Now don't start thinking we were created by a higher power! Just because we are the ONLY planet to pull it off.
2007-05-30 02:46:09 · 26 answers · asked by Ninja Showdown 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It should be kind of obvious why.
2007-05-30 02:49:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It isn't particularly amazing that the other planets did nothing.
Mars is at the outer edge of the Sun's habitable zone, and has a mass just slightly insufficient to hold the atmospheric/vapour balance of the Earth. It had water for a while, but couldn't hold it.
Venus is nearly tidally locked, has no plate tektonics or any other systems to carbon sink some of that atmosphere, and as a result, has a 'global warming' problem of colossal proportions where life is concerned.
The rest of the solar system is outside the habitable zone of the Sun. (Although Europa may have warm under-ice seas, and life could be conceivable there.)
You don't need a supernatural explanation to explain why some planets don't have life. The planets themselves tell you everything you need to know on that count.
2007-05-30 09:57:06 · answer #2 · answered by evolver 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And this proves.....?
Listen to yourself for a minute .... most creationists now are expanding the definition of a day as mentioned in the Bible as possibly being a million, a billion or more years so that they can somehow incorporate the theory into the science of evolution. God's 7 days may have been a human's 7 billion years, during which time God played in the sandbox and created things to play with .... dinosaurs, etc .... until he/she decided to create/develop a form now known as human. This is really the only way I can seem to balance a belief in God and not ignorantly ignore the scientific discoveries.
Creation and evolution do not have to be mutually exclusive.
Who are we kidding here. I would love to hear the fundementalist explanation for an alien spaceship, should one ever land for real. "Well ... we believe God created these other life forms as well ... and ..."
2007-05-30 10:02:32 · answer #3 · answered by steveheremd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put simply, the Earth is, so far, the only observable planet to meet the criteria prescribed to support life.
This kind of planet is extremely rare, but it's not unique. An apparently Earth-like planet was discovered not long ago and is thought to house at least basic life.
One thing though, what does this have to do with evolution? Surely it's more to do with planetary conditioning and abiogenesis? Besides that, would it really support or threaten either the theory of evolution or creationism? Short answer: no.
2007-05-30 09:53:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
What, have you checked out all the planets in just our galaxy, not to mention the other 300 billion galaxies?
We don't even have the technology yet to detect planets more than a couple of dozen lightyears away.
Maybe you should learn a bit about the cosmos before making yourself look so silly.
2007-05-30 09:52:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What would be EVEN MORE amazing is if we,carbon based life forms adapted to earth,comprised mostly of water,lived on a Splendidly beautiful planet such as Saturn,or an exotic planet like Venus. Despite our natural ability to live in such environments. That would TRUELY be proof of a God. As it stands,we coincidentally happen to live on the ONLY planet in our solar system that can naturally support our life form. That is a great point you made showing no God is needed for life here. Thanks. Get back to me if you are suddenly able to breathe in Chlorine gas without harm. I would love to see an actual example of divine intervention
2007-05-30 09:56:38 · answer #6 · answered by nobodinoze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isaac Asimov wrote a pretty good book on this...30 years ago (yeah, probably before your time, obviously you don't read a lot). This planet is the only one with the right combination of day/night temperature and surface water and variety of chemicals to allow water/carbon based life - at least within the solar system. Of course it could happen on other planets like earth.
2007-05-30 09:55:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
We don't KNOW that we're the only planet to pull it off -- we've only located a couple of hundred planets so far, and with an estimated 100 BILLION galaxies to search, we've barely scratched the surface. Besides which, we have absolutely NO idea how common such life-friendly planetary conditions are, or whether entirely different sorts of life can spring up from completely different sets of planetary conditions.
It really *is* OK to reserve judgment until the evidence is in. What's the saying? "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt"...
2007-05-30 09:48:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
A very specific set of conditions must be met for a planet to be able to sustain life. And since we've only investigated a couple of other planets, it would be incredibly odd if we had found life elsewhere.
2007-05-30 10:01:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Not when you consider that Venus' atmosphere is ammonia, the surface of Mercury is about 1000 degrees during the day time, Mars has very little, if any, liquid water and several of the other planets are made of gases.
2007-05-30 09:50:53 · answer #10 · answered by Enslavementality 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
How do you know other planets and beings haven't flourished.
There are billions of planets and stars in existance,the chances that this is the only one to have intelligent life are minimal.
2007-05-30 09:51:30 · answer #11 · answered by rosbif 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋