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Jayhawker Soule · 06-23-2002, 08:02 AM

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Or look at it another way - for us to be here our planet's evolution made some developments much faster than was likely by chance alone, ...

How much faster, and how do we know?

Jayhawker Soule · 06-23-2002, 08:53 AM

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Originally posted by braces_for_impact:
The original intent of this thread seemed to me to be the compatability between atheism and the possibility of life on other planets. ... Any thoughts?

No.

Marduk · 06-23-2002, 02:31 PM

"As someone else suggested, seems like an awful waste of space for a god to make an entire universe for little 'ol us. On the other hand in regards to christianity, does Jesus have to die on every planet with intelligent life on it? (I can see that getting rather old REAL fast) or do alien civilisations somehow know of this "ultimate sacrifice" Jesus made here in this little corner of the galaxy? Any thoughts?"

Maybe this is the only planet where some cavewoman ate that damn apple and needed a vist from JC. All the other Adams and Eves in the universe left the thing on the tree.

Other possibilites, we are the least evolved of all the species in the Galaxy and they don't want anything to do with us "ho hum Earth, a typical post industrial revolution Planet, how banal"

Intelligent life is so rare it happened only once, but not on Earth. An ancient species travels the Galaxy looking for planets with the potential to support intelligent life, finds a good candidate, early hominids with hands & feet, and adds the key ingriedient of proteins or whatever and nurses them along. The 'gods' from the 'heavens' who created man. Seems like they wrote a whole book about these aliens a long time ago.

ishalon · 06-23-2002, 06:41 PM

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Originally posted by braces_for_impact:
The original intent of this thread seemed to me to be the compatability between atheism and the possibility of life on other planets. (Or, more correctly in my mind, acceptance of evolution and the possibilty of life on other planets.)

Thank you.

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In any case, yes, if evolution and abiogenesis were true we would expect to find life on other planets. How rare intelligent life may be is another speculation.

How intelligent are we really?

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How compatable is theism with life on other planets? How about christianity in particular? What would the pope say about aliens landing on earth? Or Jerry Falwell for that matter? (Talk about making a bad impression, I could just see those missionaries now!)

As someone else suggested, seems like an awful waste of space for a god to make an entire universe for little 'ol us. On the other hand in regards to christianity, does Jesus have to die on every planet with intelligent life on it? (I can see that getting rather old REAL fast) or do alien civilisations somehow know of this "ultimate sacrifice" Jesus made here in this little corner of the galaxy? Any thoughts?

Funny how God never mentions space isn't it? :| And why would he make more than one race in his own image? And why would he bother with the universe and the other planets in this solar system that serve no purpose?

but it says in the Bible that the sky is solid, and in the sky is heaven and God (God's always floating down to see things [although he's omnipotent...] and stuff). So obviously telescopic images are evils put there by Satan, the Devil, Lucifer and various other demons to test your faith.

Brian Thompson · 06-23-2002, 11:10 PM

Aliens? <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/769572.asp?cp1=1" target="_blank">They exist and are already here.</a>

cricket · 06-23-2002, 11:33 PM

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�The way the entrails were removed through a burn-like incision in the cow�s rear-end is very strange,� he added.

The aliens are back and boy do they know how to have a good time.

cricket · 06-23-2002, 11:52 PM

What's weird is, after all these years, they still go apeshit every time they see ms. moo-cow. Don't they ever get tired of earth's dumbest creatures, and feel ready to examine something else? Like, our technologically advanced civilization? Or, might'nt they be curious about other creatures as well? Skunks, hippos, porcupines, giraffes, parrots. Herds of elephants, swarms of killer bees, schools of smiling dolphins... they don't care. they just really like the ... cattle.

Brian Thompson · 06-24-2002, 09:19 AM

(In Bart Simpson's voice.)

"Don't have our cows, man!"

Godless Dave · 06-24-2002, 09:59 AM

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Originally posted by Jeremy Pallant:
This planet has suffered asteroid impacts that have essentially reset the evolutionary clock. Suppose the dinosaurs hadn't been wiped out 65 million years ago. They might have developed human-level intelligence. Perhaps if they had, we might have communicated with alien species far, far earlier.

What do you mean "we", monkey-boy?

butswana · 06-24-2002, 10:58 AM

Rancher's cattle insurance doesn't cover disease or other natural causes. Figure out the rest.

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06-23-2002, 02:31 PM	#53
Marduk Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: the 10th planet Posts: 5,065	"As someone else suggested, seems like an awful waste of space for a god to make an entire universe for little 'ol us. On the other hand in regards to christianity, does Jesus have to die on every planet with intelligent life on it? (I can see that getting rather old REAL fast) or do alien civilisations somehow know of this "ultimate sacrifice" Jesus made here in this little corner of the galaxy? Any thoughts?" Maybe this is the only planet where some cavewoman ate that damn apple and needed a vist from JC. All the other Adams and Eves in the universe left the thing on the tree. Other possibilites, we are the least evolved of all the species in the Galaxy and they don't want anything to do with us "ho hum Earth, a typical post industrial revolution Planet, how banal" Intelligent life is so rare it happened only once, but not on Earth. An ancient species travels the Galaxy looking for planets with the potential to support intelligent life, finds a good candidate, early hominids with hands & feet, and adds the key ingriedient of proteins or whatever and nurses them along. The 'gods' from the 'heavens' who created man. Seems like they wrote a whole book about these aliens a long time ago.

06-23-2002, 11:10 PM	#55
Brian Thompson Junior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: One day offworld Posts: 92	Aliens? <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/769572.asp?cp1=1" target="_blank">They exist and are already here.</a>

06-23-2002, 11:52 PM	#57
cricket Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: St Louis MO USA Posts: 1,188	What's weird is, after all these years, they still go apeshit every time they see ms. moo-cow. Don't they ever get tired of earth's dumbest creatures, and feel ready to examine something else? Like, our technologically advanced civilization? Or, might'nt they be curious about other creatures as well? Skunks, hippos, porcupines, giraffes, parrots. Herds of elephants, swarms of killer bees, schools of smiling dolphins... they don't care. they just really like the ... cattle.

06-24-2002, 09:19 AM	#58
Brian Thompson Junior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: One day offworld Posts: 92	(In Bart Simpson's voice.) "Don't have our cows, man!"

06-24-2002, 10:58 AM	#60
butswana Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 1,804	Rancher's cattle insurance doesn't cover disease or other natural causes. Figure out the rest.

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