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iano
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Message 8 of 68 (324760)
06-22-2006 7:24 AM
Reply to: Message 7 by Jonson-Needs_proof
06-22-2006 7:09 AM


I beleive purely based on chance (we orbit ONE of billions of stars in ONE of countless galaxies) that somewhere out there aliens do exist.
I think you believe purely based on faith. We do not even know if life arose here in order to begin to suppose chances of it arising anywhere else. There is a difference in that which is necessary to sustain life and that which might cause it to arise
But if you had the ability to travel the universe, go anywhere you want, would you really come to this war struck, polluted dump of a planet and meet the primitive, aggressive freaks that are destroying it?
It ain't all bad. The environment on any planet we know of strikes me as even less hospitable than the one here.

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iano
Member (Idle past 1972 days)
Posts: 6165
From: Co. Wicklow, Ireland.
Joined: 07-27-2005


Message 12 of 68 (324799)
06-22-2006 9:02 AM
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06-22-2006 7:45 AM


If life came from something that is not of here then it did not arise here. Unless life being created here can be stated to have arisen here.

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iano
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Posts: 6165
From: Co. Wicklow, Ireland.
Joined: 07-27-2005


Message 16 of 68 (324861)
06-22-2006 12:52 PM
Reply to: Message 15 by Omnivorous
06-22-2006 11:46 AM


Re: You say Genesis, I say genesis...
Arose on earth brings with it notions of it arising out of, sourced from earth. Life arose out of/from God - in my perspective. Earth is a sideshow. But I suppose your right. I just wanted to dispel the notion of chance unless there was good reason to think of life arising by chance.
Everywhere you go, there you are...
You mean like this?
7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, [a] you are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea....."
Edited by iano, : No reason given.

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