It also says "detected"...show me a picture of actual water pooled or flowing. Not a dramatization...but an actual picture. Until then, i'll question it.

There goes the lease prices through the roof!

When they find something with a spine, let me know.

NASA couldnt even get the live feed for the lunar eclipse to work last night. Not sure I'm gonna buy into what they're selling on the Mars discovery

Stock some FL Hybrid and it'll be good to go

Progressive Evolutionary Religion on display...mind, spirit and heart focus with "hope" in life to be found on distant planets and galaxies...any kind of life form...so that Creation in biblical terms can be defeated once and for all.

That is all this uprising is about.

Yep.

And perhaps loosening up the world for when the "superior advanced aliens" show up to "save the world." All demons masquerading as aliens of course. Perhaps it will go down that way.

is there anything Biblically that precludes any possibility of life on other planets?

Since we dont have like or upvotes this will have to do:

I'd say the Gospel message proves it. Genesis and Revelation are forever linked, as well as every word in between.

I don't recall anything of the such.

Bravo Blade, you nailed it !

Gen 1:1 - "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."

it doesn't explain every detail of "the heavens". The Bible is ambiguous on some stuff and, obviously, just doesn't address some things at all. So unless there is a specific passage that says there isn't, I'll operate under the assumption that a God that could create an entire universe could potentially put "life" on more than one planet. May/may not be "conscious" life as we know it, but it could be "life" nonetheless. The discovery of extraterrestrial life would not affect my faith one way or the other.

But does the Bible ever say that we are the only life? I dont recall that, and I believe if there is life somewhere else God created it. Do you believe that God created the other stars or just ours? Could he have created life there too? They could also have been created in his image.





This thread reminds me of a joke a youth minister told me once.

There are a group of geneticists who tell God that they appreciate all he has done but they can do the same things. They can manipulate cells to change them, create new species and new plants. They tell God "we dont need you anymore."

God smiles and says "Lets have one last test" He reaches down and grabs a handfull of dirt and poof a new animal is created. Nothing like it has ever existed. God smiles at the scientists ans says "your turn."

The scientists start to reach for some dirt and God interupts them "STOP!! you must get your own dirt for this test".

Needless to say the scientists failed, because everything we have came from God.

Water on Earth came from comets, so I really do not see the surprise with this news from NASA. They already knew that there was ice on Mars, and ice has a habit of thawing and flowing when sunlight hits it, even in Antarctica.

This is how they should have announced it!

Pretty cool findings. Science is great.

Agreed. God is powerful enough to do anything like that he wanted.

The reason I say the Gospel message and Bible in entirety shows that life doesn't exist elsewhere is this: Jesus dying on the cross. Genesis points to why Christ did that and Revelation points to eternity. Creation of life in other places doesn't make sense to me in light of the Gospel.

God made the earth first, then all the other stars, moons, etc...

The fall of Adam brought a curse on ALL CREATION and all of creation was from then on subject to sin, death, bondage and decay.

Other life then, though not related, would also be subject to this since all of creation is under the curse.

Christ came to this planet to teach, preach and save...paid the penalty here, gave the gospel message here...offers total redemption and restoration here.

Non related life on some distant place, suffering the same curse and gaining the same redemption? Is this other life sinless? Did they too have a fall from grace, suffer the wrath of God and need a savior? Will Jesus have to go die there too? The Son of God should go visit every planet, moon or star where life may exist to repeat the process? ----just doesn't harmonize with Scripture.

Again, just my take on it. Bible isn't red letter clear perhaps with specific verses saying life doesn't exist...true. But contextually, it doesn't make sense. I could be wrong, but from my limited understanding of God and His Word---Earth and earth alone was and is where God chose to create life.

Skinny,

Could you help me understand what you wrote?

Are you saying all water on earth came from comets?
Or
Comets did bring some water to earth in addition to water here at the beginning?
Or
Something different?

I said , "water on Earth came from comets". You put what I said in quotes.