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SaltPork · 11-18-2004, 01:53 PM

Are we alone in this universe or not? I know the scientist at the SETI organization have the luxury of having some idea, but I think even will admit we may never know. On the other hand, we could find out tomorrow.

Here's a thought...if we're not alone, what does that do to religious beliefs? If the beings don't look like us, then God couldn't have made them since He made us in His image. If they do look like us...then...whoa!

The flip side of the coin is, what if we are alone? We're totally alone on a lone ball of rocks circling a star. That's it in this whole huge universe...no neighboring planetary neighbors, no impending alien invasion. Just us, sitting here going about our 80 years of life.

So...where do you stand? Alone or not?

edit:BTW, I land on the "We are definitely not alone." side. I just can't believe we're it and there is no other intelligent life in this huge expanse of space.

11-18-2004, 01:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
SaltPork Everything's better with bacon Location: In your local grocer's freezer.	Alone or not Are we alone in this universe or not? I know the scientist at the SETI organization have the luxury of having some idea, but I think even will admit we may never know. On the other hand, we could find out tomorrow. Here's a thought...if we're not alone, what does that do to religious beliefs? If the beings don't look like us, then God couldn't have made them since He made us in His image. If they do look like us...then...whoa! The flip side of the coin is, what if we are alone? We're totally alone on a lone ball of rocks circling a star. That's it in this whole huge universe...no neighboring planetary neighbors, no impending alien invasion. Just us, sitting here going about our 80 years of life. So...where do you stand? Alone or not? edit:BTW, I land on the "We are definitely not alone." side. I just can't believe we're it and there is no other intelligent life in this huge expanse of space. __________________ It was like that when I got here....I swear. Last edited by wrkime; 11-18-2004 at 01:55 PM..