Atheist, Do you believe there are Extraterrestrial life?

Question

If yes! why! There are no proof of them. It is hypothesis either panspermia or Exogenesis.
How can you believe in something that has no proof of just a hypothesis, and refuse to believe in something such as a deity?

The eye will see want it wants to see. What does your eye want to see? If we limit our self to things that have proof! we will never discover what is behind what the eye can see. Not everything must have proof, and some have proof, and we are yet to uncover them. Ever considered that fact!

I only want to learn from you, and understand you a little at the same time.
Thank you one and ALL

AB, I believe the word 'think' has one I not two. Just in case you have not noticed. Also, this question was direct to the Atheists to discus nothing more. It has nothing to do with religion.

Dear Atheists,
Why do you have to assume it has something to do with God, or religion. It could only be what it is. Nothing between the lines.

An orange could simply be an orange. Not a fruit, not a color, and does not refer to a person or any other. What the eye sees, is what it is. Ponder upon that, good people.

Answer 1

Yes. Why not. The universe is such a huge place, and we have just started to look what within it. It would be such a waste of space to be just for us, the human race. One who doesn't even take very good care of their own planet.

Answer 2

I don't really "believe" one way or the other, but I think that the odds are fairly high that there is self-replicating life in the universe somewhere other than just earth. It seems probable that somewhere else, there's something we'd define as "life."

I don't refuse to believe in deities. I see no evidence for them, and the probability of an omniscient, omnipotent supernatural thing existing and leaving no evidence for itself is basically nil. If such a thing existed, we'd have some sort of evidence for it (see how this is different from the possibility of life existing on a planet several light years away, when we cannot contact or visit such a planet to get "evidence"). If we find evidence, I'll accept the evidence. Until then, I don't believe in it.

Answer 3

No, I don't believe in extraterrestrial life, but I do acknowledge it as a possibility.

You're a bit off about your proof argument though, there is a decent chunk of proof, namely that 1 out of 20 or so planets we have actually been able to examine in any detail (we haven't been able to even come close to seeing any extrasolar planets, despite any hype that may be drummed up every now and then over estimates based upon light and movement from distant stars) one definitely has life, and 3 others (Mars, Europa, and Titan) seem to hold the definite possibility of supporting life.

If 4/20 of the sample we've been able to really examine have the possibility, than it holds logically that somewhere around 4/20 of planets around stars like our own are capable of supporting life. If there are trillions of stars like our own in the observable universe, then, a 4/20 chance brings about a high likelihood that life exists elsewhere.

As far as I know though, belief in extraterrestrial life is hardly a majority belief among atheists.

Answer 4

I find it hard to believe in singular nouns having plural verbs (I thiink you mean "there is extraterrestrial life", not 'are').

I get very puzzled by exclamation marks being used in place of commas and questions marks. I have no idea what your final two sentences mean, though I assume that that the final one is meant to read "Have you ever considered that fact?" - though what fact you are referring to I can't work out.

Panspermia is a perfectly respectable scientific theory (and ALL science is theory - just some theories take a long time to disprove and so we think of them as 'fact'). Fred Hoyle, no less, was a proponent of the theory. I think you are possibly confusing the possibility of some form of life elsewhere in the universe (which is not generally thought to have anything to do with panspermia) with the belief that little green men or some other alien life form has landed on earth in UFOs. Panspermia is a good, if not widely accepted, theory; UFOs and aliens on earth are something quite different, assertions by people who are unable to provide any evidence for their theory.

What any of this has to do with atheism I am very unclear. I have met plenty of religious people who have a scientific mind and think it is extremely likely that there is life elsewhere in the universe (as most cosmologists think). As for the crazy fringe UFO business, this seems to be largely the province of new age spiritual groups, and not atheists.

Answer 5

There is no evidence for aliens right now, but we do know that there are more galaxies in the universe than grains of sand on the earth.

That means that if each Galaxy is similar in size to the milky way which has 150 BILLION stars, there are an unphathomable amount of planets that could sustain life like ours. There is no reason to believe that it is impossible for life to have occured on one of them.

That is a much different premise than believing in Leprechauns or deities, because it is based on tangible knowlege that we have about our earth and the number of possibilities for life to exist on other planets.

There is NO evidence for Leprechauns or God.

Answer 6

Just like any deity, there is the possibility that extraterrestrial life might exist, but the odds of meeting it are trivial.

Thank you for showing, that the average attack on atheists comes from immoral liars. There is no reason to believe that extraterrestrial life relies on panspermia / exogenesis. The irony that you would say, "The eye will see want it wants to see.", shows the total hypocrisy of your position.

Answer 7

I don't see what being an atheist has to do with that. I mean, didn't they find signs of microscopic life (Bacteria)on Mars? That's extraterrestrial, even our planet started off with only microscopic organisms. And it's just stupid to assume that there's no life anywhere in the universe besides Earth. Isn't the universe supposedlly endless and maybe the extraterrestrials are just way too far away for either of us to ever be aware of each other.

Answer 8

There is a BIG difference between life on other planets, and invisible, magical, supernatural beings.
Think about it...there are BILLIONS of galaxies out there in the universe. Each galaxy has it's own sun, stars, and system of planets. The chances that out of the billions upon billions of planets existing, we are the ONLY one that is capable of supporting life, is so slim as to be completely improbable. I don't claim that I know for a fact that life exists elsewhere, but it isn't logical to assume that we are the only planet with life on it.
I don't think that there are UFO's that come to Earth, or little green men, or the stuff you see in science fiction, but I absolutely believe that life exists elsewhere.

Answer 9

I certaintly believe there could be.
also, I believe in extraterrestrial life and not God because if earth had the right conditions for life, there is certaintly a chance that there are other places in the infinite amount of solar systems that can sustain life.

plus, there's nothing that opposes (i mean evidence) the possible existence extraterrestrial life, whereas there is evidence that things other than god happened.

Answer 10

I think the possibility for extraterrestrial life definitely exists, but I haven't seen any actual evidence of them, especially on Earth. So, I guess the answer you're looking for is "no."

However, the analogy between God and aliens is a tenuous one. God is supposed to have been active in our history, and is directly concerned with our affairs. Yet he leaves no evidence. Aliens on another planet would have to spend alot of their time and resources to get here; even contacting us would take lifetimes. So the lack of evidence of extraterrestrial life is not damning like the lack of evidence for God is.