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Originally posted by malcolm420
reply to post by Republican08
you must broaden your mind and realise that there are probably many diffrent life forms out there and im sure they probably dont all know us or each other but i would think (from strange lights i have seen myself) that something is watching us and if it found us then they probably have some incomprehensable way of doing so that has nothing to do with anything we know. and when i said some time i meant in relation to us on earth and our history.
Originally posted by Republican08
What do they watch for, and why?
Why the need? The need is the answer.
Originally posted by InTrueFiction
Originally posted by spellbound
I am tired of people going ooh aah over UFO threads.
Don't we all know that there are other races out there? If you think we are the only race around, think of the enormity of the universe.
There have to be others out there.
- Life out there in the Universe - very probable
- Life out there in the Universe capable of Interstellar travel - possible
- Life out there in the Universe capable of Interstellar travel that has visited the solar system - unlikely (as you said the universe is extremely big so finding us could very well be like finding a needle in a haystack)
- Life out there in the Universe capable of Interstellar travel that has visited the solar system and found Earth and visited/studied human beings - extremely unlikely and unproven
You have to understand that from accepting that there is life out there to accepting that there are space ships with aliens roaming our skies is a big leap.
Even the most sceptical members of ATS know of UFO cases that are so puzzling they can't offer a justification for them. BUT you have to understand that not every ATS member is ready to shout "Alien!" when they are presented with something they cannot identify.
Finally you have to understand that most of the evidence that is put forth regarding aliens is either weak in quality, in many cases easily identifiable as something very much mundane, in most cases turned out later to be proven a hoax/fraudulent, etc.
You also have to understand that many of the current ufology lore is simply the product of single witness accounts that incorporate many elements of a belief system not everyone is ready to adhere to such as telepathy, psychic abilities, psychedelic trances induced by narcotics, etc.
In conclusion, it is not that sceptics do not believe there is life out there - what the sceptics question is the proof that so far has been offered for the case that alien life is here.
Cheers.
[edit on 10-9-2009 by InTrueFiction]
Originally posted by spellbound
reply to post by InTrueFiction
Okay, these creatures are more than capable of finding outer space, obviously, because they are highly intelligent.
And probably all of these creatures are more intelligent than we are.
Originally posted by Republican08
I would not think that a traveller coming from Light Years away, would fear, a few men with guns and such, while they themselves, must've inherited, and populated and conquered their solar system, and galaxy at that, to be able to travel here!
Originally posted by spellbound
They are scared of us and I don't blame them.
And we are scared of them - some might be nasty, but some might be nice.
I don't know how you can tell until it is too late.
So what do we do?
Originally posted by InTrueFiction
Originally posted by spellbound
I am tired of people going ooh aah over UFO threads.
Don't we all know that there are other races out there? If you think we are the only race around, think of the enormity of the universe.
There have to be others out there.
- Life out there in the Universe - very probable
- Life out there in the Universe capable of Interstellar travel - possible
- Life out there in the Universe capable of Interstellar travel that has visited the solar system - unlikely (as you said the universe is extremely big so finding us could very well be like finding a needle in a haystack)
- Life out there in the Universe capable of Interstellar travel that has visited the solar system and found Earth and visited/studied human beings - extremely unlikely and unproven
You have to understand that from accepting that there is life out there to accepting that there are space ships with aliens roaming our skies is a big leap.
Even the most sceptical members of ATS know of UFO cases that are so puzzling they can't offer a justification for them. BUT you have to understand that not every ATS member is ready to shout "Alien!" when they are presented with something they cannot identify.
Finally you have to understand that most of the evidence that is put forth regarding aliens is either weak in quality, in many cases easily identifiable as something very much mundane, in most cases turned out later to be proven a hoax/fraudulent, etc.
You also have to understand that many of the current ufology lore is simply the product of single witness accounts that incorporate many elements of a belief system not everyone is ready to adhere to such as telepathy, psychic abilities, psychedelic trances induced by narcotics, etc.
In conclusion, it is not that sceptics do not believe there is life out there - what the sceptics question is the proof that so far has been offered for the case that alien life is here.
Cheers.
[edit on 10-9-2009 by InTrueFiction]