RE: A Simple Question...or 3!
November 17, 2012 at 1:36 am
(This post was last modified: November 17, 2012 at 1:37 am by Cato.)
Want? Belief is not a matter of 'want' for me. If you desire to convince me of something then you better bring a credible argument backed with observable evidence.
I would like to think there is other intelligent life in the universe, but I have no way of knowing. With my understanding of post supernova solar system formation, the hundreds of near exoplanets discovered, extrapolated over a 13.7B light year wide universe (in any direction), containing billions of galaxies, each containing trillions of solar systems, I conclude it is very possible that intelligent life exists somewhere else in our universe.
Your oops 4 question is not a question at all. At best it's a rhetorical interrogative statement that invokes the idea that people that can't be classified as christian zealots are unreasonable.
If one day there were compelling evidence that showed an intelligence was required to create the universe, then I would believe in that causal agent, but this would not be nearly enough to invoke your God as described in the bible. In fact, that stretch would be more damning to creative genius than blaming Shakespeare for the authorship of the Twighlight novels. Why you ask? Because no intelligence capable of creating a universe and concerned about a particular life form on one nondescript ball of conglomerated dust would allow a book to be published that on the first page said there was light before creating the sun.
For your pleasure....
IF, big fucking IF, your god is the real deal and everything in the bible is true; I will do everything in my power to ensure I am on the express elevator to hell (a short stop at the pearly gates to kick St. Peter in his peter might be worth the excursion). Eternal burning and gnashing of teeth is much more attractive than spending an eternity with you calloused kneed godcock sucking christians. Besides, I've always been amused why you believers think that the first dude to tell god to go fuck himself would torture anyone for doing the same. I'm quite confident that basement cat will hook me up with some quality nip.
I would like to think there is other intelligent life in the universe, but I have no way of knowing. With my understanding of post supernova solar system formation, the hundreds of near exoplanets discovered, extrapolated over a 13.7B light year wide universe (in any direction), containing billions of galaxies, each containing trillions of solar systems, I conclude it is very possible that intelligent life exists somewhere else in our universe.
Your oops 4 question is not a question at all. At best it's a rhetorical interrogative statement that invokes the idea that people that can't be classified as christian zealots are unreasonable.
If one day there were compelling evidence that showed an intelligence was required to create the universe, then I would believe in that causal agent, but this would not be nearly enough to invoke your God as described in the bible. In fact, that stretch would be more damning to creative genius than blaming Shakespeare for the authorship of the Twighlight novels. Why you ask? Because no intelligence capable of creating a universe and concerned about a particular life form on one nondescript ball of conglomerated dust would allow a book to be published that on the first page said there was light before creating the sun.
For your pleasure....
IF, big fucking IF, your god is the real deal and everything in the bible is true; I will do everything in my power to ensure I am on the express elevator to hell (a short stop at the pearly gates to kick St. Peter in his peter might be worth the excursion). Eternal burning and gnashing of teeth is much more attractive than spending an eternity with you calloused kneed godcock sucking christians. Besides, I've always been amused why you believers think that the first dude to tell god to go fuck himself would torture anyone for doing the same. I'm quite confident that basement cat will hook me up with some quality nip.
