Should we fear space aliens?

[Moonglow]

The topic that was lost is along the lines of what Hawking mentioned in his debut on Sunday.  The universe is far too vast for us to even comprehend.  We can't even see beyond our own event horizon.  What, if anything, could we do as a global community to fend off any sort of attack? microbes I surmise we'd all be doomed if we encountered technology that brought them to us before it brought us to them. 

Life on other planets in our universe isn't a stretch.  As Hawking said, it's more than likely there.  It most likely is NOT any sort of life that we're familiar with, but it's life.  What happens if some life that we're currently unaware of suddenly pays us a visit?  I'd surmise punching someone's "wife-in-law" wouldn't much matter at that point.

That doesn't we can't, right?

[Locutus]

That doesn't we can't, right?

Microbes?  Those could bring us down too in an absolute fashion if they got their collective acts together. 

That's what makes me wonder why the religious folk think in the manner that they do.  If this whole universe was created just for us, then why are there so many places in it where we just can't live?  Humans can't exist outside of this planet and this planet alone.  Also, there are many things (microbes and viruses included) that could wipe our specie off of our planet in short order.

Religious folk tend to try and sneak intelligent design into the conversation.  However, if one really considers this universe, this earth, and our place in it, it simply lacks any sort of intelligent design whatsoever.  To contemplate a Judeo-Christian deity, in any sort of intellectual sense of the word, is to contemplate absurdity.

[The Troll]

Microbes?  Those could bring us down too in an absolute fashion if they got their collective acts together. 

That's what makes me wonder why the religious folk think in the manner that they do.  If this whole universe was created just for us, then why are there so many places in it where we just can't live?  Humans can't exist outside of this planet and this planet alone.  Also, there are many things (microbes and viruses included) that could wipe our specie off of our planet in short order.

Religious folk tend to try and sneak intelligent design into the conversation.  However, if one really considers this universe, this earth, and our place in it, it simply lacks any sort of intelligent design whatsoever.  To contemplate a Judeo-Christian deity, in any sort of intellectual sense of the word, is to contemplate absurdity.

  Preach it Locutus,   Oh, by the way, put something in the pot, Boy.  And would somebody, please say Amen!