Are there other 'beings' in the universe?

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This is following on from the science/region thread, it got me thinking...


Do you believe there are other intelligent lifeforms in the universe.

I think it is very naive to think that, amongst millions of galaxies, we are the only intelligent lifeform.


Also, following on from the science/religion thread.

If "god" created the universe, and you believe this, and, you also believe in other intelligent lifeforms, then does that make our god, the other beings god? Because by your theory it would ... wouldn't it?

Just a thought ... all comments are accepted :)
 

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Interesting question mase. Personally I am of the opinion that there probably isn't intelligent life out there in the cosmos. I say this because all the research has shown that the conditions necessary to sustain intelligent life seem to be unique to planet earth (this also reinforces a belief in God IMO).

Having said that if an alien lobbed on my doorstep tomorrow I probably wouldn't be all that surprised, nor would it alter my belief in God.
 

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Originally posted by Dippers Donuts
Interesting question mase. Personally I am of the opinion that there probably isn't intelligent life out there in the cosmos. I say this because all the research has shown that the conditions necessary to sustain intelligent life seem to be unique to planet earth (this also reinforces a belief in God IMO).

Having said that if an alien lobbed on my doorstep tomorrow I probably wouldn't be all that surprised, nor would it alter my belief in God.
They found a planet the other day, that was very very similar to earth, and could sustain life. It was about the size of jupitor.
 

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Originally posted by TheMase
This is following on from the science/region thread, it got me thinking...


Do you believe there are other intelligent lifeforms in the universe.

I think it is very naive to think that, amongst millions of galaxies, we are the only intelligent lifeform.


Also, following on from the science/religion thread.

If "god" created the universe, and you believe this, and, you also believe in other intelligent lifeforms, then does that make our god, the other beings god? Because by your theory it would ... wouldn't it?

Just a thought ... all comments are accepted :)
I do believe in God, but I am unsure about other intelligent life forms. It doesn't say there is any others in the bible, but I don't think it says their isn't either. It is quite possible, but i am unsure, used to not believe it, but now don't really have a strong opinion on it.
 

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Originally posted by TheMase


They found a planet the other day, that was very very similar to earth, and could sustain life. It was about the size of jupitor.
where'd you read this, i'd be interested to check it out!?
 

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Surely there has to be, we have absolutely no idea of how big the universe is, when you thing about it, it is scary. There has to be other intelligent life forms out there, (Not as intelligent as me of course).

As for god, well, if he created us then I thank him, but I don't either believe or not believe in him. I certaintly aint gonna go around and declare some holy war on someone.

Pretty confident on issue #1

Undecided on issue #2
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Originally posted by TheMase


I saw it on the news ... I will look it up ... hold on :D
It was reported that they found another group of planets similiar to ours, not sure if it said anything about being able to sustain life or not, can't remember!
 

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Originally posted by TheMase


They found a planet the other day, that was very very similar to earth, and could sustain life. It was about the size of jupitor.
Don't tell McDonalds or they'll put the golden arches on it...

Seriously though new planets are being discovered on an almost daily basis these days. Bring it on I say, gettin sick of humans!!

On the intelligent life on other planets theory, whilst I am neither here nor there, there are some fascinating rock formations on Mars (pyramids, a face carved out of rock) that look really like the work of intelligent hands.
 

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Originally posted by Stucey


It was reported that they found another group of planets similiar to ours, not sure if it said anything about being able to sustain life or not, can't remember!
It said land and oceans ... which leads to oxygen me thinks lol :D

Ill look it up...
 

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Heres something ...

MORE PLANETS EMERGE WITH SOLAR SYSTEM-LIKE ORBITS

An international team of astronomers has discovered
eight new extrasolar planets, bringing to nearly 80 the
number of planets found orbiting nearby stars.

The latest discoveries, supported by NASA and the National
Science Foundation (NSF), uncovered more evidence of what the
astronomers are calling a new class of planets. These planets
have circular orbits similar to the orbits of planets in our
solar system.

At least two of the recently detected planets have
approximately circular orbits. This characteristic is shared
by two planets (one of them the size of Jupiter) previously
detected by the same team around 47 Ursae Majoris, a star in
the Big Dipper constellation, and one around the star Epsilon
Reticulum. The majority of the extrasolar planets found to
date are in an elongated, or "eccentric," orbit.

The further a planet lies from its star, the longer it takes
to complete an orbit and the longer astronomers have to
observe to detect it.

"As our search continues, we're finding planets in larger and
larger orbits," said Steve Vogt of the Lick Observatory,
University of California at Santa Cruz. "Most of the
planetary systems we've found have looked like very distant
relatives of the solar system -- no family likeness at all.
Now we're starting to see something like second cousins.

"In a few years' time we could be finding brothers and
sisters," he added.

"This result is very exciting," said Anne Kinney, director of
NASA's Astronomy and Physics Division at Headquarters in
Washington. "To understand the formation and evolution of
planets and planetary systems we need a large sample of
planets to study. This result, added to others in the recent
past, marks the beginning of an avalanche of data which will
help to provide the answers."

The recently detected planets range in mass from 0.8 to 10
times the mass of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar
system. They orbit their stars at distances ranging from
about 0.07 AU (astronomical unit, or the distance from the
Sun to Earth), to three AU.

The astronomers -- from the United States, Australia, Belgium
and the United Kingdom -- are searching the nearest 1,200
stars for planets similar to those in our solar system,
particularly Jupiter-like gas giants. Their findings will
help astronomers assess the solar system's place in the
galaxy and whether planetary systems like our own are common
or rare.

For most of their discoveries, the astronomers have used the
Keck 10-meter telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii; the Lick three-
meter in Santa Cruz, Calif.; and the 3.9-meter Anglo-
Australian Telescope in New South Wales, Australia. To find
evidence of planets, the astronomers use a high-precision
technique developed by Paul Butler and Geoff Marcy of the
University of California at Berkeley to measure how much a
star "wobbles" in space as it is affected by a planet's
gravity.

The team also receives support from the UK and Australian
governments.
 
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Fellas fellas!! Of course there are other celestial beings on the universe.

<---- take a look at me. Do i look human to you???

I'll let you in on a little secret ... Princess Leia is a dynamo in bed!!!! :D
 

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I watched a program on the ABC during the holidays called Universe. I never really realised how big the universe is. I can't remember the quote they used to describe Earth, but in comparison to the universe, we are nothing. It is huge!!! There would be another billion planets out there and to think that not one of them wouldn't have any life on it would be extremely naive.
 

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Originally posted by Visro
I watched a program on the ABC during the holidays called Universe. I never really realised how big the universe is. I can't remember the quote they used to describe Earth, but in comparison to the universe, we are nothing. It is huge!!! There would be another billion planets out there and to think that not one of them wouldn't have any life on it would be extremely naive.
My point exactly, thats Visro lol
:)
 

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there is no other living thing in this universe, than what is on earth.

maybe in other universes, but not in this one. If there was, we woulda found out by now seeing as we know quite a bit about the other planets etc.
 
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