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Study Affirms Earth Is Uncommon and Perhaps Even Unique
Archdiocese of Washington ^
| 07-12-18
| Msgr. Charles Pope
Posted on 07/13/2018 9:42:03 AM PDT by Salvation
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posted on
07/13/2018 9:42:03 AM PDT
by
Salvation
To: Salvation
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posted on
07/13/2018 9:43:09 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: nickcarraway; NYer; ELS; Pyro7480; livius; ArrogantBustard; Catholicguy; RobbyS; marshmallow; ...
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posted on
07/13/2018 9:43:30 AM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation
Neither do the Scriptures address the point directly or make any scientific declaration. Yes it does.
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posted on
07/13/2018 9:43:45 AM PDT
by
DungeonMaster
(...the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light...)
To: Salvation
I would say he left out #13 (which really should be #1) - God would have to decide to create life on those other planets, since life can’t just “happen” by itself.
That point makes the rest of these statistical arguments rather moot.
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posted on
07/13/2018 9:47:29 AM PDT
by
Boogieman
To: Salvation
I agree with him. Since we are here, life elsewhere certainly is possible. However, it’s highly improbable.
Just one of many facts to consider: the Earth is 4.5 billion years old, but it took almost 4 billion years for life to appear on land, even though Earth is friendly to life.
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posted on
07/13/2018 9:51:00 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
To: Salvation
Sufficient phosphorous to sustain the energy needs of cellular life is an important factor in Earth's rarity. Look up how scarce is phosphorous in star nova output to see just how rare our abundance is.
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posted on
07/13/2018 9:52:04 AM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
To: Salvation
There is a video on youtube that starts out with a pic of a mountain in India maybe then slowly pans out to around 13 BILLION light years away.
yea the odds of us being the only sentient beings are pretty slim...
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posted on
07/13/2018 9:55:28 AM PDT
by
mowowie
To: Salvation
Gee, it is as if someone intentionally designed the perfect planet for life.
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posted on
07/13/2018 9:58:29 AM PDT
by
Freedom_Is_Not_Free
(End the Mueller Gestapo now. Free the Donald.)
To: Moonman62
We also could have stayed at the non-technological level forever. Hunter Gather or even Roman level of technology.
Our world and civilization is really a marvel and needs to be protected at all costs.
To: mowowie
“There is a video on youtube that starts out with a pic of a mountain in India maybe then slowly pans out to around 13 BILLION light years away.
yea the odds of us being the only sentient beings are pretty slim...”
Lots of possibilities in all of that, Space and Time.
But yes, at some point in time and space in our known universe, there are, have been, or will be other planets with sentient life.
No doubt about that.
To: Salvation
Of course it’s just us. Just look at the Bible. It’s Adam and Eve, not Adam and Qiuznorx.
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posted on
07/13/2018 10:06:49 AM PDT
by
sipow
To: crusher2013
DAMN RIGHT!
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posted on
07/13/2018 10:09:30 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Salvation
There could be 10+ billion earth like clones out there and it would still be unique.
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posted on
07/13/2018 10:09:34 AM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: mowowie
Angels are sentient beings ...
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posted on
07/13/2018 10:10:40 AM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
To: sipow
"Of course it’s just us. Just look at the Bible. It’s Adam and Eve, not Adam and Qiuznorx."
I was thinking more like NO Mork and Mindy. ;-)
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posted on
07/13/2018 10:11:10 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Salvation
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posted on
07/13/2018 10:11:49 AM PDT
by
Southside_Chicago_Republican
(If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
To: MHGinTN
Angels are sentient beings ...
Even Mike Trout?
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posted on
07/13/2018 10:12:50 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: DungeonMaster
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posted on
07/13/2018 10:15:25 AM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
(I'm here to learn.)
To: dfwgator
Especially Mike Trout. I’m an A’s fan, but he’s a generational baseball player.
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