Water, Water Everywhere, But . . . .

Hello! Does that look like "Old Faithful" to you? The orbiting Cassini spacecraft took the picture of Enceladus in a thin phase. That tumor thing is said to be ice mounding up in plumes from water spewing from beneath the surface of that little moon. We need a close-up!


Water, water everywhere, but not a speck of life. Like a deer panting for the water, scientists are searching the heavens for what they hope are the telltale signs of life in outer space. Mars has yielded remarkable images of what must be traceries of rivers and pools of water, but the building blocks of life elude the searchers. Why do they so pant for water? Because earth reveals life in remarkable places. Boiling hot fumeroles in Yellowstone National Park harbor tiny organisms. The northernmost and southernmost seas teem with a variety of sealife. As yet no-one has found evidence of such things in our solar system, except on Terra Firma where God brought forth an explosion of flying, creeping, crawling, walking, slithering, swimming, galloping, hopping life in immense profundity.

Any sign of life out there? Yes. God describes his heavenly throngs in the Bible, the last place proud man wants to look. Big electronic ears pointed into the skies haven't intercepted even the simplest of codes, however. We can review on the web these results and how much money and effort over how many years has gone into this futile search for intelligent life somewhere out there. God only knows whether they will ever find what they are looking for. It may be, though, that everything we see, including the sun, the moon, the stars and everything that exists, was created for us earthlings. It is easy to interpret Genesis that way.

Some elements in science--I won't say true science--wage unceasing exploration to disprove God's claims on his people. Finding life that isn't covered by God's creation ex-nihilo would be a major coup for evolutionsists in particular. Better still, if they found evolving life, they could proclaim that matter simply begets itself without the need of an intelligent designer. Every evolutionist would mount a fencepost and crow the livelong day. They haven't found macro-evolution on earth where everything is close-at-hand. What makes them think spending billions of dollars on faraway places will solve their problem?

You'll find several articles on this blogsite about evidence of water. It does, indeed look like water has flowed upon Mars. Perhaps Enceladus, one of the small moons of Saturn, also has water, although the picture above of what is said to have been geysers is anything but definitive. A larger shot of that moon also reveals traceries that imply a flowing up of plumes of some fluid substance. The minus 297 degree surface where one finds these patterns makes scientists believe there are sublunar reservoirs of hot water under great pressure. That is pure conjecture.

The discovery of water, of methane gas, ammonia, or other solids,liquids and gases on extraterrestrial bodies shouldn't surprise anyone. Especially not God's children. Inanimate material of all descriptions must lie out there beyond our present reach. A single pearl to make a gate? No problem. A plaza of solid gold? Twelve tremendous foundations each made of precious or semiprecious stone. As easy as saying "Let it be" for the creator of all the universe(s)!

A brief study of our own moon, sun, and planet earth should boggle our minds as much as the nebulous possibility of finding life in outer space. A little less oxygen, a little more carbon dioxide, a few more miles closer or farther to the sun or a few miles closer to the moon, or certain changes in our eco-systems and we couldn't exist. It's enough miracle to make people want to fall down and worship the One who could make all these things in just the right proportions and measures to keep us going. Most people won't. They resent the creator's claim on their lives.

The search will continue. Water, water everywhere, but not a microbe of life in a drop of water in outer space. But what if scientists find something? First, we had better verify they have actually found it. Hydrophobia can lead to seeing things that aren't there. If organisms are found in our fellow planets and moons in this solar system, perhaps we'd better examine Walt Brown's hydroplate theory which is featured in articles at this blogsite (his book is on the Web). If our illustrious, never say die scientists find little green men out there somewhere, fine. We can praise God for his splendid diversity in creation. He never told us He had to tell us everything. We shouldn't pout at not being clued in. We can keep the faith. We have His promise.