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To: Tell It Right

That’s a good list, but we don’t even know if those are critical requirements or just a small subset of a much larger list. Our sun is also a very stable star in comparison to most, probably because of its slow rate of spin. Also, there have been several near-complete extinction events in earth’s past, so what are the odds that life has survived this long? We don’t know. A lot of extrasolar systems that we see have planets with unstable orbits that drift over time, but ours seems to be in an unusual resonance state involving all of them. What are the odds? We don’t know. The only way we’ll know what the odds are for life on other planets is to actually find life on other planets. And even if, incredibly, Earth is the only planet in the whole universe with life, does it matter? It’s a lot of wasted space, but God can waste all the space he wants. He’s God.


28 posted on 04/25/2023 12:19:52 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Telepathic Intruder
You and I probably think a lot alike and disagree on only the minutia. Such as, I don't believe the vast universe is a wasted space even if advanced life exists only on Earth. Spiritually, it's good to have such a large universe to appreciate the vastness of the Creator, as the heavens declare Him.

I think like Ross in believing that the universe's vastness is part of the design. https://reasons.org/explore/publications/questions-from-social-media/does-the-universe-s-immensity-imply-a-huge-waste.

29 posted on 04/25/2023 12:24:32 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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