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"Neil Kelsey" |
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16 Feb 2005 06:03:49 PM |
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Signs of Life on Mars... |
Came across this article re Martian microbes being alive and well, I guess
there's further research to do, but any thoughts as to what the theist
reaction would (will?) be if this is proven true? I predict there will be a
wave of cynical conspiratory theory doubt (e.g. "The Mars probe was a
hoax"), then the christians will coopt Martian microbes into god's plan.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6981361/
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| User: "DaveJr" |
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| Title: Re: Signs of Life on Mars... |
16 Feb 2005 07:04:49 PM |
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Came across this article re Martian microbes being alive and well, I guess
there's further research to do, but any thoughts as to what the theist
reaction would (will?) be if this is proven true? I predict there will be
a
wave of cynical conspiratory theory doubt (e.g. "The Mars probe was a
hoax"), then the christians will coopt Martian microbes into god's plan.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6981361/
Fascinating stuff.
The ex-friend that I've often spoke of in the past honestly thinks that the
Hubble is "all wrong".
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| User: "igtheist" |
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| Title: Re: Signs of Life on Mars... |
16 Feb 2005 08:15:37 PM |
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Neil Kelsey wrote:
Came across this article re Martian microbes being alive and well, I
guess
there's further research to do, but any thoughts as to what the
theist
reaction would (will?) be if this is proven true? I predict there
will be a
wave of cynical conspiratory theory doubt (e.g. "The Mars probe was a
hoax"), then the christians will coopt Martian microbes into god's
plan.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6981361/
I'm skeptical. Could be natural phenomenom. What's to stop god from
putting some bugs on Mars in the minds of theists.
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| User: "igtheist" |
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| Title: Re: Signs of Life on Mars... |
20 Feb 2005 12:14:16 PM |
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Neil Kelsey wrote:
Came across this article re Martian microbes being alive and well, I
guess
there's further research to do, but any thoughts as to what the
theist
reaction would (will?) be if this is proven true? I predict there
will be a
wave of cynical conspiratory theory doubt (e.g. "The Mars probe was a
hoax"), then the christians will coopt Martian microbes into god's
plan.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6981361/
It turns out it was a hoax, NASA has said as much:
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2005/feb/HQ_05052_mars_claim.html
and check this out:
http://www.badastronomy.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=418683#418683
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| User: "Gregory Gadow" |
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| Title: Re: Signs of Life on Mars... |
17 Feb 2005 08:20:06 AM |
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Neil Kelsey wrote:
Came across this article re Martian microbes being alive and well, I guess
there's further research to do, but any thoughts as to what the theist
reaction would (will?) be if this is proven true? I predict there will be a
wave of cynical conspiratory theory doubt (e.g. "The Mars probe was a
hoax"), then the christians will coopt Martian microbes into god's plan.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6981361/
There is a saying that I have found to be generally accurate: All Truth passes
through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed.
Third, it is accepted as self-evident.
I expect that the reaction to evidence of life on Mars would go through these
same three stages.
--
Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"[T]hose who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves;
and, under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it."
-- Pres. George W. Bush, Hypocrite, his inauguration speech, 2005
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| User: "igtheist" |
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| Title: Re: Signs of Life on Mars... |
19 Feb 2005 11:20:03 AM |
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Gregory Gadow wrote:
Neil Kelsey wrote:
Came across this article re Martian microbes being alive and well,
I guess
there's further research to do, but any thoughts as to what the
theist
reaction would (will?) be if this is proven true? I predict there
will be a
wave of cynical conspiratory theory doubt (e.g. "The Mars probe was
a
hoax"), then the christians will coopt Martian microbes into god's
plan.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6981361/
There is a saying that I have found to be generally accurate: All
Truth passes
through three stages. First, it is ridiculed.
Failure at stage one.
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| User: "Bill" |
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| Title: Re: Signs of Life on Mars... |
17 Feb 2005 09:57:43 AM |
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Opinions are not evidence.
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Bill
"Gregory Gadow" <techbear@serv.net> wrote in message
news:4214A816.695462D4@serv.net...
Neil Kelsey wrote:
Came across this article re Martian microbes being alive and well, I
guess
there's further research to do, but any thoughts as to what the theist
reaction would (will?) be if this is proven true? I predict there will
be a
wave of cynical conspiratory theory doubt (e.g. "The Mars probe was a
hoax"), then the christians will coopt Martian microbes into god's plan.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6981361/
There is a saying that I have found to be generally accurate: All Truth
passes
through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently
opposed.
Third, it is accepted as self-evident.
I expect that the reaction to evidence of life on Mars would go through
these
same three stages.
--
Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"[T]hose who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves;
and, under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it."
-- Pres. George W. Bush, Hypocrite, his inauguration speech, 2005
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