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Not an atheist, have a question.
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RE: Not an atheist, have a question.
(March 27, 2014 at 5:27 am)Heywood Wrote: Why did it take so long for life to emerge after the big bang? I think when the entire history of the universe is finally written, you will find that 10 billion years is but an instant relative to its enormously long life span.

I don't understand the significance of this.

Quote:Why does only one kind of life exist(carbon based)? Why isn't there life everywhere? I don't know...that is a question that bothers me as well....but I don't think it can be the basis of an argument in support of God.

Chemically, carbon works better than any other element in the range of conditions in an Earth-like environment. There are more compounds of carbon than compounds that don't contain carbon.

We don't know that life isn't ubiquitous in the universe. I suspect that most or all of complex life will be carbon based due to its properties.
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
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Not an atheist, have a question. - by mohd.ktln - March 26, 2014 at 7:18 pm
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by SteelCurtain - March 26, 2014 at 7:23 pm
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by Fruity - March 26, 2014 at 7:26 pm
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by truthBtold - March 26, 2014 at 7:27 pm
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by Bob Kelso - March 26, 2014 at 7:30 pm
Not an atheist, have a question. - by Rampant.A.I. - March 26, 2014 at 7:31 pm
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by Bad Writer - March 26, 2014 at 7:44 pm
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by Minimalist - March 26, 2014 at 7:45 pm
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by Simon Moon - March 26, 2014 at 7:50 pm
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by mohd.ktln - March 26, 2014 at 8:17 pm
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by SteelCurtain - March 26, 2014 at 8:21 pm
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by The Valkyrie - March 26, 2014 at 8:30 pm
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by JuliaL - March 27, 2014 at 2:50 pm
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by Fruity - March 26, 2014 at 8:30 pm
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by Minimalist - March 26, 2014 at 8:35 pm
Not an atheist, have a question. - by Rampant.A.I. - March 26, 2014 at 9:15 pm
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by Angrboda - March 26, 2014 at 9:17 pm
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by SteelCurtain - March 26, 2014 at 9:19 pm
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by KichigaiNeko - March 26, 2014 at 9:22 pm
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by Whateverist - March 26, 2014 at 9:30 pm
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by Alex K - March 27, 2014 at 4:48 am
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by pocaracas - March 27, 2014 at 4:57 am
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by Heywood - March 27, 2014 at 5:27 am
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by Chas - March 27, 2014 at 8:12 pm
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by archangle - March 28, 2014 at 9:54 pm
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by Cato - March 27, 2014 at 5:33 am
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by mohd.ktln - March 27, 2014 at 6:44 am
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by Brakeman - March 27, 2014 at 7:00 am
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by Bob Kelso - March 27, 2014 at 9:28 am
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by Simon Moon - March 27, 2014 at 7:59 pm
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by pocaracas - March 27, 2014 at 7:05 am
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by Mister Agenda - March 27, 2014 at 9:44 am
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by Whateverist - March 27, 2014 at 10:37 am
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by Tonus - March 27, 2014 at 9:45 am
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by GirlyMan - March 27, 2014 at 7:45 pm
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by ShaMan - March 28, 2014 at 10:04 pm
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by archangle - March 29, 2014 at 8:55 am
RE: Not an atheist, have a question. - by truthBtold - March 29, 2014 at 3:15 pm

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