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Hugh MacDiarmid poem "The Innumerable Christ" added - one of the ferw meditations on this topic in literature.
The presence of extraterrestrial ''microbes'' on one or more of the other planets in our solar system (most likely Mars) does excite some fear in Christian quarters. But not all Christians harbor such fear, and even [[Young earth creationism|young earth creationists]] are quite confident that they could explain such a finding. For example, if the [[hydroplate theory]] is correct and a slurry of mud from the Great Flood traveled to Mars and poured itself out upon it, then such a slurry would almost certainly contain microbes. That some of these might be extremophiles, and thus capable of long-term survival even in such a harsh environment as that of Mars, is entirely possible and would allow complete harmony between the finding of microbes in such locations and the Biblical account of earth pre-history.
The presence of extraterrestrial ''microbes'' on one or more of the other planets in our solar system (most likely Mars) does excite some fear in Christian quarters. But not all Christians harbor such fear, and even [[Young earth creationism|young earth creationists]] are quite confident that they could explain such a finding. For example, if the [[hydroplate theory]] is correct and a slurry of mud from the Great Flood traveled to Mars and poured itself out upon it, then such a slurry would almost certainly contain microbes. That some of these might be extremophiles, and thus capable of long-term survival even in such a harsh environment as that of Mars, is entirely possible and would allow complete harmony between the finding of microbes in such locations and the Biblical account of earth pre-history.
== Hugh MacDiarmid ==
The Innumerable Christ, a poem in [[Scots]] by [[Hugh MacDairmid]], is one of the most remarkable meditations on the theme of Christian redemption and other worlds:
Wha kens on whatna Bethlehems<br />Earth twinkles like a star the nicht,<br />An' whatna shepherds lift their heids<br />In its unearthly licht?<br /><br />'Yont a' the stars oor een can see<br />An' farther than their lichts can fly,<br />I' mony an unco warl' the nicht<br />The fatefu' bairnies cry.<br /><br />I' mony an unco warl' the nicht<br />The lift gaes black as pitch at noon,<br />An' sideways on their chests the heids<br />O' endless Christs roll doon.<br /><br />An' when the earth's as cauld's the mune<br />An' a' its folk are lang syne deid,<br />On coontless stars the Babe maun cry<br />An' the Crucified maun bleed.<br />[http://www.signumrecords.com/catalogue/sigcd096/096Booklet_web.pdf]
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