10th March 2003, 1:48 AM
No, I don't think I did miss the point. You don't think that it is very likely that life can develop on a planet. I think that its not that hard... True, in our solar system there is currently (as far as we know) life on just our planet... but what with the microbes on Mars and such its not like that was always the case. The Earth is just the planet in the best orbit for life to develop...
You seem to think that its so incredibly hard or something for life do develop on a planet... well I doubt it given the correct conditions -- planet in the right place, etc.
Also, we still don't exactly know how life arose on the earth... if/when we do figure that out it'd go a long way to seeing how hard it truly is. But I very much doubt its some super-rare thing... is it in every solar system? Certainly not! But are there plenty of other races out there? I am absolutely sure that there are a lot of them... but we will probably never meet any of them. The chances of another one being both near us and at a level of technology that they'd be able to see our communications (or us theirs) is remote... there are a LOT of stars, so probably there isn't one in the stars very close to us...
But given how long it takes light to travel for most stars we really have no clue so I can't figure out how you think the way we do... and in the abscence of other proof we have just the earth to look at... and as far as I'm concerned, that proves that there could be plenty of planets out there with life on them.\
Oh, and I do go to the christmas service at our church... I'd go to the easter one too if it was during a break from school... but it isn't. Oh well... I do find the sermons in church boring (its why I don't go other times durning breaks), but went through the end of highschool because I liked our RE (sunday school) group... a few of us kept going until highschool ended.
The Bible? It has some real history in it... and some good lessons too. It mixes them, of course, with lots of religious rhetoric, but it has them... Jesus was a person with a overall good message, which of course his followers proceeded to ignore (they'd hardly turn the other cheek, or help the poor, etc, much at all...)
Why would I hate religion? Do I dislike it? Yeah... but hate? No... I may disagree with the methods they use (and the positions many churches take), but I hardly hate it... I realize many people find it helpful. I don't, and can't see how I could ever possibly begin to be religious, but that doesn't mean its wrong for everyone...
It becomes a problem when people try to force their beliefs on others in any way. And on the topic of religion, its something that happens a LOT...
Such as the 10 Commandments... most of them are fine things to follow... but because they are clearly a religious thing and include some strong religious statements they have no place in the government... like that idiotic judge somewhere that had a giant stone tablet with them on them as a sculpture in the courthouse...
You seem to think that its so incredibly hard or something for life do develop on a planet... well I doubt it given the correct conditions -- planet in the right place, etc.
Also, we still don't exactly know how life arose on the earth... if/when we do figure that out it'd go a long way to seeing how hard it truly is. But I very much doubt its some super-rare thing... is it in every solar system? Certainly not! But are there plenty of other races out there? I am absolutely sure that there are a lot of them... but we will probably never meet any of them. The chances of another one being both near us and at a level of technology that they'd be able to see our communications (or us theirs) is remote... there are a LOT of stars, so probably there isn't one in the stars very close to us...
But given how long it takes light to travel for most stars we really have no clue so I can't figure out how you think the way we do... and in the abscence of other proof we have just the earth to look at... and as far as I'm concerned, that proves that there could be plenty of planets out there with life on them.\
Oh, and I do go to the christmas service at our church... I'd go to the easter one too if it was during a break from school... but it isn't. Oh well... I do find the sermons in church boring (its why I don't go other times durning breaks), but went through the end of highschool because I liked our RE (sunday school) group... a few of us kept going until highschool ended.
The Bible? It has some real history in it... and some good lessons too. It mixes them, of course, with lots of religious rhetoric, but it has them... Jesus was a person with a overall good message, which of course his followers proceeded to ignore (they'd hardly turn the other cheek, or help the poor, etc, much at all...)
Why would I hate religion? Do I dislike it? Yeah... but hate? No... I may disagree with the methods they use (and the positions many churches take), but I hardly hate it... I realize many people find it helpful. I don't, and can't see how I could ever possibly begin to be religious, but that doesn't mean its wrong for everyone...
It becomes a problem when people try to force their beliefs on others in any way. And on the topic of religion, its something that happens a LOT...
Such as the 10 Commandments... most of them are fine things to follow... but because they are clearly a religious thing and include some strong religious statements they have no place in the government... like that idiotic judge somewhere that had a giant stone tablet with them on them as a sculpture in the courthouse...