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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (46822)	2/18/2014 9:22:55 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

What an ignorant statement ... In fact, life showed up on early earth very soon after the crust became stable enough to support life. No billion years available. That is the finding of science.

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (46822)	2/18/2014 9:23:49 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 69300

Anybody want to contend now that this fellow is not a complete fruitcake??? "Dawkins was an obscure botanist who became rich and famous and celebrated by pushing atheism." Message 29393968

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (46822)	2/18/2014 11:03:08 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

<<Well dum dum, Phillip E Johnson or anyone else has to allow for that possibility, universe is 16bil yrs old... our planet's only 4.5B, that leaves 11Bil years to have seen the emrgence of intelligent life forms 4-5B yrs earlier than us. Even some aliens that were at our stage 1Bil years ago is an awesome thought... Until they land in the city Rose Garden, or sign their names in little atoms, we'll just have to muggle along with natural science.>> Yes, exactly. It is only logical intelligence is pervasive throughout the universe. We see how fast we have evolved once we got going. That has surly happened millions of times in the universe. So what did they evolve into? How do they live? What are their pleasures? Now Imagine intelligence trillions of times greater than ours! Trillions and trillions of times great than ours. Now imagine they would take us seriously. Maybe the ones they know can see beyond the illusion. And quantum physics/computers tells us that is possible. And anything a trillion times more intelligent might be impossible for us to communicate with or sense; but it surly pervades the universe. Alfred North whitehead said he felt consciousness is a third system in the universe. I read that when I was 26 and immediately felt. Of course. People who cling to their primitive myths are only to be pitied as they have one life to examine and they completely blew it, and made it inconsequential, as they comfortably lived in a total fantasy world. Chipmunks and cats do that too.