Life

    We exist.  We move about and accomplish many things.  Sadly some of these things are not so good, but more than not we attempt to do the best we can under the circumstances that we find ourselves living under.  Many people go through their daily routines and never give any real thought to “life” and what it means to them.  This existence that many take for granted has consumed some individuals to be able to explain HOW it all happened.  They look to explain WHY we got here and HOW we fit into the greater “scene” that flows through the routine of human existence.

     One theory that is used to explain our existence is that of evolution.  According to yourgenome.org “In biology, evolution is the change in the characteristic of a species over several generations and relies on the process of natural selection.”  Many scientists who believe in evolution would tell you that billions of years ago, life began on the edge of an ancient tidal pool or deep in the ocean.  They then try to convince you that chemicals spontaneously assembled into bubblelike structures, formed complex molecules, and began replicating.  They believe that all life on earth originated by accident from one or more of these “simple” original cells.  They in some fashion try to portray this “theory” as fact that complex living organisms sprang, originally, from NOTHING!  That’s a bit hard to believe for a thinking person.

     Another “theory” that is promoted by many, but has not received major acceptance by today’s scientific community, is that of “Ancient astronauts.”  This promotion refers to the pseudoscientific idea that intelligent extraterrestrial beings visited Earth and made contact with humans in antiquity and prehistoric times.  Proponents suggest that this contact influenced the development of modern cultures, technologies, and religions, and even human biology.  A common position is that deities from most, if not  all, religions are extraterrestrial in origin, and that advanced technologies brought to Earth by ancient astronauts were interpreted as evidence of divine status by early humans.  Many feel that there is very compelling evidence to support this assumption.  Included within this assumption by some is the idea that life originated somewhere other than this planet and was “intentionally” brought here by an alien race or races.

     I surmise that when a person does some serious thinking on this matter of life one can see that LIFE, a complex organism even within the study of a single cell organism, cannot come into existence from nothing.  According to universtoday.com “As Einstein showed us, light and matter are just aspects of the same thing.  Matter is just frozen light. And light is matter on the move.”  He thereby says that energy and matter are two sides of the same coin.  His famous equation E=mc2 shows that energy can be transformed into matter and vice versa, matter into energy.  This basically helps us to understand that life did not come from nothing but was the transformation of elements and energy into a living being.

     And if we take that portion of the “ancient astronaut” theory that states it was “intelligent extraterrestrial beings” that are being consider we can look at life from a more realistic possibility.  Extraterrestrial means “of or from outside the earth or its atmosphere.”  Then there is no reason to consider otherwise.  We are told in the bible that God created the first human couple and instructed them to multiple upon the earth.  With that simple basic belief we can understand the complexity of the human family and can learn why so many things are currently the way they are.  We can also learn what we are instructed to do with our lives to make our futures happy and successful.  We have before us the opportunity to choose life!  Or to suffer the consequences!

QUOTE TO CONSIDER

THOUGHTFUL GEM

"Within each living thing

there exist a reflection

of the Creator."