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Post by FilmFlaneur on Feb 28, 2017 15:12:39 GMT
The odds are pretty good, though. I'm not arguing what the odds are, but my point is to AtheistBecauseReason and his dismissal of anything without proof. At the moment there is no proof. Now do I believe life exists elsewhere? I would lean heavily towards yes, but that is my belief without actual proof.
Well to be honest there is a difference. We don't know that god(s) exist and so the belief in the deity of one's choice is faith. In contrast we do know that life exists for sure, we know what conditions are necessary for life and we moreover think that we have seen such conditions elsewhere (including two or three places in our own solar system.) So a belief that life exists elsewhere does not require the same level of credulity. |
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