Does finding life on another planet disprove religion?

TheCenturion · 16 Apr 2011 at 16:16

stulid said:
No its not.

They wouldn't have to believe in God for him to exist.

Glaucus · 16 Apr 2011 at 16:16

stulid said:
No its not.

It is see edit, why on earth would what you say be correct, it makes no sense.

RomanNose · 16 Apr 2011 at 16:23

sigma said:
Is it not feasible that if there is a God then it created the universe?

Well it is pretty logically incorrect, if you wish to apply pseudo physics to a god then why not apply it to the universe and save a step.

Basically it's the ad infinitum problem, who created god?
It will go on infinitely, it is much better to just say that we don't know how the universe was created.

zipp0r · 16 Apr 2011 at 16:24

religion, the biggest waste of time ever dreamed up by dillusional fools.
life on other planets.. well religious nuts will say.. "god created them toooooooo!!!!!!1111one" haha

TheCenturion · 16 Apr 2011 at 16:24

chaosdestro0 said:
Basically it's the ad infinitum problem, who created god?

Me.

zipp0r said:
religion, the biggest waste of time ever dreamed up by dillusional fools.
life on other planets.. well religious nuts will say.. "god created them toooooooo!!!!!!1111one" haha

See, it really really annoys me when people attack religion. More often than not, the people attacking religion are often doing it on very little basis and in an uneducated manner.

stulid · 16 Apr 2011 at 16:25

AcidHell2 said:
It is see edit, why on earth would what you say be correct, it makes no sense.

Its really simple, well for most people.

if there is life on another planet, that is the same as us, believe in GOD and that they were made in his image, then there must be a god.

once is a coincidence, twice is positive.

RomanNose · 16 Apr 2011 at 16:25

TheCenturion said:
Me.

Surprisingly it is more feasible to say that mankind created god than God created the universe.

Castiel · 16 Apr 2011 at 16:26

Valentino said:
I don't know too much about all the various religions, but would finding life on another planet disprove any of them? Or can life on other planets be accommodated into religion like current science has?

It may give cause to question doctrine and specific theology within some religions, however simply finding life on another world would not prove anything other than that certain interpretations of specific theological positions is questionable.

Also much would depend on the belief systems (if they have any) of whatever intelligent life is out there, or whether that intelligent life is even the basis of human belief systems in the first place.

It would be ironic if our first contact with Extraterrestrials turned out to be some winged chap called Gabriel now wouldn't it?

Glaucus · 16 Apr 2011 at 16:26

stulid said:
Its really simple, well for most people.

if there is life on another planet, that is the same as us, believe in GOD and that they were made in his image, then there must be a god.

once is a coincidence, twice is positive.

That's not what you said though,you said unless they look like us and believe in a god then it disproves religion.

Even then that does not prove a god, could be any number of other possibilities, including being seeded or helped by the same ET beings.

stulid · 16 Apr 2011 at 16:28

AcidHell2 said:
Tahrs not what you said though,.

yes it is.

The two posts say the same thing.

stulid said:
if there is life on another planet, that is the same as us, believe in GOD and that they were made in his image, then there must be a god.

stulid said:
It does unless the other life forms believe in God too, and that they think they were made in his image, or look just like us.

Glaucus · 16 Apr 2011 at 16:32

Valentino said:
Does finding life on another planet disprove religion?

stulid said:
It does unless

stulid said:
yes it is.

The two posts say the same thing.

You forgot to highlite the important bit.

Thats is vastly different meaning to your other post, which is about proving religion, finding other life forms which don't look likes and have no god beliefs does not prover disprove anything.

stulid · 16 Apr 2011 at 16:34

AcidHell2 said:
Thats is vastly different meaning to your other post,

The posts say the same thing!! you high?

Valentino said:
Does finding life on another planet disprove religion?

this is the title

stulid said:
It does unless the other life forms believe in God too, and that they think they were made in his image, or look just like us.

stulid said:
if there is life on another planet, that is the same as us, believe in GOD and that they were made in his image, then there must be a god.

these two posts both say that if the life forms look like us, beleive in GOD and think they were made in his image there must be a GOD. its really simple

Glaucus · 16 Apr 2011 at 16:36

stulid said:
The posts say the same thing!! you high?

No they do not, one says that finding life that does not look like us or believe in a god, disprove religion.

The other says almost the exact opposite, that finding a life form which lookalike us and believes in a god, proves religion.

Neither are the same and neither are correct

stulid · 16 Apr 2011 at 16:38

Read again.

Its very simple what I wrote, and what you think i wrote is not there anywhere in the post.

Glaucus · 16 Apr 2011 at 16:39

stulid said:
Read again.

Its very simple what I wrote, and what you think i wrote is not there anywhere in the post.

The inclusion of UNLESS changes the meaning completely.

stulid · 16 Apr 2011 at 16:41

AcidHell2 said:
The inclusion of UNLESS changes the meaning completely.

No it doesnt, read the thread title, read what I posted,

you must be suffering from heat exhaustion or a lack of oxygen to the brain.

craptakular · 16 Apr 2011 at 16:42

Does God exist in space?

zipp0r · 16 Apr 2011 at 16:44

TheCenturion said:
Me.

See, it really really annoys me when people attack religion. More often than not, the people attacking religion are often doing it on very little basis and in an uneducated manner.

uneducated manner? id say sarcastic manner tbh. its not me that ignores evidence that clearly disproves these dreamy fantasies. there isnt any evidence that god created life, there is evidence of evolution and life creating itself.
science > religion :cool:

lttlejoe · 16 Apr 2011 at 16:47

Is rational thinking and logic compatible with belief in a religion?

V-Spec · 16 Apr 2011 at 16:48

I think any intelligent civilisation capable of cognitive thought, would quite likely have many religions and many similar ideas, if they evolved to think like us.

I don't think it would prove or disprove god at all, I think it would cause a headache for religions, where our worshipped god looks like a human and theirs looks like a lizard-man, but on the whole I think it's quite likely that they'd have their beliefs.

I think if they're capable of design and creation they could also attribute themselves to being created by a deity like them, especially if they're the most advanced life they know of.