Life on other planets - consequences

Will proof of extra-earth life kill off religion

  • Yes

    Votes: 4 8.0%

  • No

    Votes: 37 74.0%

  • Celestial cheddar on perfect toast

    Votes: 9 18.0%
  • Total voters
    50
Papa Shango said:
It could give us more understanding on life, biology and what is possible etc.

Not every piece of knowledge is beneficial straight away but it can all lead to a bigger picture.

Didn't the whole discovery of the big bang come from a couple of blokes messing around with seemingly useless radio waves?
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Exactly. Lots and lots of great discoveries have been made by happy accident combined with minds full of seemingly trivial or useless knowledge, that have led to links being made.
 

Papa Shango said:
They will be dancing on streets of Omicron Persei 8 when they win the league in a few weeks time.
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chrismpw said:
It will satisfy the eternal question - are we alone? Is earth unique in a vast cosmos. If we know that life is present elsewhere we might consider a more all encompassing view of the cosmos. We might one day find technologies that make traversing vast distances a breeze. This would give us scope to share medical knowledge, arts, philosophy and science, or just fascinating new stories and literature. It gives hope. It gives a motivation for humanity to come together and think about who we are and how we should present ourselves - the last time we came close to this was with Carl Sagan. It gives jeopardy too, that extra terrestrial life might be like modern day US - motivated by selfish ambition, greed and violence. In that, we are improved by considering better defence against any aliens who might look upon earth as Columbus looked upon his new found land.
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A lot of words but you didn't answer my question.
 

Micky_T said:
A lot of words but you didn't answer my question.
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Post in thread 'Aliens'

No one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of space. No one could have dreamed that we were being scrutinised as someone with a microscope studies creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. Few men even considered the possibility of life on other planets. And yet, across the gulf of space, minds immeasurably superior to ours regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly, and surely, they drew their plans against us...
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WA Toffee said:
It is called faith for a reason. I am not a religious person, but I have never seen anyone provide proof that God doesn't exist. And unless he physically turns up or we do actually meet him in the afterlife, then there never will be proof of his existence. But asking for proof is to completely miss the point of faith.

There are obviously some that do, but I think most religious people don't take the bible literally. Scientific discoveries do nothing to disprove God, because believing in God requires faith, not evidence.

Saying that, if you accept the bible has some poetic license and not to be taken literally, then the big bang, formation of galaxies and evolution is not too far removed from the book of Genesis. Perhaps the Bible is the original scientific textbook?
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I’d far rather people followed the teachings of Sesame Street
 

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