My question of the day: What if in the (hopefully near) future, we excavate and find dinosaur-like (or even humanoid-like...think mermaids :-)) remains? What kind of impact would it have on a religious level? Would we want to keep excavating?
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Bricks would be shat -- Trent DeGray
Supposedly, many years ago, Mars was "awash with water". The article says that there is a pretty good chance that it could have supported life as well (while now there is a fairly slim chance).
My question of the day: What if in the (hopefully near) future, we excavate and find dinosaur-like (or even humanoid-like...think mermaids :-)) remains? What kind of impact would it have on a religious level? Would we want to keep excavating?
My question of the day: What if in the (hopefully near) future, we excavate and find dinosaur-like (or even humanoid-like...think mermaids :-)) remains? What kind of impact would it have on a religious level? Would we want to keep excavating?
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Definitely keep excavating. Having religion should not dictate scientific history.
ReplyDeleteI can't really think of why there would be religious implications. I'm not aware, though I certainly don't have anywhere near an exhaustive knowledge, of any religion that would explicitly forbid life on Mars.
ReplyDeleteThe idea of life and the universe centering on Earth are not as common anymore, but I believe there would be problems (from a religious perspective) with life evolving on other planets and dying out. Unless they are just more cruft that God left when He created the Universe.
ReplyDeleteFor the rest of us, we should continue digging.
Short answer: no.
ReplyDeleteDid Jesus die for the sins of the Martians, too?
ReplyDeleteBrian: evidently they had to do their own dying. :-D
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