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But you picked him yourselves? We aren't talking about Cuba or North Korea here after all
(I realize it may be a facetious remark but still...)
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An Unusual Globule in IC 1396 [^]
Sorry I have not posted these for a little bit. Been a tad distracted by actually having to do some work! 
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I will show my age and say NEAT!
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Quote: habitable zone that could support alien life
For all we know all planets could support alien life. We're always looking for water because that is how we know life to exist but who is to say there are not life forms that do not need water?
With as vast as space is how could anyone think this is the only planet with life?
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RyanDev wrote: For all we know all planets could support alien life. We're always looking for water because that is how we know life to exist but who is to say there are not life forms that do not need water?
Indeed.
RyanDev wrote: With as vast as space is how could anyone think this is the only planet with life?
I wouldn't have thought that there is anyone who thinks that (other than those that do think it ).
The chances are that life exists on millions or billions of planets in our galaxy (and, by extension, the billions of other galaxies that comprise our universe).
What might be interesting is whether or not any of them have reached technological levels similar to or more advanced than our own.
You might find this interesting: The Drake Equation[^]
Of course, that might then lead to a conversation as to whether or not any advanced alien civilizations have visited or still visit our charming little world...
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Quote: The chances are that life exists on millions or billions of planets
It does. But to explain that we'd have to move to the soapbox.
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RyanDev wrote: It does. But to explain that we'd have to move to the soapbox.
Oh yeah, I bet you'd just love that.
Actually, we don't - we just have to accept that we both perceive how it all happened quite differently - why not just leave it at that and enjoy the notion that, however they got there, we agree that alien species most likely exit, in droves, elsewhere in our galaxy.
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We know at least 8 planet that (probably) don't support life, and certainly nothing macroscopic, right here in our solar systems! 
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RyanDev wrote: With as vast as space is how could anyone think this is the only planet with life?
<Isaiah 43:15>
I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
</Isaiah 43:15>
the creator of Israel, not the creator of Israels 
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Better go to the soapbox.
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RyanDev wrote: Better go to the soapbox.
You missed the icon.
I am not debating this with you, I was making a joke. 
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A joke about religion. Read the Lounge rules silly.
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RyanDev wrote: A joke about religion. Read the Lounge rules silly.
You are the one who took it as a joke about religion, which it was not.
Just using the quote to make a joke about your statement "how could anyone think this is the only planet with life".
Keep your sense of humor when you see
It is not intended to offend anybody.
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Then use the joke icon. And means laughing. If you are telling a joke, use the joke icon. Laughing can mean different things to different people.
Anyway, read the Lounge rules. It isn't my job to educate you on how to be proper.
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RyanDev wrote: Then use the joke icon
I always forget to use it. My bad.
RyanDev wrote: means laughing
That is what jokes are supposed to make you do. 
RyanDev wrote: Laughing can mean different things to different people.
 It usually means they find something funny. Obviously we don't find the same things funny. As I said before I was making a joke about "how could anyone think this is the only planet with life". Not a joke about religion.
I don't make jokes about religion because there is always someone who takes offense. Seems religion is no joking matter to some people.
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Quote: It usually means they find something funny.
Ya, I found it funny. Sure. I was laughing with you, not at you.
Quote: Not a joke about religion.
So, your using a single passage out of the Bible to claim that some people could actually believe what I was claiming they shouldn't and you're saying that isn't about Religion? Interesting viewpoint.
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RyanDev wrote: So, your using a single passage out of the Bible to claim that some people could actually believe what I was claiming they shouldn't and you're saying that isn't about Religion?
It was a joke about "how could anyone think this is the only planet with life" not about religion.
Relax. Don't take yourself so seriously.
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Quote: Don't take yourself so seriously.
You thought I was taking myself serious? You're all over the board aren't you.
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RyanDev wrote: You thought I was taking myself serious?
Yeah, it comes off like.
RyanDev wrote: You're all over the board aren't you.
It was a joke, not to be taken seriously.
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Quote: the creator of Israel, not the creator of Israels Laugh |
I created a sandwich once. That doesn't mean I never created anything else. 
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RyanDev wrote: I created a sandwich once. That doesn't mean I never created anything else.
But did people write about and read about it centuries later?
If not it must not have been noteworthy. 
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Quote: If not it must not have been noteworthy.
Right. That could be the only explanation.
However, there was much other stuff written which is how we know. But again, for the soapbox, not here.
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RyanDev wrote: there was much other stuff written which is how we know.
If you crated a sandwich the size of the earth I'm sure I would have heard about it even if it was centuries ago.
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