Is their life elsewhere in the universe??

Question

Personally, I am almost adament that their is life out their and I believe it is only a matter of time before we find it. I read a report today about the discovery of a new solar system not unlike our own which could potentially support life. I think it is only a matter of advancement of technology and most likely I believe there will be a discovery of some kind of life before the century is up.

I would just like your views on the topic

p.s. I would like to add that when life is found the religious implications will be prevalent.

Answer 1

I think it's absolutely mind-boggling to suggest that Earth is the ONLY place in the entire universe to harbor life, especially considering that astronomers can tell that the same elements and molecules (yes, including water and hydrocarbons) exist in distant stars and nebulae. Even if some people just cannot believe that life could come into existence wthout God's specific directions to make it happen, I'd have to ask, "Why only Earth, just a speck of a planet orbiting an ordinary main sequence star somewhere in a branch of a rather ordinary and not-so-well formed galaxy, about to be consumed by the far larger Andromeda galaxy?" There are more stars in the observable universe than there are grains of sand in all the beaches of the world.

What will happen to religions once we've made contact with intelligent life elsewhere? Nothing. It won't change anything, any more it changed anything when it was finally accepted that the Earth indeed orbits the sun.

Answer 2

Elements such as Hydrogen, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorus and Sulfur are very common in the universe. Planets appear to be very common. Any planet that has liquid water and geological processes like undersea volcanic vents should be able to sustain chemical reactions which produce shards of phenotypic RNA, enough to lead to an evolutionary process of life.

But when would we possibly encounter such alien life? Remember that distances in space are very large. Even if we should encounter alien life, religion is typically pretty flexible when confronted with new findings (adapt or die). Remember it was once thought that the finding that the Earth was not the center of the Solar System would kill religious belief.

Answer 3

It is very unlikely that Earth is the only planet in the universe where there is life. There could be life in our own solar system. The sort of life we're familiar with could exist anywhere there is liquid water and carbon molecules. The most likely life forms would be microbes, but under the right conditions they would eventually evolve into higher life forms.

Answer 4

When you consider how many worlds there are, there seems a fair chance. Not sure I would want to meet them though. Imagine how advanced they would have to be just to cross just a single galaxy. It could be like us discovering a planet on which the dominant species were cats. What I mean is that they could be so much more intelligent than us that they would be more likely to keep us as pets (or cattle) rather than share the secrets of the universe!

Answer 5

I think that it is pretty vain and uneducated to believe that life only exists here on Earth. Most scientists are looking for planets with water and temperatures that are similar to Earth with the theory that if life exists here, then it should also exist there. I think that this is a little narrow viewed in thinking - especially in this day and age. I think there are probably millions of life forms out there - many of which couldn't survive on Earth.

Answer 6

Of course there is. The really interesting thing to my mind, often overlooked, is that planets like ancient Earth and its magnificent dinosaurs are going to outnumber planets with intelligent life by a huge amount. I sure hope we get to meet more than just microbes! Advanced alien ecosystems with all kinds of cool beasties, they have to be out there. I really wish I was born say 200 years into the future, cos I won't see it in my lifetime.

Answer 7

Life yes. At least lower life forms. Intelligent life? not sure. When people speculate about aliens I ask them a simple question, "If we were them, why would the choose Earth? Look at the stars and think about how small we are in the whole field. Why us?

Answer 8

Indeed, in terms of religion, there has always been "Something in the sky", whether it be a God, or a force or power. In terms of aliens existing, I think it's stupid to say that they don't.

There are 125 billion galaxies
Each consisting of 100 million stars.

We're 1/12500000000000000000.

Answer 9

We'd have to be pretty arrogant to believe that this entire universe was created just for us. (regardless if you believe in straight up creationism, intelligent design, or straight up big bang)

I believe there is life out there. I just don't think that there's any that is advanced enough to make their way to us (I don't believe in little green men and alien abductions). We probably won't make contact in our lifetime, though.

Answer 10

ummm basically it comes down to what impact does the answer make on you.
for me who cares
I only believe the bible
yes there is life elsewhere
either together with GOD eternally in heaven
or seperated from in ... eternally in hell
Your choice.... seek the truth for yourselve