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. >>

I have seen an argument that when Jesus spoke of "other sheepfolds" he
might have been referring to entities outside earth, but that argument
always seemed to be a stretch.

I also (obviously) don't think it is necessary (or even very smart) to go
out on a limb and insist on extraterrestrial life, or the absence of
such.

I do think it is a virtual certainty that at some point SETI or a like
research programme will conclude that extraterrestrial life does exist
(it may be a false positive, of course). At that point Ross will find
himself in arguments he really does not want to pursue.

Burgy

www.burgy.50megs.com/astory.htm (a story to tell)

Ubi Caritas

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Received on Sat Mar 27 11:51:56 2004