a lot of our water, a lot of volcanic activity, and let's watch them evolve into some super-duper dinosaurs with hyper-intelligence.

Mars, the perfect laboratory for the observation of evolution.

[stylin19a]

This just in...WWF files for protected status of alien Mars microbes.

[skr]

I was going to ask if they resembled Earth cows in any other way, but you’ve answered my question.

[MarketR]

Nasa scientists..to be sure!

Much to be proven, but if true....wow what a day!

[cripplecreek]

Works for me. The bible doesn’t exclude the possibility that the universe is teeming with life.

[Gordon Greene]

“Now, let’s send them some of our air, a lot of our water, a lot of volcanic activity, and let’s watch them evolve into some super-duper dinosaurs with hyper-intelligence.

Mars, the perfect laboratory for the observation of evolution.”

Perfect reply...

[SunkenCiv]

It is widely doubted, but IMO The Viking Labeled Release Experiment and Life on Mars designed by Gilbert V. Levin found it. I've never found the supposed evidence from the supposed Martian meteorites compelling though.

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[toldyou]

“Sweet.. but of course, all the news is about Obama’s new tie.”

Darn...and I was hoping for more news on the dog...

[rickylc]

Total GW BS. The article states that they must be alive today because there is (gasp) a methane cloud surrounding mars which of course causes mars’ Global warming.

In THE VERY NEXT paragraph they say the organisms are in a state of suspended animation and could be REVIVED.

Now which is it? are they alive and producing the mars global warming methane cloud, or are they in a state of suspended animation.

I want to see corpses!

[VanDeKoik]

Anyone can make a theory.

Now prove it.

[IFly4Him]

Without commenting on the scientific basis for their theory, forgive me for speculating that these scientists are eager to put forth a justification for further exploratory missions and funding...

[wastedyears]

Hey everybody, let’s send the Martians home.

[cruise_missile]

Funding drying up?

[KevinDavis]

I agree.. Jesus did say he has other “flock” to attend to..

[KevinDavis]

So????

[cripplecreek]

I was thinking that we need to convince muslims that martians have insulted them. That way the islamderthals would occupy their time trying to figure out how to send wave after wave of suicide bombers to mars.

Hell, we could even help.

[CaribouCrossing]

“If true...a real date to remember in human history.”

Wow! Bookmarking this one, MarketR, and thanks for the post.

[cripplecreek]

That’s the nice thing about omnipotence. Billions of light years are meaningless.

[Centurion2000]

ALIEN microbes living just below the Martian soil are responsible for a haze of methane around the Red Planet, Nasa scientists believe.

Ain't buying it. PROVE IT or show some real direct evidence. Scientists making statements of faith and calling it science really pisses me off.

[Mom MD]

Beyond that, we already know of extra-terrestrial intelligent life - angels are well documented in the Bible.

[dbacks]

Obamma issued an invite to the Coronation for those interested.

[GeronL]

it will be remembered as happening under Obama, bet on it

[11th Commandment]

NASA Scientist also believed that there was(is) an ozone hole and global warming is happening. If you read the article, they are not sure the gas in Mar's atmosphere is methane, thus the microbe hypothesis is based on an input that is not even an axiom. Pretty easy to understand how NASA has fallen for global warming.

[phatus maximus]

Well, it does in the sense of man. Man was formed in God’s image from the earth itself...That’s a biggie and certainly not a light statement from scripture...

[TheWasteLand]

This is speculation, not fact.

[KevinDavis]

Exactly.....

[Frantzie]

Nah. It is just NASA trying to get a bigger budget from O for next year. NASA will say anyting for $$$.

[R_Kangel]

OMG, Obama got a new tie!!!!!

Stop the presses. (that's an old saying that use to be said when news was only available from things that were called "News Papers.")