Do you think there is life on other planets?

[Shaker]

Try Michael Onfray Shakes, if you haven't already done so, Hope would probably not like it that much, so that on its own would be inclined to award his books at the very least 5 or 6 merit points.

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Got it, read it. Several times

[Sebastian Toe]

Which might well explain why I find the argument put forward by folk like yourself, Shakes, to be so limiting.  For instance, it doesn't take many pages of reading books like Ehrman's 'How Jesus Became God' or 'Lost Christianities' to see flaws in his arguments; or books by the likes of Grayling, Hitchens or Dawkins to see inconsistencies in their arguments.

Unfortunately Hope, if we use your 'flaw finding' arguments used recently against the Book of Mormon elsewhere on this forum, you will pardon my indifference to any 'inconsistency' claims that you might be making.

[Khatru]

Wonderful, you godless Earthlings can believe in the existence of intelligent life on other planets, without one shred of scientific evidence. Congrats on that, and I know you godless atheists have no choice but to believe, cause it's against your religion to believe Earthlings are special. Best to start taking Klingon language classes!

"Moves Like Jabba"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2ftVPk-WZw

More disingenuous tosh.

What I don't believe in are the assertions made by believers that magic and the supernatural really do exist.

When we talk about the possibility of life existing elsewhere in the universe we are still referring to the natural universe and not some extra-dimensional realm dreamed up by believers.

[Shaker]

Did anybody catch the mini-series of Childhood's End shown over the past three weeks on (I think) Sky Atlantic? It was a poor attempt to movie-fy a great novel by the late, great Arthur C. Clarke but it did raise some very interesting points (less so than the book, which as is mostly the case far better at communicating ideas) about alien life.

[Walt Zingmatilder]

Did anybody catch the mini-series of Childhood's End shown over the past three weeks on (I think) Sky Atlantic? It was a poor attempt to movie-fy a great novel by the late, great Arthur C. Clarke but it did raise some very interesting points (less so than the book, which as is mostly the case far better at communicating ideas) about alien life.

Super book.

[Shaker]

Super book.

Absolutely damn straight. Not a very good attempt at bringing it to the small screen, sadly. I'm glad I've seen it - Charles Dance, a superb actor at the best of times, was the best thing about it - but I fear I won't be rushing out to buy the DVD.

[Stranger]

Did anybody catch the mini-series of Childhood's End shown over the past three weeks on (I think) Sky Atlantic? It was a poor attempt to movie-fy a great novel by the late, great Arthur C. Clarke but it did raise some very interesting points (less so than the book, which as is mostly the case far better at communicating ideas) about alien life.

Recorded (it was Sky 1) - still got to watch the last episode. Very, very long time since I read the book...

[Walt Zingmatilder]

Absolutely damn straight. Not a very good attempt at bringing it to the small screen, sadly. I'm glad I've seen it - Charles Dance, a superb actor at the best of times, was the best thing about it - but I fear I won't be rushing out to buy the DVD.

There's a great film to be made that's for sure.

[Shaker]

There's a great film to be made that's for sure.

Provided Hollywood don't get hold of it, yes.