Its SCIENCE. Who am I to argue. I've been interested in astronomy, stars, planets, and universe since I was a kid with my large tripod telescope, finding the constellations, planets, etc. It has nothing to do with the Bible. The SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS is, no, probably not. The more they learn, the more they are seeing, probably not. There are other planets, but there must also be certain, exact factors, for life to happen. We seem to be a unique random accident. It will be interesting to see what Mars has.
That anthropic principle, detractors don't seem to like that one. I just wanted to ask you Have you ever read The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. Your post, and the following couple of replies---reminded me of a conversation between "Screwtape" the cheif Demon and his nephew "Wormwood. Sunesis--it is such a GREAT book. C.S. Lewis is a bit cerebral for me--Mere Christianity cannot be read before going to bed--you will be asleep in under 5 minutes!!LOL It is a GREAT book too--but deep.
If you get a chance google this paticular conversation--read in its entirety it is amazingly sharp--I copied a little bit for you.
I know this IS off and can derail this thread so others can feel free to just IGNORE it. It is NOT a DARE. I find it amazing many are WILLING to believe the POSSIBILITY of other life forms-yet eschew the idea of God.--Screwtape is talking about not exploring the idea of the cosmos as it often leads one to God. Your point about the exact factors needed for life made me think of this.
You begin to see the point? Thanks to processes which we set at work in them centuries ago, they find it all but impossible to believe in the unfamiliar while the familiar is before their eyes. Keep pressing home on him the ordinariness of things. Above all, do not attempt to use science (I mean, the real sciences) as a defence against Christianity. They will positively encourage him to think about realities he can't touch and see. There have been sad cases among the modern physicists(Meaning coming to Christ--still happens today). If he must dabble in science, keep him on economics and sociology; don't let him get away from that invaluable "real life." But the best of all is to let him read no science but to give him a grand general idea that he knows it all and that everything he happens to have picked up in casual talk and reading is "the results of modern investigation." Do remember you are there to fuddle him. From the way some of you young fiends talk, anyone would suppose it was our job to teach!
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That anthropic principle, detractors don't seem to like that one. I just wanted to ask you
Have you ever read The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. Your post, and the following couple of replies---reminded me of a conversation between "Screwtape" the cheif Demon and his nephew "Wormwood. Sunesis--it is such a GREAT book. C.S. Lewis is a bit cerebral for me--Mere Christianity cannot be read before going to bed--you will be asleep in under 5 minutes!!LOL It is a GREAT book too--but deep.
If you get a chance google this paticular conversation--read in its entirety it is amazingly sharp--I copied a little bit for you.
I know this IS off
and can derail this thread so others can feel free to just IGNORE it. It is NOT a DARE. I find it amazing many are WILLING to believe the POSSIBILITY of other life forms-yet eschew the idea of God.--Screwtape is talking about not exploring the idea of the cosmos as it often leads one to God. Your point about the exact factors needed for life made me think of this.
You begin to see the point? Thanks to processes which we set at work in them centuries ago, they find it all but impossible to believe in the unfamiliar while the familiar is before their eyes. Keep pressing home on him the ordinariness of things. Above all, do not attempt to use science (I mean, the real sciences) as a defence against Christianity. They will positively encourage him to think about realities he can't touch and see. There have been sad cases among the modern physicists(Meaning coming to Christ--still happens today). If he must dabble in science, keep him on economics and sociology; don't let him get away from that invaluable "real life." But the best of all is to let him read no science but to give him a grand general idea that he knows it all and that everything he happens to have picked up in casual talk and reading is "the results of modern investigation." Do remember you are there to fuddle him. From the way some of you young fiends talk, anyone would suppose it was our job to teach!
Your affectionate uncle
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