Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] [RELIGION] Billions Planets Likely in Milky Way

[Phillip Kelchen <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Well, I can't speak for the Christians, but unless we can either travel to 
those planets and see for ourselves or create life in a lab of our own (and 
thus knowing what it takes to make life,) we can't say that there is or 
isn't. It's the whole proof of the universal negatives and the fact that we 
haven't seen any life out there that prevents anybody from saying either way.

I think that the Christians that think that there would be no life on other 
planets think that as it didn't say that God put it there explicitly in the 
Bible as it said that he put life on Earth. 

Phillip

On Thursday 05 October 2006 11:02, Mike Miller wrote:
> NASA scientists suggest that "there are probably billions of planets
> spread throughout the [Milky Way] galaxy".  What is the Christian position
> on life on other planets?  I have the impression that Christians used to
> deny that there could be life on other planets, but I don't see why they
> should deny it when the Bible doesn't deny it.  Am I not getting it?
> --Mike
>
>
> 16 Probable Planets Found in Milky Way
> from the Washington Post (Registration Required)
>
> NASA scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered what they
> believe are 16 new planets deep in the Milky Way, leading them to conclude
> there are probably billions of planets spread throughout the galaxy.
>
> Over the past 15 years, astronomers have identified more than 200 planets
> outside our solar system, but the new ones identified by the Hubble are at
> least 10 times as far from Earth.
>
> That planets can be found at the center of the galaxy, as well as near our
> solar system, has given NASA researchers confidence that they are likely
> to be everywhere. If that is the case, then the likelihood of other
> Earth-like planets becomes greater.
>
> To read more:
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/04/AR200610040
>1730.html
>
> Or: http://tinyurl.com/nv9r5
>
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