..considering what we know to be necessary for life on earth and assuming that these planets do not have these things as well. Evidence doesn't support it.
Assuming a different form of life is farfetched, not to mention that we have not seen evidence of this life
Is believing in God easier for people who also believe in aliens?
Assuming a different form of life is farfetched, not to mention that we have not seen evidence of this life
Is believing in God easier for people who also believe in aliens?
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assuming that these planets do not have these things as well.
That's a stupid assumption to make. We already know it's possible, we just don't know how probable. But with the size of the universe (estimate of about a septillion stars in the known universe, possibly infinite though) it'd be the height of arrogance to assert it only happened once.
That's a stupid assumption to make. We already know it's possible, we just don't know how probable. But with the size of the universe (estimate of about a septillion stars in the known universe, possibly infinite though) it'd be the height of arrogance to assert it only happened once.
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Not at all. There are billions of other stars in the universe, so even if only a very small percentage can support life, that's still a very significant number.
Many people think that belief in God and belief in aliens contradict each other. They believe that if we are the pinnacle of God's creation, there can't be life anywhere else. In my opinion, that isn't too far removed from the ancient belief that the Earth was flat and the universe revolved around it. It's arrogant to believe that we are the only living things that matter in this entire vast universe. Personally I think there must be intelligent life out there somewhere. There's certainly precious little of it here.
Many people think that belief in God and belief in aliens contradict each other. They believe that if we are the pinnacle of God's creation, there can't be life anywhere else. In my opinion, that isn't too far removed from the ancient belief that the Earth was flat and the universe revolved around it. It's arrogant to believe that we are the only living things that matter in this entire vast universe. Personally I think there must be intelligent life out there somewhere. There's certainly precious little of it here.
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Isn't it a little far fetched to think that with the millions of galaxies, each with billions of stars, many with planets (which we are only now just discovering), that Earth is the only planet where life happened? We have not even begun to scratch the surface of what is out there in our own galaxy, let alone the universe. We don't know of anywhere else where life is sustainable, but we know virtually nothing about what lies beyond our own star system (and there's still a lot there we don't know about too). It is much more far fetched to believe that of the trillions upon trillions of planets out there, Earth is the only one with life.