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life on other planets
#11
RE: life on other planets
(July 4, 2015 at 1:48 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: Aliens from outer-space would not be descendants of Adam so they would have no need of a savior.

Correct. Unless they had some "fall" of their own.

Quote:There is no universe in the Bible.

Possibly. The word "universe" appears 55 times in the NIV. Here's one example:

Hebrews 1:1-3
1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe.

Quote:In fact, I find no evidence that the biblical writers had the slightest idea of any other planets.  In the Bible, there's only the Earth, with the sun and the moon and the stars right here in the Earth's atmosphere. Above that is heaven.

Probably. But consider:

Matthew 24:29
“Immediately after the distress of those days “‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’

Sun, moon and stars have been mentioned; then Matthew mentions other "heavenly bodies".

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#12
RE: life on other planets
(July 4, 2015 at 5:01 pm)popsthebuilder Wrote: The word of God can be interpreted to not only say that there are aliens but that they are the source of our knowledge, and suffering, and the reason for our evolutionary jump.

Are you a scientologist?
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#13
RE: life on other planets
(July 4, 2015 at 5:37 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: I believe there is a good possibility that extraterrestrial life exists. If intellegent I would like the aliens to be from bizzaro world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizarro_World
Only a few humans are intelligent.  Most are superstitious twits.
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#14
RE: life on other planets
(July 4, 2015 at 6:04 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote:
(July 4, 2015 at 5:37 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: I believe there is a good possibility that extraterrestrial life exists. If intelligent I would like the aliens to be from bizzaro world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizarro_World
Only a few humans are intelligent.  Most are superstitious twits.
Intelligent aliens, not humans. Although bizzaro superstitious twit aliens might be interesting.
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#15
RE: life on other planets
(July 4, 2015 at 5:57 pm)Spooky Wrote:
(July 4, 2015 at 5:01 pm)popsthebuilder Wrote: The word of God can be interpreted to not only say that there are aliens but that they are the source of our knowledge, and suffering, and the reason for our evolutionary jump.

Are you a scientologist?
Uhm not at all. Just an idea. Must do more research.
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#16
RE: life on other planets
With all that religious babble aside I think the possibility of life elsewhere is more plausible than gods and ghosts. We've been here for billions of years and still have no evidence of much superficial claims, but until science gets us deep into space that is left unknown. I can't say I believe it, but I'm open to it. If we ever get to that point I'm willing to bet that we'll be the alien invaders though.
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#17
RE: life on other planets
(July 4, 2015 at 7:04 pm)Elskidor Wrote: With all that religious babble aside I think the possibility of life elsewhere is more plausible than gods and ghosts. We've been here for billions of years and still have no evidence of much superficial claims, but until science gets us deep into space that is left unknown. I can't say I believe it, but I'm open to it. If we ever get to that point I'm willing to bet that we'll be the alien invaders though.

A fair statement.

I personally base my opinion on that of a very intelligent scientist. 

Stephen Hawking on Aliens

"If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn't turn out very well for the American Indians."
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#18
RE: life on other planets
Quote:Sun, moon and stars have been mentioned; then Matthew mentions other "heavenly bodies".


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At least Matthew wasn't some pervert priest.
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#19
RE: life on other planets
(July 4, 2015 at 3:11 pm)Lek Wrote: The bible was clearly written only to us earthlings, so we don't know how he relates to other beings in the universe.

That's only because the earthlings who were malicious enough to write the bible for those other earthlings as dumb as you were themselves too ignorant to realize the universe might contain far more than just malicious earthlings like themselves and dumb earthlings whom they can browbeat, cajole, or hoodwink.
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#20
RE: life on other planets
(July 4, 2015 at 5:55 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: Matthew 24:29
“Immediately after the distress of those days “‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’

Sun, moon and stars have been mentioned; then Matthew mentions other "heavenly bodies".

Yes, they're mentioned. And their context make it obvious that the authors thought they were a local phenomenon, physically a part of our sky. Unless you honestly believe things ~4.3 light years away (absolute closest) can "fall from the sky."
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