Lets say there is intelligent lifeform on another planet

[DesiPower]

Originally posted by: randay
what are you, stupid? WE dont even worship the same gods as us. fuck sake.

did you even read the OP, asshole?

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[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: venkman
people in different countries don't worship the same god, what are the odds that people on other planets do. I think a more interesting question to ask is what effect would discovering intelligent life would have on earth religions. Since they would, undoubtedly have their own religions that are "untouched" by what many perceive to be the one true god, could they still justify that their god was the only or correct god? On the flip side, what if the aliens were christian/muslim/hindu etc, would the non believers be proven wrong?

Basically, IF the aliens believed in God, would they kill us for not believing in their God?

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: DesiPower

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
impossible, for the same reason people on the other side of any other geological barrier on earth dont believe in the same ones

I understand that but in Christianity, Hinduism and Islam the god said - "i will be baak" so maybe he visited them too...

They worship Ahhhhnold?

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski



Basically, IF the aliens believed in God, would they kill us for not believing in their God?

They would if they were Christian or Muslim.

 

[torpid]

Yes: Material Wealth

 

[PottedMeat]

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski

Originally posted by: venkman
people in different countries don't worship the same god, what are the odds that people on other planets do. I think a more interesting question to ask is what effect would discovering intelligent life would have on earth religions. Since they would, undoubtedly have their own religions that are "untouched" by what many perceive to be the one true god, could they still justify that their god was the only or correct god? On the flip side, what if the aliens were christian/muslim/hindu etc, would the non believers be proven wrong?

Basically, IF the aliens believed in God, would they kill us for not believing in their God?

Not if we invade their planet, take all their shit, and enslave them first ( under the guise of 'our god told us to' or 'for his glory' or some shit like that ).

 

[sdifox]

Are you trying to beat Arcadio?

 

[Gibsons]

Originally posted by: TwiceOver
Yes, and they also speak English.

Yeah, but they do have these crab like things on their foreheads.

 

[DrPizza]

Amazing how arrogant we are as a species to assume we're "intelligent." Sure, we're more intelligent than the aardvarks, anchovies, dogs, cats, etc., but I think that in the overall scheme of things, our civilization has progressed on a 1 to 10 scale to about a 1.1

So, if there's intelligent life out there, I doubt they do. And, I think they'd pretty much ignore us, just as we most of the bugs living in our lawns.

 

[nerp]

All these threads just show how poor the teaching of science is in America.

Do you people even realize how different the entire biosphere would look if the mars-sized planet never crashed into early earth, forming the moon? You realize the moon is really just the coalesced debris of that collision, right? Earth has a double-core, absorbing the heavy metals of the impacting planet. Without the moon, we probably would have never evolved. The drag of the moon upon the tides created the conditions for intertidal zones. Without these great intertidal zones, it is unlikely the evolution from sea to earth would have occured so rapidly.

So before you start thinking about how intelligent life on other planets might think, stop and think about all the variables that allowed US to evolve and think. Then your picture of what intelligent life might look like might change.

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Amazing how arrogant we are as a species to assume we're "intelligent." Sure, we're more intelligent than the aardvarks, anchovies, dogs, cats, etc., but I think that in the overall scheme of things, our civilization has progressed on a 1 to 10 scale to about a 1.1

So, if there's intelligent life out there, I doubt they do. And, I think they'd pretty much ignore us, just as we most of the bugs living in our lawns.

Err, I am pretty sure we kill the bugs in our lawns...

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Amazing how arrogant we are as a species to assume we're "intelligent." Sure, we're more intelligent than the aardvarks, anchovies, dogs, cats, etc., but I think that in the overall scheme of things, our civilization has progressed on a 1 to 10 scale to about a 1.1

So, if there's intelligent life out there, I doubt they do. And, I think they'd pretty much ignore us, just as we most of the bugs living in our lawns.

Err, I am pretty sure we kill the bugs in our lawns...I guess we are toast.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Amazing how arrogant we are as a species to assume we're "intelligent." Sure, we're more intelligent than the aardvarks, anchovies, dogs, cats, etc., but I think that in the overall scheme of things, our civilization has progressed on a 1 to 10 scale to about a 1.1

So, if there's intelligent life out there, I doubt they do. And, I think they'd pretty much ignore us, just as we most of the bugs living in our lawns.

Err, I am pretty sure we kill the bugs in our lawns...

Yep, when they get annoying or damage our lawns, we do. We don't think much of them though - that's my point. And, a far more advanced civilization probably wouldn't give us the time of day.