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| Cougar | May 15 2008, 06:02 AM Post #1 |
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Item one: God could have created aliens too: Vatican Of course he did, if he is the creator of all things! :lol: What's your view? The search for extraterrestrial life does not contradict belief in God, the pope's chief astronomer said on Tuesday, adding that some aliens might even be innocent of the original sin. "As an astronomer I continue to believe that God is the creator of the universe," Jose Gabriel Funes said in an interview with the Vatican mouthpiece, the Osservatore Romano. Even if "we don't currently have any proof ... the hypothesis" of extraterrestrial life cannot be ruled out, said Mr Funes, a Jesuit priest who directs the Vatican's observatory at Castel Gandolfo, near Rome. "Just as there are a plethora of creatures on Earth, there could be others, equally intelligent, created by God," he said. Original sin, which by Christian tradition occurred in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit of a particular tree, refers to the fallen state from which humans can be saved only by God's grace. Asked about the difficult theological question, Mr Funes said: "If other intelligent beings exist, it's not certain that they need redemption." They could "have remained in full friendship with their creator" without committing the original sin, he said. If not, extraterrestrials would benefit equally from the "incarnation," in which Jesus Christ, the Son of God, assumed earthlings' flesh, body and soul in order to redeem them, which Mr Funes called "a unique event that cannot be repeated". |
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| Cougar | May 23 2008, 11:19 AM Post #2 |
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Scared dog rescued in fishing net (Perhaps this one belongs in moments embarrassaments :jester) A GIANT dog with an overwhelming fear of water was rescued from an incoming tide, after English coastguards used a fishing net to pluck it to safety, witnesses said Thursday. Arnold, a 95-kilo Bernard-mastiff cross, was caught short while being taken for a walk along cliffs near Newquay in Cornwall, southwest England. The huge hound spotted another dog and followed it down some steps onto Whipsiderry Beach just as the tide came in, cutting the ageing animal off from his route back up the cliff. "The owner told me that the dog hated water and would not even go near a puddle," said eyewitness Terry Barnecutt, describing how nearby Falmouth coastguards were brought in. "The tide was coming in, and because the dog would not go up the steps the only way off the beach was by lifeboat or helicopter. The guys had to persuade the dog to get onto the fishing net they used to carry him to the lifeboat." A total of six lifeboat crewmen and coastguards were needed to haul the enormous animal to safety, said a spokesman for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). Last year was the RNLI's busiest year for animal rescues in the region: over 12 months it went to the aid of 40 dogs, five horses, four dolphins and 11 sheep. |
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| Cougar | Jun 5 2008, 05:51 AM Post #3 |
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OUCHIEEEE A NEWSPAPER photographer was speared in the leg by a javelin at a school athletics day but still had the presence of mind to take a snap of his bizarre injury. ![]() Ryan McGeeney of Utah's Standard-Examiner escaped serious injury in the accident at a track competition at a high school in Provo, Utah, at the weekend, the Associated Press reported. As others rushed to help him, McGeeney took a couple of shots of his gruesome injury. "If I didn't, it would probably be my editor's first question when I got back," he said later. McGeeney, 33, was taking pictures of the discus event and apparently wandered into an off-limits area set aside for the javelin throw. The javelin tip hit him just below the knee, went through the skin and emerged on the other side of his leg. "It wasn't real painful. ... I was very lucky in that it didn't hit any blood vessels, nerves, ligaments or tendons," McGeeney said. Most of the javelin was cut off at the scene and the piece left in his leg was removed at a local hospital. The javelin was thrown by Provo High School student Anthony Miles. "One of the first things that came to my mind was, 'Good thing we brought a second javelin'," he said. Anthony went on to win the state title in javelin. |
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