Astronomers Hope to Find E.T. in Next 25 Years

Reuters via Yahoo! ^ | Tue Jul 16, 6:34 AM ET | By Belinda Goldsmith

[galt-jw]

http://www.webworker.com/spiritual/sacred.html

also check out Bob Frissell and his work on sacred geometry. amazing.

two days ago I downloaded this image, after reading the book.

[PJ-Comix]

These atheists can look all they want but they are going to find any UFOs. They don't exist.

Even the cargo cult folks living on the South Pacific had more reason for the return of the military with all their goodies than for supposedly rational folks who actually think we will find some ET out there. The chance of finding intelligent life somewhere else in the Universe ranks somewhat below the chance of David Osborne being elected Senator from Florida.

[galt-jw]

also

[FormerLurker]

The credulity of folks like you leaves me more dismayed than spee(e)chless.

Why don't you try it yourself genius? I'd bet you couldn't due it with a team of helpers with unlimited time, let alone 4 hours. And I mean make it PERFECT, as in the original crop circle.

The self-righteous indignation of folks like YOU who can't ascertain the wheat from the chaff makes ME want to spew. Just because something goes against your preconcieved notion of what is possible and what isn't, you think people with more insight are fools. You'd probably have believed the Earth was flat if you were born several centuries ago, and you more than likely would have ridiculed those who thought otherwise.

[Ahban]

I can't help but be biased- some of my best friends are made of carbon.

Any other kind of life is just pure speculation. It is not based on fact. Look, I really wanted it to be the other way. I wanted a Star Trek universe ever since I was a kid. Alas, the facts (so far at least) overwhelmingly point in a different direction. Hang on to your speculation if it brings you comfort- and ping me right away if they do find what you are looking for. I will rejoice with you.

[Ahban]

Joe,

Please see http://www.reasons.org/resources/apologetics/design_evidences/20020502_solar_system_design.html?main

to understand the factual reasons for my position. This is not the way I wanted it to be. If we are not alone it is a miracle.

[Ahban]

Please see my #205 and 206 where two other freepers make the same points you do.

[apochromat]

"Pass the bread" is not a Voltaire reference.

Not only that, it doesn't fit.

[FormerLurker]

M. Night Shyamalan plot prediction: Mel Gibson, standing in for Bruce Willis, is an alien, but doesn't know it.

That WOULD be an interesting twist wouldn't it? I find it even MORE interesting though that Scientific American felt it necessary to launch a preemptive strike to debunk the film before it's even released. I can't wait to see the movie, it must contain some seriously thought provoking material.

Incidently, what do you think of the derivation of the crop circle from a Tetractys(which the author misspelled as Tetractys)?

(Looking forward to this one, actually. For as good as The Sixth Sense was, I liked Unbreakable even more.)

I've never seen Unbreakable, but after just looking it up on the web, I think I'm going to be renting it soon...

[VadeRetro]

Why don't you try it yourself genius? I'd bet you couldn't due it with a team of helpers with unlimited time, let alone 4 hours. And I mean make it PERFECT, as in the original crop circle.

I don't have my own crops to experiment with, so I'd have to be flattening someone else's attempt to make a living in my messing around. Just now, I don't feel like being that sort of person.

The self-righteous indignation of folks like YOU who can't ascertain the wheat from the chaff makes ME want to spew. Just because something goes against your preconcieved notion of what is possible and what isn't, you think people with more insight are fools. You'd probably have believed the Earth was flat if you were born several centuries ago, and you more than likely would have ridiculed those who thought otherwise.

The standard spew from someone whose delusional system is under attack. The burden of proof isn't on me here. I know you don't think so, but trust me on this. It's on the people who say the circles have anything to do with ET.

As the article said, if undergraduates can do it, you don't need aliens. If you don't need aliens, it's unjustified to put them in. (That's what that "Occam's Razor" stuff is all about.)

[bzrd]

If memory serves, this is the first we are in agreement Vade. I watched them make crop circles on cable TV.

ET--not.

Brian.

[VadeRetro]

There's a first time for everything! :)

[FormerLurker]

You might want to take a look at this link..

The Sacred Geometry of Crop Circles

[bzrd]

Now...those geometric shapes carved into rock that are down in Central America...or is it South America...the ones you can only see from the sky.

That could be an ET phenom.

Brian.

[FormerLurker]

I watched them make crop circles on cable TV.

That were easily identified as hoaxes. Nobody can make the real ones, at least nobody from this place and time.

[apochromat]

Let me guess

I wouldn't have it any other way.

[VadeRetro]

The Atacama Desert stuff. I suspect not. For one thing, I doubt if aliens would fly across the universe to draw pics of earth monkeys in the dirt. And you can probably do it without an eye in the sky if you have a little geometry.

[bzrd]

There is nothing sacred about geometry within the context of my theological veiw.

Brian.

[bzrd]

It's a matter of conjecture regardless of whether you posit ET the Nephilim or our ancestors as an explanation for the Atacama Desert "drawings".

If I had to bet I would go with the Nephilim.

Brian.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Madam Blavatsky must be proud.

Honestly, it just leaves you speechless.

Would that were true.