Thoughts on Planets and Absence

25Apr07

The first planet habitable to life outside our solar system has been discovered. I’d really like to see the look on the faces of the ID movement if/when we discover extraterrestrial life.

Also, in a poetic moment, I think I’ve solved the problem of absence, the question of how God can be so conspicuously absent from the world if he, like theists claim, exists and want us to believe in him.

Only when you close your eyes, rip out your tongue and explode your eardrums, only when you cut off your nose, only when your body is completely paralized can you see God, taste him and hear him, smell his smell and feel his loving touch, and it occurs to me that this is how theists want it to be; non-existence is the preferred state of existence, for only then can you be one with God.


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  1. 1 toomanytribbles on April 25, 2007 said:

    i don’t think they’re calling it habitable… more like possibly earthlike.

    it’s still extremely exciting.

  2. 2 Simen on April 25, 2007 said:

    Actually, that’s exactly what the title on several stories about this is called…First habitable Earth like planet outside Solar System discovered , for instance.

  3. 3 Brian Purkiss on April 26, 2007 said:

    I’d like to point out something.
    They say a lot of “think,” “likely,” and other vague/unsure words.
    And just because an article is titles something, doesn’t make it true.

  4. 4 Allison on April 26, 2007 said:

    If you haven’t realized this yet- I believe in God.
    But now, only now, since I believe, have my senses come alive.
    I was blind to the beauty around me- now I see the wonders of His creation. I had nothing of worth to say, but He’s given me a story to tell others. Only now do I hear thousands of voices lifted up in beautiful worship and realize that it means something.
    I dance- but only since I’ve realized that its all for His glory have I been freed from being paralyzed.
    No- I’m not non-existant- I have become truly alive.

    You’re going to think this is crazy. Go ahead, I can’t stop you. :) Just telling you how it really is for those who do believe.

    best wishes

  5. 5 honjii on April 26, 2007 said:

    Gee, Brian, how interesting is your thought process.
    You have stated many times you believe the bible because of what is written there, and I and others have given the same reply, just because something (anything) is written doesn’t make it so.

    It never ceases to amaze me, how the fundamentalist mind can twist and turn things to suit whatever purpose it sees fit.

  6. 6 Simen on April 26, 2007 said:

    Brian, have you even read the article(s)?

    The title reflects the content. Never mind, the link appears to be dead.

  7. 7 Stephen on April 30, 2007 said:

    If life is discovered on other planets, how would that debunk Christianity? (Actually, you didn’t say that — you referred only to Intelligent Design.)

    Decades ago, C.S. Lewis came to the conclusion that there is likely life on other planets. He didn’t see it as a stumbling block for his faith. It just raised some interesting speculation in his mind, which he explored in a couple of his books: Out of the Silent Planet (see Wikipedia) and Perelandra (Wiki).

  8. 8 Simen on May 1, 2007 said:

    ID proponents refer to the Bible as absolute truth. If we discovered life on other planets, they must allow that either God conveniently forgot to tell them about something so important, or that life can indeed evolve by itself.