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re: NASA: Humans will prove we are not alone in the universe within 20 years.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:26 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:26 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
It is a mathematical certainty that we are not alone.
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Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:26 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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I'm religious and it won't bother me a bit. My God is so powerful that he can reign over more than just one tiny planet.
But you cannot deny it would have a massive effect on any theology
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:26 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
LINK
Here is a video of former Canadian defense minister interview talking about the existence of known aliens.
Or is this guy just a kook too?
Here is a video of former Canadian defense minister interview talking about the existence of known aliens.
Or is this guy just a kook too?
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:27 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
quote:Probably not the best thing to find intelligent life with out space travel capabilities.
I can't wait for this. And these aliens better share the warp drive technology with us when we find them.
We wouldn't stand a snowball's chance in hell.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:27 pm to Salmon
I believe there is life on other planets but I don't believe we will ever see it. NASA must be looking for funding.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:27 pm to Navytiger74
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I don't see anything in the Bible definitively precluding extraterrestrial life.
Aren't we supposed to be made in GOD's likeness or something?
What if we find a super race of Pizza The Huts?
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:27 pm to Dire Wolf
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But you cannot deny it would have a massive effect on any theology
This. But, which would lose their collective heads the most?
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:27 pm to Scruffy
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Probably not the best thing to find intelligent life with out space travel capabilities.
bro. we got murica' and no other world has that
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:28 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I believe that intelligent life has existed elsewhere
I'm skeptical if it still exists
just think how old the universe is, and how small of a timeframe we have been around
entire worlds could have began and been destroyed and we could still have missed them by a BILLION years
I'm skeptical if it still exists
just think how old the universe is, and how small of a timeframe we have been around
entire worlds could have began and been destroyed and we could still have missed them by a BILLION years
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:28 pm to LesMiles BFF
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Aren't we supposed to be made in GOD's likeness or something?
What if we find a super race of Pizza The Huts?
Then we'd be superior.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:28 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Yeah, what religion is contingent on there NOT being aliens?
Scientology I think is contingent upon their being a specific kind of alien, so I could see how they'd be disproven.
But I've often thought, the first thing we should ask any aliens (once we've built our universal translators) is "have you heard of Jesus Christ?" If they say yes, that settles it. But if they say no, doesn't that settle it too?
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:29 pm to Scruffy
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Probably not the best thing to find intelligent life with out space travel capabilities.
We wouldn't stand a snowball's chance in hell.
Was it Carl Sagan that predicted that we would be squashed like ants if we ever encountered a race advanced enough to travel interstellar distances?
ETA: It was Hawkings:
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"If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans," he said. "We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet."
This post was edited on 7/15/14 at 2:33 pm
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:30 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Yeah, what religion is contingent on there NOT being aliens?
just seems like the Bible was pretty Earth centric...
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:30 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
Exciting, but even though there's a small chance of finding what NASA calls "life" on other planets, it's an even smaller chance that the life they find is close to as intelligent as humans. There may be some living organisms out there that havent evolved to intelligence yet.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:31 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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It is a mathematical certainty that we are not alone.
No, it is a mathematical near-certainty that "life" exists somewhere else in the universe. The nature and complexity of that life, whether or not it's what we'd characterize as "intelligent" life, and whether or not those intelligent species still exist are other matters
altogether. Human development and evolution were facilitated by a number of fortunate accidents that may or may not have played out in other systems. Theoretically, we could have destroyed ourselves over the past 70 years or so. We still could within the next decade.
This post was edited on 7/15/14 at 2:33 pm
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:31 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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NASA: Humans will prove we are not alone in the universe within 20 years.
How does NASA plan to accomplish this? They'll be lucky just to launch a probe to one of Jupiter's or Saturn's moons at the current pace.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:32 pm to LesMiles BFF
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Was it Carl Sagan that predicted that we would be squashed like ants if we ever encountered a race advanced enough to travel interstellar distances?
Not a difficult assessment to make considering that our techonology is orders of magnitude from enabling interstellar travel. But who knows, maybe they wouldn't be able to adapt to our environment or would be killed off by our germs.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:32 pm to Salmon
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specifically to see how it would affect religions
It will affect spirituality, not religion.
you do know the difference between religion which is just like a country club, and spirituality which is like a romantic relationship.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:32 pm to Salmon
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but I am really curious how religious people will respond to the news
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:32 pm to Cold Cous Cous
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the first thing we should ask any aliens (once we've built our universal translators) is "have you heard of Jesus Christ?"
I had no idea you were mormon.
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