OT: Alien Contact

Wardad · #1 February 26th, 2003, 08:30 PM

Beam me up Scotty. There is no intelligent life down here.

Greybeard · #2 February 26th, 2003, 08:32 PM

I don't believe that alien races exist, at least not on a level with humans. This would be inconsistent with a God who created mankind to be in His likeness, and be special in all of creation.

However, I do believe that there are beings who exist in another dimension, the spirit world, who we usually can't see (we may be able to feel their presence though). There are also methods of contact between the dimensions. I have been very interested in string theory because it may be an explanation to this relationship. It may be possible that all UFO sightings, etc. could be explained by contact between the spirit world and humanity.

Greybeard

QuarianRex · #3 February 26th, 2003, 08:44 PM

I don't think that there would be any real problem with alien contact, provided we are contacted by sufficiently intelligent aliens.

I mean, according to most movies aliens are apparently idiot savants. They can figure out how to travel interstellar distances but they can't figure out how to open a dialogue BEFORE trying to land on the Whitehouse lawn (thus provoking tanks to shoot at it, denying us a cure for cancer, etc., etc.).

Any alien race that managed to say hello before trying to land (a.k.a. invading Earth) would receive a rather warm (if stunned) welcome. As for the military, they might get a little twitchy but there is really nothing they can do against orbital bombardment and they know it. Despite the cliche of the texan general who is aching to nuke something, these are professionals who will not start a war that they have no hope of winning, and no idea of how to fight.

Putting outer space into strategic and tactical consideration would require a greater shift in military doctrine than was required when tanks replaced the cavalry (or any other major advance in the art of war).

oleg · #4 February 26th, 2003, 08:44 PM

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Originally posted by Greybeard:
I don't believe that alien races exist, at least not on a level with humans. This would be inconsistent with a God who created mankind to be in His likeness, and be special in all of creation.

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Greybeard

Your argument is fallacious: You question the ability of Allmighty to create the very similar race on any other celectial body. After all, Star Treck proved we can interbreed with Klingons, Vulcans, etc. proving we all are the same kind !

Ragnarok · #5 February 26th, 2003, 08:55 PM

There is no other life out there, if there is, it is only microscopic and not intelligent. Nor have we ever been visited by aliens.
We as humans are unique in the universe, and always will be.

Along with Greybeards thought, well not along with it, but sort of against it.

I don't believe there is another "spirit realm". All those people you see claming to talk to the dead, or talk to the spirits of ones or read the future or crap like that, I like to call that demons at work.
But like I said, that is how I feel and I'm sure not everyone agrees with that. Which is fine.

Wardad · #6 February 26th, 2003, 09:10 PM

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Originally posted by QuarianRex:
...As for the military, they might get a little twitchy but there is really nothing they can do against orbital bombardment and they know it...

Some how my disturbed mind conjured up a movie image of a gangster trying to ride a horse. He gets so frustrated and points his gun at the horses head. Well, of course the animal doesn't recognize the threat and doesn't respond.
So maybe we are to stupid to be conquered yet.

Aloofi · #7 February 26th, 2003, 09:25 PM

I don't have an opinion about if alien races exists or not. I really don't.
But if they exist its very unlikely that they would have the means to communicate with us.
In theory, our galaxy might be swarming with life, and even a few intelligent species, or maybe our galaxy its just a barren piece of real estate. Or maybe there is nothing out there and even the stars are an optical ilusion.....
Who knows?