the earth is as relevant to the milky way as a grain of sand is to all the cumulative beaches of the earth, and that the milky way is as relevant to the universe as the same grain of sand? That being said, isnt really just arrogance to assume that we are special?
2007-12-13 01:19:49 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
deuce - you have made that assumption, not me.
2007-12-13 01:24:48 · update #1
fish - that is the arrogance of which i speak, how could you possibly conclude that we are the planet with life? the bible not mentioning other planets with life only makes my point.
2007-12-13 01:27:38 · update #2
deuce - i fail to see the connection. why would you assume murder is ok?
2007-12-13 01:31:47 · update #3
i am with you 100% and have made the same argument. humans are self righteous to assume we are "special" in the vast expanse of space. earth could completely implode into itself, and the universe will still be here, not only will the universe not be effected, it probably won't even notice.
2007-12-13 01:33:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Well if one of those grains of sand were capable of building jumbo jets, wouldn't you consider it a fairly special grain of sand? Our planet isn't special because of the rarity of planets, it's special because it's the only planet we know of that currently has intelligent life.
While it's entirely possible that other planets also have life, it took more than four and a half billion years for us to get this clever. The chance of another planet having more intelligent life than us is fairly slim, and the chance of there being an entire 'beach' of those planets is next to nothing.
2007-12-13 09:26:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can agree with the aspect of your question in terms of scope. I would say that no matter your position in the R&S forum though the earth is relevant in that it supports life (even if there are a billion other planets capable of that--the earth is one of them, so there is a type of relevance there). My analogy would be like finding 10 perfect pearls in all the oysters in the world (which I realize still doesn't hit the scale you're talking about). My point though is that it's relevance is derived not from its place in scale, but from its ability to support life at all--which would be in the vast minority of planets.
2007-12-13 09:36:38 · answer #3 · answered by Todd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good point. Now apply that same thinking to this idea: we have already produced machines that exhibit thinking abilities - computers and devices that sense the environment and respond. Soon we will be creating computers with thinking power equal to humans. However, no matter how smart we build computers people will always say that they don't have awareness like we do - indicating that somehow even though a machine can be made to think just like we do, we're still special. But, are we really?
2007-12-13 09:27:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Arrogant? One thing we know beyond a doubt. Life exists here on earth. No where else. Therefore, no place is more relevant than earth. We are special because we are uniquely created. To assume there is life in other places of the universe is called faith. That would make you you a person of blind faith.
2007-12-13 10:05:34 · answer #5 · answered by JohnFromNC 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, arrogance is a sin. Why do you think that Jesus would have an issue with the Saddueces and Pharisees if they were meek and actually listened instead of gawfawing because Jesus spoke against them? In the Beatitudes it also says that the meek are blessed. Elsewhere it says the first (the proud) will be last, and the last will be first.
2007-12-13 09:35:59 · answer #6 · answered by MIzuki 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree but:
Psalm 8: 3-4
When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers—
the moon and the stars you set in place—
what are mere mortals that you should think about them,
human beings that you should care for them?
2007-12-13 09:24:59 · answer #7 · answered by Michael 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Certainly to suppose that we will be blessed in disobedience is arrogance. To suppose that all of this could have happened by "accident" is beyond my range of belief.
To deny that the Creator is able to communicate with His creation seems terribly blasphemous.
2007-12-13 09:25:48 · answer #8 · answered by hasse_john 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Religious people tend to think in small terms.The only way they would ever coincide to that point is if their idea of God is somehow the beach the sand is on.
2007-12-13 09:27:18 · answer #9 · answered by Demopublican 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No.
You write premise, premise, false conclusion.
Remember, we don't think: Mmm...we're special, therefore I believe in God.
It's the other way around. We chose to believe in God. God says we're special.
If you want to use your logic, consider: The universe is 13 billion years old. It took us that long to evolve. Certainly another life form would have only taken, say 12 billion years to evolve. That gives them a 1 billion year head start. Certainly they would have figured out inter-galaxy travel and communication in one billion years. They would have reached out to us already. They have not. We are alone. Unique. Special.
Why do you have a problem with being special?
2007-12-13 09:32:32 · answer #10 · answered by Richard F 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋