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If life is discovered to exist on Europa, would it change anyone's mind about the book Genesis as an accurate depiction of the creation of life?
Not this Europa...
or this one...
But this one...
Europa is thought to be the most likely candidate in our solar system with favorable conditions for harboring life.
A saltwater ocean is theorized to exist underneath the solid ice top layer.
A saltwater ocean is theorized to exist underneath the solid ice top layer.
Lily from Wiki said:Europa's most striking surface feature is a series of dark streaks criss-crossing the entire globe. Close examination shows that the edges of Europa's crust on either side of the cracks have moved relative to each other. The larger bands are roughly 20 km (12 miles) across commonly with dark diffuse outer edges, regular striations, and a central band of lighter material. These may have been produced by a series of volcanic water eruptions or geysers as the Europan crust spread open to expose warmer layers beneath. The effect is similar to that seen in the Earth's oceanic ridges. These various fractures are thought to have been caused in large part by the tidal stresses exerted by Jupiter; Since Europa is tidally locked to Jupiter, and therefore always maintains the same orientation towards the planet, the stress patterns should form a distinctive and predictable pattern.
Life in the Europan ocean would most like be microbial. Similar conditions may exist in Lake Vostok underneath Antartica.
We are talking about possible exogenesis outside of our planet , but inside our own solar system. Life and possibly complex life is possible inside our Milky Way galaxy. a system with billions of stars. The Milky Way galaxy is in a cluster called the Local group. Its sister galaxy Andromeda is larger. The Local Group is a grouping of a few of the billions of galaxies in the known universe.
We are talking about possible exogenesis outside of our planet , but inside our own solar system. Life and possibly complex life is possible inside our Milky Way galaxy. a system with billions of stars. The Milky Way galaxy is in a cluster called the Local group. Its sister galaxy Andromeda is larger. The Local Group is a grouping of a few of the billions of galaxies in the known universe.
Anecdotally, my Creationist stepmother insists that there is no extraterrestrial life because the Bible doesn't mention it.
What do you think? Should Genesis be viewed differently in view of the overwhelming possibility that the origin of life is not restricted to a Hebrew story?