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Originally Posted by Yannox
The alternative is the ?unthinkable:? God created life!
But as long as atheistic scientists can find a way to get out from
under that conclusion, they will, no matter how extreme. For instance,
if life can?t form on the surface of the earth because the temperature
was too high, or too wet, or too oxidizing, why not suppose that life
arose in hot springs and undersea thermal vents, where the temperature
is a boiling? After all, certain bacteria do live there. Closest to the
earth, and in the oceans whence evolutionists presume life began, these
obviously ?must? be the ancestors of man, even though they eat sulphur
and hydrogen sulphide. Evolutionists have dubbed those bacteria a
new biological domain called Archaea. Is there any intelligent life left
on Earth?!
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I am not a scientist, But I am A Christian. That being said, I cannot look at the universe without increasing my sense of a Creator. The complexity and the vastness of space, the unanswered holes in physics, even down to the smallest biological component. These things just don't happen.
I just accept that they are and that they will be. Every discovery I make I consider a gift. I wonder about these discoveries, mull them over and if I cannot find an answer to the question, I try to accept it.
Here is what I beleive though. When we encounter sentient life, I believe that through a culture comparison between Terran belief and the exraterran beliefes, we will find many things in common. They will have Multi-Diety groups, Monotheistc groups, Atheistic groups much like we have. I also believe that the monotheistic sects will have startiling similar life principles as terran monotheistic sects.
I do not for an instant believe we are the sole oasis in the universe. I think that Fundamentalist Biblical Scolars have a fairly serious case of tunnel vision. We have permission to explore all that we are exposed to and and to limit ourselves is to remain no better than the ants that get food and bring it back only to do it again until they die. The God I serve gave me everything. All the light, all the matter, a sky full of wonders, all mine to explore.
Fear is the only reason not to explore. Fear that we may find something out that will cause a HUGE shift in human perception about our seeming importance in the overall scheme of things. Fear that Today I am human, top of the food chain, and that tomorrow I may be just the ant. I'm ok with being an ant.
Open your mind to the possibilities. Unwavering belief in something without opening your mind to other possibilities is the number one Crippling factor of the human race.
Oh and I do apologize for the philisophal rant, it didn't start out that way and probably veered off topic.