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Theology
“not quite down to Earth-mass, and it is around a star that is much cooler and quite different in major ways, but nonetheless is within the habitable zone for that star, meaning liquid water could exist on its surface” USA Today National Science Foundation announcement [Editorial comment: what if they eventually find something alive on one of these? (It’s only 20 light years away, after all.) ]

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Thu, 09/30/10
[Susan R] I think we should volunteer His Most Noble Forums Director Peet to go check it out for possible colonization. http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php] http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-alien009.gif
Been there … done that
“We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. Nevertheless the people who dwell in the land are strong; the cities are fortified and very large; moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there. (Numbers 13:26-28)
I strongly advise NOT GOING

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Jim's Doctrinal Statement

Thu, 09/30/10
Discussions about this discovery will probably reveal more about us than they will this “new” planet.

Anyway, the people living on that planet have already visited and surveyed earth. Their verdict? “Mostly Harmless”

Faith is obeying when you can't even imagine how things might turn out right.

Thu, 09/30/10
[Jim Peet] That’s Susan there in the background

I’m havin’ a bad hair day in that picture, but I’m wearing my favorite dress.

Scenescape Media

Thu, 09/30/10
NASA needs justification for appropriations
In my view a colossal of $$

But hey they did give us http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_%28drink%29] Tang and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velcro] Velcro !

David, who had no telescope, http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+19:1-3&version=NKJV] had a greater appreciation for the God of the universe than 1000’s of NASA engineers combined!

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Jim's Doctrinal Statement

Thu, 09/30/10
[Jim Peet] NASA needs justification for appropriations


I agree that this is the motivation for all the interstellar microbe chasing that NASA is engaged in. Why would it follow that finding water or fungus on another planet means
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:fA2d7hr6tZlPgM:http://www.ex-astris-…

Scenescape Media

Thu, 09/30/10
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/09/25/george-f-will-new-project-for-the-ge… A New Project for the Gender Police - Gallant government will protect the weaker sex
Consider NASA, whose administrator, Charles Bolden, has said that “perhaps foremost” among NASA’s missions is finding “a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science.”

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Jim's Doctrinal Statement

Thu, 09/30/10
… have a serious conversation about the theological implications of— oh, nevermind. This is more fun.

Nobody’s given proper homage to this guy yet:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/31/Marvinthemartain.jpg

Views expressed are always my own and not my employer's, my church's, my family's, my neighbors', or my pets'. The house plants have authorized me to speak for them, however, and they always agree with me.