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| | Subject: If higher life forms are found on other planets, would it change anyone's religious beliefs? Sat Oct 16, 2010 11:29 am | |
| I really don't think so, creationists/fundamentalists will find apologetic clues in "Genesis", et al, that verify that it's just part of "god's plan".  |
| | | | bobbitt15
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| | Subject: Re: If higher life forms are found on other planets, would it change anyone's religious beliefs? Sat Oct 16, 2010 11:34 am | |
| Some people's possibly. Mine wouldn't _________________  |
| | | | GDPofDRC
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| | Subject: Re: If higher life forms are found on other planets, would it change anyone's religious beliefs? Sat Oct 16, 2010 11:34 am | |
| Not mine. What do you mean by higher? |
| | | | Wolfgangsta
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| | Subject: Re: If higher life forms are found on other planets, would it change anyone's religious beliefs? Sat Oct 16, 2010 11:42 am | |
| Ya Christianity just changes to match the world it lives in. |
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| | Subject: Re: If higher life forms are found on other planets, would it change anyone's religious beliefs? Sat Oct 16, 2010 11:49 am | |
| | GDPofDRC wrote: | | Not mine. What do you mean by higher? |
Highly evolved, such as animal life on Earth.
I pose this question because most creationists/fundamentalists seem to believe that while their "god" created the entire Universe especially for them, only Earth has living creatures. |
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| | Subject: Re: If higher life forms are found on other planets, would it change anyone's religious beliefs? Sat Oct 16, 2010 12:06 pm | |
| | Wolfgangsta wrote: | | Ya Christianity just changes to match the world it lives in. |
Funny how after science/common sense dispels religious myths, the clergy and it's adherents change their positions to suite their apologetics. Evolution, which has now been accepted by much of organized religion, is a good example of this. |
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| | Subject: Re: If higher life forms are found on other planets, would it change anyone's religious beliefs? Sat Oct 16, 2010 12:47 pm | |
| I bet Yamaka will make it to this thread today. |
| | | | Wolfgangsta
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| | Subject: Re: If higher life forms are found on other planets, would it change anyone's religious beliefs? Sat Oct 16, 2010 2:13 pm | |
| OU'S contributions have slipped into nothingness with the advent of his yamaka running gag. |
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| | Subject: Re: If higher life forms are found on other planets, would it change anyone's religious beliefs? Sat Oct 16, 2010 4:33 pm | |
| I think your original post says it all. Peoples religious beliefs are going to change, but many will not falter in their faith of the god or gods in which they believe. |
| | | | captain organic
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| | Subject: Re: If higher life forms are found on other planets, would it change anyone's religious beliefs? Sun Oct 17, 2010 12:30 pm | |
| I really don't have any religious beliefs so I'd be good to go. |
| | | | Wolfgangsta
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| | Subject: Re: If higher life forms are found on other planets, would it change anyone's religious beliefs? Sun Oct 17, 2010 12:36 pm | |
| Higher forms won't be found, but before the decade is out we will have confirmed life in numerous places in our own solar system, which would all but destroy any idea that we would be the only higher forms if life is that common. |
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| | Subject: Re: If higher life forms are found on other planets, would it change anyone's religious beliefs? Sun Oct 17, 2010 12:51 pm | |
| how do you know we won't find higher forms of life? We've just established that earth like planets exist and can possibly harbor life. Anything is possible.
Im in the same boat as Captain so it wouldn't effect me. _________________  |
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| | Subject: Re: If higher life forms are found on other planets, would it change anyone's religious beliefs? Sun Oct 17, 2010 1:04 pm | |
| Well, I should say it is unlikely. Communication between star systems is very happen chance. Unless that signal was legit from Gliese 581 I don't think we'll establish contact with a sentient race in our lifetime. We will just find assloads of extrasolar planets with conditions somewhat kind of like ours, and confirm life on Titan and Europa.
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| | | | Ring
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| | Subject: Re: If higher life forms are found on other planets, would it change anyone's religious beliefs? Sun Oct 17, 2010 7:36 pm | |
| | Wolfgangsta wrote: | | Well, I should say it is unlikely. Communication between star systems is very happen chance. Unless that signal was legit from Gliese 581 is legit I don't think we'll establish contact with a sentient race in our lifetime. We will just find assloads of extrasolar planets with conditions somewhat kind of like ours, and confirm life on Titan and Europa. |
I agree with this, it's safe to say that higher and even more advanced life forms have evolved on life sustaining planets simular to earth, elsewhere in the Universe. The problem is, because of the vast distances, it could be 1000's of years before we're make contact or are able to discover, much less explore such a planet.
Finding "life" however, on Titan and Europa, or fossilised life on "dead" planets like Mars in our solar system, should happen in the near future. |
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| | Subject: Re: If higher life forms are found on other planets, would it change anyone's religious beliefs? Mon Oct 18, 2010 8:00 am | |
| | Wolfgangsta wrote: | | OU'S contributions have slipped into nothingness with the advent of his yamaka running gag. |
A far greater contribution than anything you have done._________________  |
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