One could as well argue that because they took the hits, life thrived on Earth. As in, chance, again.
Besides, it's not like the Earth hasn't taken any hits on its own, either. The dinosaurs went out because of a mega-impact hit that the Earth took.
At what point does “chance” cease to be plausible?
1/100? 10E-1000? How about, given the number of stars in our galaxy divided by all the requirements for technological life, there should be .01 “earths” in our galaxy?
Could a person’s fingerprints form by chance at a crime scene? After all, it’s just a certain configuration of chemicals!
One could as well argue that because they took the hits, life thrived on Earth. As in, chance, again.
Actually, the moon didn't 'take' any hits for Earth. Earth has been pummeled just as many time (and probably more) than the moon has.The moon only looks worse because it doesn't have enough mass to generate the gravity necessary to create an atmosphere of wind and rain like earth.
The moon's scars are there forever. Earth's scars have been smoothed over and covered up by centuries of erosion caused by wind, rain and vegetation.