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 Posted: 09/17/03 - 09:05 Post subject:
| RangerG wrote: | I suspect that there is other life out there, and that they must be VERY intelligent, as they have completely avoided any communications with us.  |
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prohemp
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Posted: 09/17/03 - 09:07 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | I have a hard time believing that with all those other dozens of planets out there that at least one of them doesn't have something growing on it. |
Cannabis sativa perhaps 
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brie k
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Posted: 09/17/03 - 10:01 Post subject:
Well, I guess I'm a believer, because when I listen to dad talk about it, he makes perfect sense that it's quite possible that we're not the only ones that exist.
Dad is a ufo junkie. We were just talking about it yesterday, and what his views are regarding gravity & propulsion relating to space ships. Dad is also convinced too that he's SEEN one. Since I wasn't there, I cannot say one way or the other.
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Posted: 09/17/03 - 10:30 Post subject:
| keltic63 wrote: | | rtpd113 wrote: | | No. God created just us. Period. |
not necessarily. there is a cryptic verse in the gospels about it.
John 10:16 and other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold and one shepherd.
in context, Jesus is talking about how he is giving up his life for his people, then he says that there are other people that must be brought into the fold. a possible interpretation is that Jesus is giving up his life for the people of earth, but that there are other people somewhere else. I guess that leaves it open for life on some other planet. |
oooh this is good...
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crazyfrog
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Posted: 09/17/03 - 10:36 Post subject:
genie-
im not sure at this point what his point is. he likes to throw out random topics for us to write about to make us think. i also think he gets a kick out of reading some of them.
he said it would come back later in the semester. i think hes gonna tie it in with the e-word (evloution)
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circusdog
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Posted: 09/17/03 - 10:39 Post subject:
Why the universe is silent....Broadcasting your presence is probably a huge mistake...we've been doing it for about 75 years now..
1.Their survival will be more important than our survival.....if an alien species has to choose between them and us, they won't choose us. It is difficult to imagine a contrary case; species don't survive by being self-sacrificing.
2. Wimps don't become top dogs. No species makes it to the top by being passive. The species in charge of any given planet will be highly intelligent, alert, aggessive, and ruthless when necessary.
3. They will assume that the first two laws apply to us.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 09/17/03 - 10:45 Post subject:
| crazyfrog wrote: | | he likes to throw out random topics for us to write about to make us think. i also think he gets a kick out of reading some of them. |
He'd fit in perfectly here.
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crazyfrog
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Posted: 09/17/03 - 10:47 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | crazyfrog wrote: | | he likes to throw out random topics for us to write about to make us think. i also think he gets a kick out of reading some of them. |
He'd fit in perfectly here. |
you have no idea!
cmon PH, what are you views about this topic?
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purple hayes
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Posted: 09/17/03 - 11:14 Post subject:
| rtpd113 wrote: | | No. God created just us. Period. |
Interesting. But I must ask: She created all the other planets, but with no life? What purpose did that serve? Your argument seems illogical and egocentric.
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Posted: 09/17/03 - 11:59 Post subject:
my bad...
i really need to start paying attention 
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Posted: 09/17/03 - 12:04 Post subject:
I'm pro-alien but anti-prodding.
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Posted: 09/17/03 - 13:24 Post subject:
| keltic63 wrote: | | rtpd113 wrote: | | No. God created just us. Period. |
not necessarily. there is a cryptic verse in the gospels about it.
John 10:16 and other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold and one shepherd.
in context, Jesus is talking about how he is giving up his life for his people, then he says that there are other people that must be brought into the fold. a possible interpretation is that Jesus is giving up his life for the people of earth, but that there are other people somewhere else. I guess that leaves it open for life on some other planet. |
Another interpretation of this could be that Jesus was speaking about the Jews as 'his people' and the Gentiles (or Greeks) as those 'other people' that needed to be brought into the fold.
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Posted: 09/17/03 - 13:30 Post subject:
I find it a little arrogant for us to believe we are God's only creation.
I know of religious folk who don't believe there were dinosaurs.
I think this creation is far too vast and far reaching to say with certainty that we are all that has been created.
How do we know that God doesn't have another cosmos with another "earth" spinning along just like us.
I always like to wonder--are they doing a better job with their earth than we are? Are they getting along better than we are? Does God like them better?
*This is not meant to offend those who don't believe in God. I happen to believe that we are created by God, but the same questions still hold for however you believe we came to be.
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keltic63
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Posted: 09/17/03 - 13:36 Post subject:
| flarunner wrote: | | keltic63 wrote: | | rtpd113 wrote: | | No. God created just us. Period. |
not necessarily. there is a cryptic verse in the gospels about it.
John 10:16 and other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold and one shepherd.
in context, Jesus is talking about how he is giving up his life for his people, then he says that there are other people that must be brought into the fold. a possible interpretation is that Jesus is giving up his life for the people of earth, but that there are other people somewhere else. I guess that leaves it open for life on some other planet. |
Another interpretation of this could be that Jesus was speaking about the Jews as 'his people' and the Gentiles (or Greeks) as those 'other people' that needed to be brought into the fold. |
yes, but that isn't clear is it? just offering a thought on something that could be.....
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