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To: Hebrews 11:6

Believe me, I understand where you are coming from. And I don’t take the phrase “miracle of life” lightly. And no, I don’t believe my position is an irrefutable argument. But as author Michael Crichton once wrote (I think in was in “Jurassic Park”) “Life will find a way.” Before you rule out all possibilities, look at the extreme conditions life endures here on Earth. From the Antarctic ice, to super-heated thermal vents, you find living things. Then consider the possibilities of other types of life. Just thinking about it boggles my mind, but in a good way.


24 posted on 12/21/2011 5:43:13 AM PST by ixtl ( You live and learn. Or you don't live long.)
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To: ixtl
It rather sounds like you are invoking the old "given enough time, life will appear" canard. The problem is that, without any sort of "primordial soup" and in the harshest imaginable conditions, just after the earth's late heavy bombardment, we find evidence of life within ten million years. That is far too short a period for life to evolve.

The inevitable result, that God put life here, leads also to your result: that God also created life that can withstand and even thrive in extreme conditions. That doesn't boggle my mind, it satisfies it, and it directs it to its wise and benevolent Creator.

25 posted on 12/21/2011 2:53:18 PM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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