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The discovery of alien life may be close. How will religion survive it?

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The discovery of alien life may be close. How will religion survive it?
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RE: The discovery of alien life may be close. How will religion survive it?
May 3, 2017 at 12:17 pm
(May 3, 2017 at 12:01 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(May 3, 2017 at 11:43 am)alpha male Wrote: What will skeptics do if other life ISN'T discovered?

SETI's been around for a while now and hasn't found anything.

Universe 14,000,000,000 years old. SETI began 1980. 

14,000,000,000 - 37 = 13,999,999,964 years difference. 

Sorry

Exactly. You'll just say we'll find it someday.

So, theists will have explanations if it is discovered (as previously discussed), and skeptics have an explanation for why it hasn't been discovered.

That pretty much makes it a non-issue for religion/atheism.
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RE: The discovery of alien life may be close. How will religion survive it? - by John V - May 3, 2017 at 12:17 pm

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