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Recently I saw a TV movie “Advertized”.  The caption read: Prometheus.

I’ve never been a space movie fan.  I only read the description: “About the crew of a spaceship traveling to a distant planet in hopes of discovering humanity’s origins.”

Heck, they could have stayed home, here on Earth and discovered all that from the first Book of the Bible — Genesis, chapter one. 

“God made the heavens and the earth.”  He also made that distant planet the space crew was looking for.  As for humanity, “He formed a man out of the dust of the ground.”  God named the man, Adam… the first man.  Then from Adam’s rib he made for him a wife, “a helpmate.”  God named her, Eve.

Eve was so beautiful, according to Hebrew translators and theologians.  Adam took the first look at her and exclaimed, WOW!

Sometimes movie script writers do come up with worthwhile lines. 

In the movie, Notebook, about the lives of a devoted married couple after old age; a nursing home doctor told the husband (James Garner), that his wife (Gena Roland) was in the first stage of Alzheimer’s Disease.  “It will get worse,” the doctor said; “there is no cure.”  “Science can only go so far,” the husband replied, “Then there is God.”  

A great many people here on Earth seem restless.  They are eager to, “go somewhere and do something never been seen or done before.”  I hear people say, “If they ever go to Mars, like they are talking about, I hope I can go along too.” 

They don’t stop to think if (a big IF) they should get there; there is no food or water on Mars.  That all would need to be taken along.  This in itself would present a huge logistics problem.  At best, food and water would soon run out.

Scientist say, “They think,” some of the stones on Mars may contain some water.  If that’s true, you sure would need to grind up a good-size pile of rocks to keep from dying of thirst. 

Also people don’t consider having to wear a spacesuit to provide oxygen enough to live.  A space suit could get rather gamey after a time.  Can’t you see trying to take a sponge bath in a space suit and tend to other bodily functions as well?  All with little water to spare.

I think I’ll just stay here on Earth a while (Lord willing) where I feel more adjusted.  This suits me just fine.

Kindest regards…