(December 5, 2015 at 4:27 pm)AAA Wrote: Well actually those are parameters that are believed to be necessary for life to evolve on a specific planet. So without them you don't get life. You seem to be under the impression that life will inevitably arise no matter what the conditions. I disagree.
I would also disagree with that assertion, especially since it's not what I actually said.
What I'm basically saying is that life (and whatever conditions make it possible) were/are inevitable considering the size, age, and composition of the Universe.
Furthermore, those are the conditions right now (and some of them have been that way for most of Earth's history), but it's believed that the conditions necessary for abiogenesis of microscopic lifeforms are drastically different than those we witness today in terms of atmosphere, soil content, and water content. It's entirely possible that there are many planets out there whose conditions never really improved beyond those stages, and so the only life on those planets is tiny and still swimming in soup or whatever. There are, right now, on this planet, a wide range of conditions that allow or disallow life to exist in various forms and stages, so why wouldn't there also be a reasonably wide range of life-supporting conditions found in the Universe?
Quote:Similar to that, the universe permits conditions for life that are unlikely. For example, the universe is expanding at a certain rate, but gravity is also pulling things back at a certain intensity. These two are counteracted in such a fine balance. Changing one even the slightest bit inhibits the formation of planets. There doesn't seem to be any reason that these two are balanced this way, but they are. It looks like some intelligence set these values the way they are.
I'm no physicist, but I don't think gravity is pulling against the expansion of the Universe. In fact, I'm pretty sure that both Universal expansion and gravitational fields are functions of space-time itself. Space-time is actually what's expanding when most physicists talk about Universal expansion, and the warping of space-time is what creates gravitational fields and "pushes" objects in space toward each other.
Quote: Maybe a flood killed them?
Ok, how hard did you study biology again? Please tell me I'm not gonna have to go into all the various and sundry reasons why the Biblical Great Flood is scientifically impossible. I've done it so many times. Please.
Verbatim from the mouth of Jesus (retranslated from a retranslation of a copy of a copy):
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
