RE: A Simple Question...or 3!
November 17, 2012 at 1:50 pm
(This post was last modified: November 17, 2012 at 1:51 pm by Napoléon.)
(November 16, 2012 at 10:59 pm)ronedee Wrote: Ok....For those who don't "think" there is a God, or want to "think" there is a God...
Why would you think there is intelligent life somewhere else?
Wouldn't it be a "belief" that someone exists w/o seeing proof?
Not going to answer your original questions as others have already done so and my sentiments would only echo theirs (except for Daniel's...).
However this particular quote ^ I will answer. There is a HUGE difference in thinking that life exists on other planets out there in the incomprehensibly vast void of space, and thinking that some ultra powered god exists outside of existence.
One of these is statistically highly likely, the other contradicts itself by very definition.
Me personally I don't necessarily believe that there is other life out there, rather I find it highly likely, and if I was a gambling man, I'd bet my student fees that there is life out there. Belief implies you take it on a leap of faith, without evidence. While life on other planets is not proven per se, life on this planet most certainly is. Take into account the ridiculous amount of planets out there, I'd wager a good few might have the same outcomes as our little earth.
God on the other hand? I'm yet to see any statistical analysis or glimmer of evidence to suggest he exists. Certainly not the god of one particular book that's for sure.
Quote:Also, wouldn't it be possible for this unproven intelligent life to be 100's of billions of years superior to us?
No, the universe is only 13.75 billion years old.
Quote:And actual hide from us 40,000 year old infants?
Umm what?
