A Great Waste of Taxpayer Money
By Rob Hood (06/23/08)
In the last several years the American space program has been working on "finding life" throughout the universe by starting with Mars. This mysterious planet has captured the imagination of many scientists, astronomers, and average stargazers. Hubble looks deep into space and sends back phenomenal photographs of far away places that man could only wish to see and perhaps, even visit.
Last week the announcement came that the Mars Rover had captured photos of a material on Mars that had characteristics of ice. This announcement was not shocking since that was what NASA sent the craft there to do in the first place. Ice, or frozen water, according to NASA and other scientists is the essential ingredient for life.
Well, I agree and at the same time, disagree. Sure water is necessary to sustain life, but life does not come from water, hence the wastefulness of the money for this program. NASA has an enormous budget to run the space program and some programs are needed, but this is not one of them.
I have four year old kids in my church that could tell you where life originated. If people would bother to accept the fact that everything in existence is created by an omnipotent God then, we would not need to waste money searching for an answer that even small children already know.
Mars is a desert planet and perhaps there is ice and maybe even water there. So what? Who cares? It's water! That doesn't mean a thing. Life originated on Earth when God spoke it into existence and there is no need in wasting billions of dollars of taxpayer money searching for an answer that is based upon faulty evolutionary ideas.
The same billions of dollars that goes into these hopeless projects to look for water on Mars or other places could be better spent. We people of Earth need new bridges, new highways, new dams. We could use the money to feed people, fight disease, rebuild our infrastructure, research cancer (ethically, of course), and to help those who have little or no clothing, shelter, food, etc. I am not calling for socialism, but helping people in real need is money better spent. I would rather give people in Africa fresh water, than find fresh water on a desolate planet that offers us nothing in return but wasted time, resources, and money.
I have nothing against NASA. Some of the smartest engineers and scientists on earth work there and do many good things, but looking for water is useless because water does not create life. God does, and only He has the power and authority to do it.
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. (Colossians 1:15-17)
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