Al Ibn Al Amra
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Could have more galaxies if you know where to look , though .
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Inhabited Planets
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paarsurrey
Veteran Member
Inhabited Planets
Are there any other planets except earth?
Regards
Are there any other planets except earth?
Regards
jonathan180iq
Well-Known Member
What are you asking, specifically?
paarsurrey
Veteran Member
Is there another planet that is inhabited except earth?
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Cockadoodledoo
You’re going to get me!
Probably
jonathan180iq
Well-Known Member
We don't know.
We do not know. But we have only just begun to explore.
When I was young, we didn't know of *any* planets outside of our solar system. Now we know thousands. Most of those were discovered in the last decade.
Guy Threepwood
Mighty Pirate
My money would be on us being alone, the universe would have to be much much larger to make another Earth remotely probable
Ice Age Sage
New Member
Our Earth is a beautiful jewel, however there are more planets in our universe than a human can imagine.
NASA are finding exoplanets around most of, if not all, stars. And there are a lot of stars in our universe. Plenty of these exoplanets have features with reasonable mimics of Earth; acceptable distance from parent star; similar mass; similar orbital characteristics; good composition of elements to potentially generate an ecosystem. Some will have ecosystems.
NASA has also observed what it believes to be the formation of basic sugars and amino acids in some gas clouds and nebulae.
One of the two scientists who first decoded the human DNA sequence held a personal belief that DNA could not have come into existence within the time frame of the Earth’s estimated existence, and believed that life must have arrived here from ‘outer space’ (panspermia).
Considering these contemporary points, it would appear that life is quite likely to be going about its business on another planet. I have not stated the nature of my faith, or lack of it, but I see no logical reason why intelligent life on another planet would negatively impact a monotheistic faith. I believe the Catholic Church even stated as much a few years ago.
It is interesting, to my mind at least, that the vast expanse of Hindu Texts, that predate the ‘western’ religions by millennia, explicitly mention that the cosmos is populated by a large number of planets, and that life is prevalent when it happens upon a suitable planet, and that naturally some of these life forms develop to the level of humans and beyond.
It seems that the universe is geared to create life by the very fact that these basic building blocks of life are forming without a host planet, naturally in a cloud. That propensity to create life could be a lucky chance as atheists would have it, but it certainly doesn’t exclude the possibility of an external creator either. And neither would the fact that multiple worshipping civilisations on separate planets exclude either possibility.
NASA are finding exoplanets around most of, if not all, stars. And there are a lot of stars in our universe. Plenty of these exoplanets have features with reasonable mimics of Earth; acceptable distance from parent star; similar mass; similar orbital characteristics; good composition of elements to potentially generate an ecosystem. Some will have ecosystems.
NASA has also observed what it believes to be the formation of basic sugars and amino acids in some gas clouds and nebulae.
One of the two scientists who first decoded the human DNA sequence held a personal belief that DNA could not have come into existence within the time frame of the Earth’s estimated existence, and believed that life must have arrived here from ‘outer space’ (panspermia).
Considering these contemporary points, it would appear that life is quite likely to be going about its business on another planet. I have not stated the nature of my faith, or lack of it, but I see no logical reason why intelligent life on another planet would negatively impact a monotheistic faith. I believe the Catholic Church even stated as much a few years ago.
It is interesting, to my mind at least, that the vast expanse of Hindu Texts, that predate the ‘western’ religions by millennia, explicitly mention that the cosmos is populated by a large number of planets, and that life is prevalent when it happens upon a suitable planet, and that naturally some of these life forms develop to the level of humans and beyond.
It seems that the universe is geared to create life by the very fact that these basic building blocks of life are forming without a host planet, naturally in a cloud. That propensity to create life could be a lucky chance as atheists would have it, but it certainly doesn’t exclude the possibility of an external creator either. And neither would the fact that multiple worshipping civilisations on separate planets exclude either possibility.
Sir Doom
Cooler than most of you
You might consider that god might not be as mighty as one might think. What if god is only god of Earth? Just because he told a soul-searching Hebrew on a mountain he was almighty doesn't mean it's true. I mean, it's not like Moses was up for an argument about it.
So, maybe aliens have their own god and it makes perfect sense for us to be center of our god's attention.
Hypothetically speaking of course...
So, maybe aliens have their own god and it makes perfect sense for us to be center of our god's attention.
Hypothetically speaking of course...
gnostic
The Lost One
You cannot put a percentage here.We know that there are billions of stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way. Those stars can each have several planets in orbit around them.
We know that there are billions of galaxies in the visible universe.
Using those two facts, let's estimate that there are at least 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 planets in the universe. Of those let's say only .000001% can contain life. That leaves a (conservative) estimate of 1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion) potential alien civilizations.
Yet our little mud ball of a planet is the center for religion, God's divine revelation, judgment, His son the Messiah, and the path to paradise in the afterlife? It is because of statistics like the above demonstrated that I reject revealed, earth bound, man made religions and embrace deism.
Until you have actual data that there are life in other planets, then you cannot put such percentages forward.
I agreed that there are probabilities that life exist outside of our Solar System, but we currently don’t have any actual data, to say yes or no, let alone come up with a numbered percentage.
gnostic
The Lost One
There are more stars in the Milky Way alone than there are humans currently living on Earth.
Oh yes. There are at least 100 billion stars in our galaxy. And hundreds of billions of galaxies.
There are around 7.6 billion people on Earth.
Ive heard it said there are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on all the beaches of earth.
Milton Platt
Well-Known Member
Only questions any of the current forms.
Into the Night
Member
How do you know this? How do you know that another habitable planet does not also have God's divine revelation, judgement, His son the Messiah, and the path to paradise in the afterlife? Who is to say it's not the same God, that he has many sons that are the Messiahs of their world, and its the same teachings?We know that there are billions of stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way. Those stars can each have several planets in orbit around them.
We know that there are billions of galaxies in the visible universe.
Using those two facts, let's estimate that there are at least 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 planets in the universe. Of those let's say only .000001% can contain life. That leaves a (conservative) estimate of 1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion) potential alien civilizations.
Yet our little mud ball of a planet is the center for religion, God's divine revelation, judgment, His son the Messiah, and the path to paradise in the afterlife? It is because of statistics like the above demonstrated that I reject revealed, earth bound, man made religions and embrace deism.
gnostic
The Lost One
All you are claiming are just baseless speculations. You are making assumptions?
All we know that any god didn’t exist until man began making them up. It is called “superstition”.
Audie
Veteran Member
My money is on you deciding that not on size of universe but
one what you hope is the case.
Audie
Veteran Member
How do you know that Batboy does not have a secret
space lab on the dark side of the moon?
You dont. It would be easier than doing a whole another
planet complete with messiah etc.
You will note that "Batboy" is nothing but pointless
idle speculation and impossible-to -answer question.
Being of the same value as your "who is to say"
questions.