I have believed for many years now that our Universe is teeming with life. The only elements necessary for life are liquid water, chemicals, an energy source, and lots of time to evolve. It is believed that our Earth received most of its water, from the impacts with Comets; which for the most part, are just big dirty balls of ice. Besides being made mostly of frozen water, some are believed to contain, most of the elements, which helped to seed life, here on this planet.
I believe that anywhere in the Universe, where life can get its foot in the door, it will -- whether it be simple life forms, or life forms as complexes as us. From our current understanding, of how life got its start here on Earth, and with all of the variables, which were involved in our current state of evolution – we now know that unless other Earth-like Planets, mirrored our own Earth History in their formation as well; the life that we’d find there, would look nothing like our own. In a recent discovery closer to home; animals that live without oxygen have been discovered for the first time, deep under the Mediterranean Sea (anything that you can possibly imagine, probably exists, somewhere in the universe).
As I was watching this video, of the recently discovered giant tube worms, happily living their lives at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. Next to hydrothermal vents, that spews out poisons, which would almost certainly be deadly, to most life living here on the surface of our Planet; I could only wonder if life also could exists, in other places in our own Solar System as well – places like the icy Moons of Saturn, or on Jupiter's ice-covered Moon Europa, maybe life could also exists on some Comets as well – being the fact we now know that not all life needs “gods breath” to live.
According to the Christian Gawd in the bible; he only created life here on this Planet. And our Moon is only referred to, as a light in the night sky. So I wonder what the ramifications would be for Christianity, and other religions, if life was in fact discovered, in other places in the Universe, or even in our own Solar System.
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Baconsbud 96p · 782 weeks ago
As to what christians would say if life was found somewhere else. Look at how well the deny the evidence for evolution and you have your answer. Look at the people that claim the moon landing was all staged. They have for 1500 years altered their views to fit science over the bible and will continue to do so as long as they need to. They will just make up excuses as to why the bible says life is only on earth and no where else. Look at the people that used to believe that only Europe, Asia, and Africa were the only places where man existed. It was against their views that there would be people living in the Americas because it goes against the view that all people would hear of Jesus words from his first followers.
john_poson26 93p · 782 weeks ago
The only thing which makes me question whether or not people went to the moon or not, is how they survived outside of the earth’s magnetic radiation belts – when the Russians faced this problem, they simply abandoned their program. Maybe the US got there through some kind of magic? Even when the space shuttle would go into high earth orbit, the level of radiation would cause people to see lights and other stuff, even with their eyes closed.
Insofar as religious folks holding on to their silly and deluded beliefs; they probably still would, even if ET’s landed here and told them that their race, used to be just as stupid and ignorant as ours is now. The fact is that the bible based religions, have been a living and breathing lie, since their conceptions – and if they can’t rationalize something, simply with some kind of deluded bullshit answer; they simply turn to their old fail-safe – it’s the work of the devil. When one thinks of all the mental-gymnastics they must have to play with themselves, just to remain faithful, with just only the 150 or so years of real scientific answers we have now. But still, one would think there must be a breaking point in their delusions?
Baconsbud 96p · 782 weeks ago