LIFE ON MARS

The discovery of evidence that life may exist elsewhere in the universe raises that most profound of all human questions: Why does life exist at all? Is it simply that if enough cosmic elements slop together for enough eons, eventually a molecule will form somewhere, or many somewheres, that can replicate itself over and over until it evolves into a creature that can scratch its head? Or did an all-powerful God set in motion an unfathomable process in order to give warmth and meaning to a universe that would otherwise be cold and meaningless? The rock from Mars does not answer...

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