Re: Hugh Ross's flat prediction

Isn't Scripture silent on this? While it wouldn't surprise me if God
decided to limit so-called intelligent life to one planet, I don't find it
necessary to go out on a limb and insist on it. On the other hand, I don't
find the case for abiogenesis and subsequent evolution to humanlike
creatures being easy to be very compelling, which is what most believers
in extraterrestial intelligent creatures probably assume.

Gordon Brown
Department of Mathematics
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0395

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, John W Burgeson wrote:

> The last mailing from Reasons to Believe (V8, #1) makes the flat
> assertion that life on earth is unique; there is no extraterrestrial life
> ANYWHERE in the universe (odds of 1 in 10**217) and that life on Mars
> WILL be discovered ("not a matter of IF, but a matter of WHEN"), and
> shown to have originated from the hundred millions of earth material
> transported to Mars as a result of asteroid and comet collisions.
>
> I respect Ross, but how will his ministry fare when (not if)
> extraterrestrial life is actually encountered?
>
> Burgy
>
> www.burgy.50megs.com/astory.htm (a story to tell)
>
> Ubi Caritas
>
>
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Received on Fri Mar 26 18:11:17 2004