Other Forms of Life (Evolution)

by BBella , Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 18:06 (5638 days ago) @ David Turell
edited by unknown, Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 18:14

2) If God exists, there is no reason at all why he should not have created other forms of life elsewhere. Why confine himself to one tiny planet?
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> > 6) For those who are now tut-tutting, and mumbling, "Science fiction", it might be an idea to discuss BBella's initial point: what is the difference between debating God and debating other forms of life?
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> On point 6 I agree. There is no reason why we shouldn't explore every possibility. However, on point 2 I want to point out that the universe we live in is uniform in how matter is spread out, and all of the universe has the same elements, unless the ones we created are unique, because we are alone. - David, in saying "the ones we created" above, do you mean we created by evolving? - >It appears that life forms elsewhere should be built as we are from carbon, which is the simplest way to combine elements to form living organic chemicals. Granted the DNA eleswhere may have different programming. I mean this broadly, not that God programmed it, but that the inherent programming that developed on another planet was different, and it well could be. - 'If' we were created from a combination of these beings DNA and our own evolutionary beings (animals/apes/etc) DNA here on earth, wouldn't it be difficult for us to detect within ourselves this duplicity? As we only have our own beings, animal, etc., here on earth to compare it to. Our own DNA is only a certain small percentage different than our animal cousins here (apes), correct? What or where did the other DNA that is not like the ape come from, or what is it similar to (forgive my ignorance)? Could that small percentage of DNA that is of different programming, you speak of above, be from our benefactors from elsewhere? - Please forgive my error in details as I am one to believe the devil is in the details, and as anyone can see, this belief has never served me, which is why I look forward to this discussion, so to get some of my own thinking fleshed out and more concrete. Of all I've read over the years, as my interests are so wide, certain patterns seem to stick in my mind while the details seem to slip away and fade.