Prometheus and Magellan

I watched the movie "Prometheus" last night. It explains the origins of the monsters in the "Alien" and "Predator" movies. The movie roughly goes like this: a team of archeologists uncover evidence from several ancient civilizations that point to a single creator. They follow the evidence to a solar system far away, out of view of the naked eye and even by small telescope. They discover evidence of life, but find dead bodies of  human-like beings everywhere. Then they discover why: the aliens, the monsters that is, were engineered by these human-like beings (who they also learn are our creators) to destroy Earth. In the movie, the crew of the ship Prometheus discovered their origins, their creators. One of the main characters was a Christian. She remained steadfast in her belief. Several characters were skeptics, and they did likewise.

I was browsing around on the internet and I found this picture. It is of the Magellanic clouds, two irregular galaxies. I thought about Magellan, on his voyage around the Earth, and how he must have felt going into the totally unknown. I bet he held fast in his faith.

And then I realized something else. It doesn't matter how we got here. We could have been created by a God or we could have been engineered by another species.

What matters is what we do with the life we have. Magellan wanted to sail around the world, and died trying (although one of his ships did make it home). Why should it matter what someone's faith is? If they want the best for humanity, if they want to explore and learn and help others, why condemn them for their faith?

We're all human, so let's follow Magellan's and Prometheus' examples: explore, learn, advance, help, create, and most importantly, love.