Posted on 06/10/2005 8:04:42 PM PDT by CHARLITE
"How old is the universe? No one can answer that. How old is our milky way? Again no one can answer that. We will probably never know in our lifetimes if there is any intelligent life out there. No one can say for certain if there is or isn't. We can believe it, or not believe it. With billions of stars and other solar systems out there, to think we are the only ones, seems narrow minded.
Why would we not think or believe that there is other intelligent life? Maybe life (civilizations?)that are a million lifetimes older than us. Are we to be the new Flat Earth Society? Every day brings us closer to the answers, did we know there was another planet beyond Pluto until recently? (Sedna). We have begun to reach out into the universe, this is only the begining, to go where no man has gone, in hopes to find other intelligent life. When (if) we make contact that will surely present additional questions to ponder and answer. Will we stop there? I doubt it, mankind's quest for knowledge is endless. Will we ever develope the technology to do all those things?"
Yes, we will develop all of the technology someday to travel to distant parts of our galaxy. Some laws of the universe can be bent and overcome, look at gravity for example. Planes defy the universal law of gravity. Perhaps we will be able to bend time at some point in our human existance. I think that if other alien beings could visit earth, they probably would but perhaps at the end of all the physics and laws, perhaps their is only so far our minds and technology can go. What I am saying is that it may be physically impossible to travel to one end of the universe to the other to definatively find out if other "intelligent" forms of life exist. We know we can acclerate particles faster then light, but what about a human being? If a particle can appear at two places at once when accelerated past the speed of light, what about a human? And what would both identical people be thinking about?
I believe the bible and the story of creation. In reading the entire bible cover to cover I can say that their is information that was revealed to men by God and their is some information purposely left out. Scriptures talk about scrolls being rolled up and revealed at certain times in the future. Perhaps we have intelligent human or human like cousing out there after all, but we are not to know about this until man has reached a certain stage of maturity. Revelations and other parts of the bible do talk about a "recreation". What will the new creation be like? God just says it will be new and better but says little else about the details.
But we're the only one with CHOCOLATE.
"No, Jesus is not a liar. AFAIK he did not discuss these things. God is the Lord of the Universe. He works in mysterious ways."
Agreed Jesus is not a liar. Powerful and awsome God maybe, the 'mysterious ways' thing bugs me now. I have had a relationship with God and it does not seem mysterious to me at all. The numbers of the universe and the complexity is staggering. God is a fantastic artist, no doubt. The human race has discoveries to make and to me, God simply paces our ability to wield certain mental ability for such discoveries until we are ready.
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Thanks for the ping!
Are you claiming this shape on the planet's surface proves that the planet was, at one time, inhabited?
In many cities these days to say that you can 1,022 stars means it's a particularly clear night. I doubt you can see that many stars in LA on an average summer night.
We're it folks.
I have been counting stars for decades. Some clear nights, in winter when it is dark, only 30 stars can be seen here, although a couple hundred would be more commonly seen. It is rare to see anything dimmer than 3rd mag. The Andromeda Galaxy is still visible even then, but only because I know exactly where to look.
Before Darwin, they WERE in charge.....
We do???
Question: Do you believe in unguided evolution?
They MUST?
And that's why there are SO my suckers buying Lotto tickets!
What a scam!
Take in X amount and pay out about 40% of it!
1022
Some of us can figger out
10^22
Hemmriods of Mars??
Ok, Conan, now ZOOM out to see the WHOLE thing.
What that is, is a village of some sort, with rectangular structures and terraced landscape, and you can see that the left (leeward) corners of the buildings are still square and the right (windward) corners have been severly weathered.
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