do you think there is life in outer space? or is it just us?

Question

one theory is that there is life out there billions of lightyears away, that have amazing things that can make u live forever etc, and god put them so far so we could never ever get to them because that wasnt the plan he had to us humans.

theres been alot of things on E.T stuff, like humans and cows with just thier reproductive organs missing...like they were never there or something like that,


what do you think? and please no offensive/rude/pointless material.
thanks!

theory wasnt the right word to use. i meant one IDEA.....and it wasnt MY idea....

Answer 1

Personally, I believe that microbial life exists on Mars. The discovery of liquid water makes it a certainty, IMHO. And, we know that Europa is mostly water, so there may be some microbial life there as well. Sentient life? That's another question.

So far we've seen no verifiable evidence of other sentient species. That said, I believe with some certainty that somewhere in our galaxy at some past, present, or future time, a sentient species did/does/will exist.

Why haven't we heard from them?

Perhaps they are not technologically advanced enough to be heard. They may be mastering stone knives right now, or experiencing their own Rennaisance.

Perhaps they are here right now. Any species sufficiently advanced to travel interstellar distances would be able to hide or masquerade with ease. That Boeing 737 that just flew by may be a surveillance craft.

Perhaps they are so far away they will never notice us and vice versa.

Perhaps they existed a million years ago and died out.

Perhaps they will exist a million years from now.

It is really impossible to know for sure.

The Drake Equation suggests that there is sentient life out there. The Fermi Paradox casts doubt. Play around with the calculation form at the second link and see what you think.

Answer 2

It is a human conceit that we are the only intelligent lifeforms in the Universe.

In the Bible it's stated that God created the Heavens and the Earth...and man. But it is silent on the issue of lifeforms on other worlds. That means nothing, really.

It's something of a paradox that we think that if there is other intelligent life out there that it must be far more advanced than we are. If we were to assume the truth of the Bible account of creation (and also assume that God created other intelligent lifeforms out there...other humans perhaps...) then it stands to reason that we probably developed at roughly the same rate over time.

Perhaps we are a child race. Perhaps we are at the top of the intelligence food chain among millions of races. Perhaps we are simply a fluke, all alone right here. Any of them could be true.

I'd like to think we are not alone, but would caution any others against contacting us. We would not react favorably towards them, I'm afraid. In a sense humanity is a viral disease and the Universe is badly in need of a vaccine. -Rod-

Answer 3

Life is common throughout the galaxy and some of us have succeeded in exploring space. Over the centuries, your planet was a curious place to visit once or twice and was not considered very interesting . Sure, your wars showed us how undeveloped you are as a species. Your infantile,(in cosmic terms) dependence on god concepts does not bode well for you and neither does your penchant to breed beyond your planet's ability to sustain you. We are now showing an interest in you because it is not often that we get to observe a species commit suicide. You are so close to maturing as a sentient species and it will be a shame to see you kill yourselves. There are just not enough of you becoming rational enough to force the issue. You let the least among you determine your fate, so be it.

Answer 4

We, as humans, are arrogant to think we are alone in the universe. But all I can say is to use the Drake Equation and draw your own conclusions. Just keep in mind, the equation was was written for OUR galaxy, which is only one of millions in the universe.

Taken straight from the Wiki

The Drake equation states that:
N = R* x fp x ne x fl x fi x fc x L

where:

N is the number of civilizations in our galaxy with which we might expect to be able to communicate at any given time
and

R* is the rate of star formation in our galaxy

fp is the fraction of those stars that have planets

ne is average number of planets that can potentially support life per star that has planets

fl is the fraction of the above that actually go on to develop life

fi is the fraction of the above that actually go on to develop intelligent life

fc is the fraction of the above that are willing and able to communicate

L is the expected lifetime of such a civilization


Considerable disagreement on the values of most of these parameters exists, but the values used by Drake and his colleagues in 1961 were:

R* = 10/year, Current estimates are 100 billion stars currently in OUR galaxy alone.
fp = 0.5,
ne = 2,
fl = 1,
fi = 0.01,
fc = 0.01,
L = 10,000 years.

Answer 5

They are so inconceivably far away, that, even if we could travel at the speed of light—which we can’t—our entire species could die out and disappear by the time they got here. Or theirs could die out and disappear by the time we got there.

Result? As Spock once said, “A difference that MAKES no difference IS no difference.” So, practically speaking, no. There might as well not be life on other planets. Even if we knew there was, we still couldn’t REACH them…!

I think of the great distances between the stars as God’s quarantine precautions, to be sure we don’t infect any other planets with sin.

“Between me and thee there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who would go over from here to you cannot, neither can any come over from there to us.” Luke 16:26

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Answer 6

Scientist are trying real hard to find anything that resembles a living organism, but in our solar system it seems, even with water found on other planets/moons, that nothing yet can be found. Unfortunately, if a living microbe was discovered, they would say it was positive proof of evolution, wouldn't change my faith, but could cause some to question their belief. I personally have an open mind that He created life on other "special planets", but maybe this one is enough headache.

Answer 7

When you realize that our sun is only a medium sized star, and that there are millions of zillions of other 'suns' out there, the chance of life on other planets in just about certain.
Pay no attention to the descriptions of whoever is on those planets. Nobody has any way of knowing. Anything anyone says about them is simply imagination. Your imagination is as good as anyone else's.

Answer 8

Well, there is one side of me saying that there is which
is that I don't believe that we (humans) aren't the only life
out in the universe maybe far,far away there is something
,maybe even microscopic life. Also my mom is a U.F.O
witness.
The other side is saying that doubtfully we could
be the only ones. We're lonely because our planet has
the only climate possible to survive on,we have water,we have trees that produce oxygen,we have bacteria....and
just to make it possible, God made the human race.
But it's all in your head....what you believe in.

Answer 9

I watched a NASA film in Athens Greece Planetarium. According to NASA there are 1000000 civilizations in our Galaxy,since there are 100 billion stars in it,and there are 200 billion galaxies
It is very egoistic to believe that we are alone

Answer 10

The fact is, nobody knows. Despite all the eloquent statistical analyses and "just gotta be" false logic, it's really as simple as that. What was that? It sounded like a bubble popping.