I was going through some old stories I'd written years ago. The article I refer to in this story, “Adam and Eve Were Space Astronauts,” actually did appear in the January 16 edition of National Enquirer—the January 16, 1979 edition—35 years ago. After all these years it seems we are no closer to the truth today than when we started.

     Just last week I saw a clip of an Alabama legislator talking about creation as if it happened last week. Well, maybe not last week but 6,000 years ago is practically the same as last week if you believe the universe is 15-billion years old. Apparently the debate between creationists and evolutionists will go on forever, which so far is either 6,000 years or 15,000,000,000 years.

     There is an outdated reference to eight-tracks in the story. I left it in because when you're telling a story about something that happened 15 billion years ago, or even 6000 years ago,  does anything really go out of style?

Adam and Eve Were Space Astronauts

 

The front page headline in the National Enquirer (January16) caught my eye and imagination.  It said simply, “Adam and Eve Were Space Astronauts.”  Let us go back now to relive those final days of Adam and Eve – Space Travelers and those first early days of Adam and Eve – Earth Citizens.

Adam looked at his wife sitting in the seat next to him.  His face was beginning to show the strain of the many years he had been at the controls.  Eve looked a little ragged herself.