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re: Ok Ladies and Gentlemen... Its time to discuss Aliens
Posted on 2/27/14 at 11:08 am to UMRealist
Posted on 2/27/14 at 11:08 am to UMRealist
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Unless you're a hardcore Christian who believes the Earth was created a few thousand years ago, I really don't get how you can't believe in intelligent life on other planets somewhere in the universe. It reeks of human narcissism to me.
One requires as much faith as the other, wouldn't you say? There is and has been absolutely no indictations or proof that alien life exists beyond this planet. To believe so, would take an act of faith, would it not? And to believe that the advancements of man in the last 100 yrs, has given us the ability to understand and know to great certainties about the Universe, would imo, be a larger case of narcissism, than to believe a Diety created us.
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Posted on 2/27/14 at 11:12 am to Alahunter
Posted on 2/27/14 at 11:16 am to Alahunter
Your point is valid.
I will say that it's at least faith-based in something tangible like mathematical probability. If I flip a coin 100 trillion times it's not guaranteed to land on heads once but we all know it will. I realize that's not the best analogy considering it's a much lower chance than 50/50 of a planet containing intelligent life.
I will say that it's at least faith-based in something tangible like mathematical probability. If I flip a coin 100 trillion times it's not guaranteed to land on heads once but we all know it will. I realize that's not the best analogy considering it's a much lower chance than 50/50 of a planet containing intelligent life.
Posted on 2/27/14 at 10:18 pm to Alahunter
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One requires as much faith as the other, wouldn't you say? There is and has been absolutely no indictations or proof that alien life exists beyond this planet. To believe so, would take an act of faith, would it not? And to believe that the advancements of man in the last 100 yrs, has given us the ability to understand and know to great certainties about the Universe, would imo, be a larger case of narcissism, than to believe a Diety created us.
There is proof that there is other life out there, and the proof is.......EARTH!! Look at the laws of nature, not what is written in a book (religions). Look at life on earth, it exists in almost every environment on Earth, from cold temps to very high; the water, land and sky. We are proof b/c if we exist as a result of long arse evolutionary timeline. Humans are not special or chosen as the only life in the universe, as some books would have you to believe. Therefore the natural evolutionary process that allows life to form on Earth, will present itself to other habitable planets as well. There are millions of different animal species on Earth, thats not even counting the plants and fungi. So much diversity, so why would it only be limited to Earth, and not continue this diversity throughout the universe?
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