Abshalom writes:
(1) Is this proof of Intelligent Design?
No. The spray that drifts downwind during the winter freezes and make for very treacherous footing. Since you can't sue God, Old Faithful is His practical joke. Come to think of it, maybe that IS Intelligent Design!
(2) Is this proof of an evil angel or demon trying to fool us into some false belief from his grotto beneath Yellowstone?
FE FI FO FUM. I smell the... oh, wait. That's jack and the beanstalk. Sorry.
(3) Was Old Faithful a deep sea volcanic vent during Noah's Flood?
(4) And if so, did the Old Faithful deep sea vent nurture any of the new life forms we now see swimming in our modern oceans to replace those ancient life forms that died and were fossilized in the deep layers of post-Flood sedimentary muck.
I did extensive viewing of Finding Nemo and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and the Little Mermaid. I saw no evidence of what they call "smokers".
(5) Now that Old Faithful has developed some degree of irregularity following recent earth tremors, can we devise a prayer experiment that would prove, by subsequent re-regulation of the geiser's cycle, that prayer is an effective petitioning of a supernatural, creator (or in this case, regulatory) being?
I would petition the Almighty to upgrade His Old Faithful 1.0 faithware to at least version 2.5 or greater. I understand it includes allowances for increases in greenhouse gases from SUVs and seismic shifts due to the Democratic Primaries.
(6) Or is there some other scientific explanation, theological significance, or metaphysical purpose for Old Faithful?
What more is there to say?
(:raig