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Life in the Balance – And why Earth-like planets may be rare
Archdiocese of Washington ^
| March 30, 2012
| Msgr. Charles Pope
Posted on 03/31/2012 3:00:05 PM PDT by NYer
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posted on
03/31/2012 3:00:18 PM PDT
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NYer
To: netmilsmom; thefrankbaum; Tax-chick; GregB; saradippity; Berlin_Freeper; Litany; SumProVita; ...
Another gem from Msgr. Pope, ping!
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posted on
03/31/2012 3:01:10 PM PDT
by
NYer
(He who hides in his heart the remembrance of wrongs is like a man who feeds a snake on his chest. St)
To: NYer
There are definitely a lot of variables that have to be taken into account but its looking increasingly likely that God created trillions of planets in the universe.
That said the article does a pretty good job of pointing out the things that are problematic for human life on other planets.
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posted on
03/31/2012 3:19:49 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: NYer
Recent excerpt:
In an announcement with massive consequences for the human race, astronomers say there are “probably about one hundred” planets within just 30 light-years of our solar system which could support life along Earthly lines. By their calculations, there are tens of billions of such worlds in our galaxy, suggesting that even if life is very rare it is bound to have arisen elsewhere.
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posted on
03/31/2012 3:26:03 PM PDT
by
BushCountry
(I hope the Mayans are wrong!)
To: BushCountry
Even if life has arisen on many other planets, the chances that chocolate has evolved on them is extremely slight.
To: NYer
Funny thing is I once read a book suggest the Earth did have a smallbset of rings at one time, and how that made life a lot easier.
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posted on
03/31/2012 3:34:55 PM PDT
by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
To: NYer; SunkenCiv
Very nice video.
The stories from the ancients ,to explain that, would be interesting to hear.
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posted on
03/31/2012 3:39:57 PM PDT
by
moose07
(The truth will out, one day.)
To: NYer
Given the fact that there are at least a hundred billion galaxies in the universe, and that each galaxy has at least a hundred billion stars, I have no doubt that there are millions or billions of planets in the universe that support life, but it’s irrelevant because they would be millions of light years away.
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posted on
03/31/2012 3:44:53 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Government is the religion of the sociopath.)
To: NYer
Thanks for that NYer.
Guillermo Gonzalez & Jay W Richards, “The Privileged Planet: How Our Place In The Cosmos Is Designed For Discovery”
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posted on
03/31/2012 3:49:39 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: NYer
This is a subject with so many variables the human mind simply can’t draw any logical conclusions.
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posted on
03/31/2012 3:51:01 PM PDT
by
Psycho_Bunny
(Burning the Quran is a waste of perfectly good fire.)
To: BushCountry
Just google “michael crichton” + “drake equation” for a real eye-opener on the true value of the astronomer’s “calculations” in this areas.
My contempt for these people and their duplicity only grows with each data point.
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posted on
03/31/2012 3:52:42 PM PDT
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papertyger
("And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if...")
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Given the fact that there are at least a hundred billion galaxies in the universe, and that each galaxy has at least a hundred billion stars, I have no doubt that there are millions or billions of planets in the universe that support life, Given that there are at least a hundred billion inclines in the universe, and that each incline has to have something at the top as well as something at the bottom, I have no doubt that there are millions or billions of inclines in the universe where water can defy gravity and flow uphill.....
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posted on
03/31/2012 4:00:58 PM PDT
by
papertyger
("And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if...")
To: NYer
Q: Why doesn't Earth have a ring?
A: Because it's a single parent.
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posted on
03/31/2012 4:03:53 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(The Wonders of God's Creation)
To: moose07; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Rurudyne; steelyourfaith; Tolerance Sucks Rocks; xcamel; AdmSmith; ...
This is just a shill piece for global warming caused by human activity, but thanks moose07 for the ping.
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posted on
03/31/2012 4:04:28 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him)
To: Psycho_Bunny
This is a subject with so many variables the human mind simply cant draw any logical conclusions. Nonsense. There are no combination of variables that make a lottery easier to win.
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posted on
03/31/2012 4:04:51 PM PDT
by
papertyger
("And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if...")
To: NYer
of course they're rare. and the earth's balance is hairline fragile.
I once did (and since forgot) some calculations the long and short of which is that the most miniscule variation in the earth's diameter would render the whole planet an ice cap or a desert.
To: NYer
Thank you for posting this. I once saw a teaching by Frank Turek on the same subject, and the reality of how finely God tuned His creation-—so that we can exist-—is pretty breathtaking.
http://www.crossexamined.org/blog/?m=20120321
To: E. Pluribus Unum
“I have no doubt that there are millions or billions of planets in the universe that support life, but its irrelevant because they would be millions of light years away.”
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I agree, and I am a strong denier that ET is, or ever has been zipping around Earth.
All of the anecdotal “sightings” in the world mean nothing, despite what one hears on Kook to Kook AM.
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posted on
03/31/2012 4:19:12 PM PDT
by
AlexW
To: papertyger
Given the fact that there are at least a hundred billion galaxies in the universe, and that each galaxy has at least a hundred billion stars, I have no doubt that there are millions or billions of planets in the universe that support life,
Given that there are at least a hundred billion inclines in the universe, and that each incline has to have something at the top as well as something at the bottom, I have no doubt that there are millions or billions of inclines in the universe where water can defy gravity and flow uphill.....
The statement you responded to draws it's conclusion from the fact that there is at least one star in this galaxy with a planet that supports life. The statement you make draws it's conclusion from...what? Why do you think this is analogous to the first statement or that it refutes the first statement?
To: BushCountry
But on Star Trek, there are numerous Class M planets throughout the galaxy.
There is a formula or equation they used, which predicted how many there were.
Well, they visited such planets almost every week on that show.
(sarcasm)
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