RE: So your an Athiest
December 5, 2015 at 4:04 pm
(This post was last modified: December 5, 2015 at 5:02 pm by Whateverist.)
(December 5, 2015 at 3:57 pm)AAA Wrote: It was covered a little bit. Just a thought, but maybe the majority of the universe is inhospitable to life to show us how rare and privileged our planet is.
Or maybe it makes no more sense to ask this question than it does to ask why paint is only applied in some places and not the on the entire canvas in Jackson Pollack's paintings. For that matter perhaps the deity that 'created' the cosmos (that just feels so silly to write) just shits galaxies as part of its life cycle. So no intention involved. But think what you like.
(December 5, 2015 at 3:57 pm)AAA Wrote: As for earth, it is extremely well suited for life. It has the appropriate magnetic field, the well sized and positioned moon, it has the proper atmospheric conditions, it is in the habitable zone, it is the right size, and we have the proper sun to support life, we have the gas giants to attract and absorb asteroids, and we have an abundance of water. These are just a few of the many parameters that need to be met for a planet to sustain life.
It is like looking at a winning lotto ticket after the fact and marveling at the presence of so many winning numbers. How wonderful for us that the very planet on which our species evolved just happens to have the necessary Goldilocks qualities. Who would've thunk it?
