Comments on: Welcome to the Mos Eisley Cantina http://www.churchhopping.com/welcome-to-the-mos-eisley-cantina/ Now 17% Less Judgemental Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:25:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Julie http://www.churchhopping.com/welcome-to-the-mos-eisley-cantina/#comment-26849 Julie Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:19:00 +0000 http://www.churchhopping.com/?p=436#comment-26849 So purely from a science perspective I think the problem is that life doesn't just require a rock to live on. It also requires (at least in the only experience we know of) carbon, water, etc. The Drake equation tries to get at the number of civilizations in our galaxy with which communication would be possible. I think he came up with about 5,000 but the Scientific America estimate is currently 2.31. The other problem is why we don't see evidence of other civilizations such as radio signals/artifacts. Check out Wikipedia for the Fermi paradox for more info on that part. New question: What percentage of our atheists would think again if we found a planet with the same religious beliefs as ours? How faith-affirming that would be! So purely from a science perspective I think the problem is that life doesn’t just require a rock to live on. It also requires (at least in the only experience we know of) carbon, water, etc. The Drake equation tries to get at the number of civilizations in our galaxy with which communication would be possible. I think he came up with about 5,000 but the Scientific America estimate is currently 2.31. The other problem is why we don’t see evidence of other civilizations such as radio signals/artifacts. Check out Wikipedia for the Fermi paradox for more info on that part.

New question: What percentage of our atheists would think again if we found a planet with the same religious beliefs as ours? How faith-affirming that would be!

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