What about it? I believe in God, and that life DOES exist elsewhere in the cosmos. (I happen to dig astronomy). But, if one believes there is no God and only in what science can prove, do you believe it is possible that intelligent life exists in other parts of the universe. So, the question comes down to this:
No God, no exterrestrial life...
OR
No God, could be exterrestrial life.
?
2007-11-13 06:27:36 · 33 answers · asked by Rollover Mikey 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
gjmb1960: This is what I was getting at: So far science has failed to prove the existence of God. Therefore many choose to believe there is no God. Yet other than the micro organisms recently found on Mars, science still has no proof that INTELLIGENT life exists beyond the planet Earth. Many people are giving me the answer I'm looking for here. Many here believe science when it concludes there is no God, yet DO believe in the POSSIBILITY of intelligent life elsewhere even when science still does NOT have proof to support it. Do you understand now?
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2007-11-13 07:59:49 · update #1
i dont get it.
Do you only want people to answer this question who believe only in what science can prove ?
and the question is "Do you believe in intelligent life on other worlds?"
You are also saying ?stating that :
if one believes there is no God and only in what science can prove ,
the question is a mess ,
can you reformulate it in one sentence and woth one question mark ?
i is amazing that so many people can give an answer to your question ?
update : ok now the question is clear to me as well.
intelligent extra terrestial life has not been found , but if there is extra terrestial intelligent life there is a way to find it , in principle ! , with enough resources you can prove extra terrestial intelligent life.
with god things are diffrent. god is not well defined it is unknown for what and where too look. once god is described it might be possible to prove its existance or non-existance.
it is more probable that intelligent extra terrestial life exists than god because we see intelligent life on this planet earth. by extrapolation we ( me ) start to suspect that there might be extra terrestial intelligent life. ofcourse this is not a proof.
the journey towards the next planet where intelligent life can exist takes so long that it is very well possible that we will never find evidence of intelligent extra terrestial life.
still i can say i dont believe in god but do believe in intelligent extra terrestial life.
so.
ah and no micro organisms on mars has been found as far as i know.
2007-11-13 06:35:49 · answer #1 · answered by gjmb1960 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you only believe in what only science can prove, do you believe in intelligent life on other worlds?
Yes , to me it would seem highly likely that some other form of life must exist elsewhere in the universe . Just the odds alone , so many places out there .
I would answer : No God, could be exterrestrial life
2007-11-13 06:40:40 · answer #2 · answered by Godzilla Gal 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Science says it is possible and some scientists say it is so likely as to be a certainty. This is due to the sheer size of the universe and the number of planets. It would be virtually impossible for there to be no other life. Do I know there is life out there? No, of course not. But that doesn't mean I can't believe there probably is. I don't only accept what science has proven, I keep an open mind for what is possible and what is likely. We do not say there is no god because science cannot prove there is a god, we say there is no god because there is no logical reason to believe there is a god. Whereas, as I have shown, there is a logical reason to believe that there is other life in the universe.
2007-11-13 06:35:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The difference between believing in a god or gods and believing in the possibility of life on another planet is that we already have proof that life on a planet is possible. It is here on Earth. We have never had any proof that a god exists anywhere. As we learn more about the universe, we see that it is possible for other planets to exist that could harbor life. Since we have evidence that life can exist, it is not out of the question to believe that it is possible that life could exist elsewhere.
Now, if you want to apply the same reasoning for a god to exist, then you need to show that a god is capable of existing. So far, all of the laws of nature do not include the possibility of a god. If you want to toss out those laws and say that the god is outside the laws of nature, then you are no longer debating. You are just making stuff up.
2007-11-13 06:33:07 · answer #4 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Well, I never claimed to believe only in things that can be proved, nor did I claim to really believe in extraterrestrial life. I also don't believe science has 'proved' much beyond pure mathematics. That's why you'll hear the word 'theory' so often. Scientists worth the name are pleased to hear of evidence that overthrows currently held theories, if it furthers the cause of understanding.
As to why scientists might believe in E.T.s but not God, everything discovered so far can be used to point not to the certainty of there being a supreme creator, but the probability that one exists. The evidence we have so far makes this increasingly unlikely.
Extraterrestrial life is more probable, if equally hard to prove. Using the most conservative figures possible with Drake's theorem, the likely number of inhabited worlds just in this galaxy would come out with a pretty high probability of someone else being out there.
2007-11-13 06:36:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am an atheist and I BELIEVE that life exists elsewhere. It happened once, that we know of. It might have happened more than once here on earth, in different locals.
That is what I believe. I don't believe we will ever see it. I don't think we will ever be able to travel that far in the void of space. I don't think humanity will ever be smart enough.
We don't understand gravity. There is no "Theory of Gravity" but we believe in gravity anyway. Science does not depend on explanations, but questions.
2007-11-13 06:35:16 · answer #6 · answered by The J Man 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Science cannot PROVE anything with 100% certainty since you could always be hallucinating the experiment. It only provides a good guess as to what's happening assuming what you see is real. As such, I don't "believe" in science. I accept that it along with logic are the best ways to find out about the world and make predictions. Logic, however, CAN prove things.
No bible-God, ET very likely.
2007-11-13 06:31:28 · answer #7 · answered by Meat Bot 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I can't say that it does for certain because I have no evidence to back up such a claim.
However, the probability of life existing elsewhere is fairly high. Therefore I believe that it could.
2007-11-13 06:36:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm an atheist and I believe there could be other life forms in the universe... but remember the time continuum... there may have been other life forms in the past, and maybe some are beginning evolution now or will be in the future.
No rule of the universe says other life forms have to exist right now...
2007-11-13 06:31:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
i believe in both. but even though i am a christian i have been called a heretic so i dont know if i count.
i am also a scientist, biochemst to be exact. and i do believe in life in the cosmos, but i am not convinced intelligent life exists elsewhere. at least not close enough that we might actually find intelligent life, at least what we currently deem as intelligent. (remember we are the second most intelligent species on earth, Dolphins are number 1).
2007-11-13 06:31:51 · answer #10 · answered by skiracer712 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋