What happens if/when we discover life on another planet?
 

How does this change things? I dont think it changes things at all. People who want to belive it will, and those that believe it is impossible will remain unconvinced. Discuss.

I'm pretty sure our opinions won't matter one bit, since we'll all be slave laborers for our new alien overlords.

intergalactic warfare

interglobalthermonuclear war.

it would probably throw out all the creatioinists.

well, we're going to be in for quite a shock, because "life" isn't going to be some bipedal humanoid like the Close Encounters aliens - it's going to be something we don't even have the capability to imagine right now.

and yeah, we'll probably try to kill it or enslave it.

Giant ants

Mass Histeria/ religious conversions/ religious turmoils/ war on earth/ aliens come and walk in the park.

Lots and lots of DEEP anal probing. Paradise for some, nightmare for others.

Sounds to me you know...too much.

We'll turn into a very militant society and everyone able to will be shipped off world to fight the giant alien bugs - http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue05.../starship2.htm

My guess is that I personally will crack open a six-pack and say "cool."

i would probably have a thirty pack with me, so i would continue to drink the beer...oh and bake some tater tots :p

I don't know much about life on other planets, but if it's discovered, I think Ron Dayne will be involved.

we will probably try to mate with them, just as we did with the Neanderthals.

The bats told him many secrets...

I wonder if they'll taste like chicken.

Not grilled?:D

Much to like about this post:

1. Lots and lots
2. DEEP
3. Good contrasting terminology (i.e., "paradise" vs. "nightmare")
4. Member since Nov2000, and feels passionate enough about this to add to his post total (90).

:D :D :D

I would say "Weird how they have that game on another planet too. What are the odds."

We'll have a new #1 bestseller on the NYT list:
To Serve Man

I agree completely. Hall of Fame post.

It will be a huge discovery for scientists, but the vast majority of people in the world won't care, because the lifeforms will be microscopic.

He's like the quiet guy who only talks once every so often but everytime he does it's a gem so everyone thinks he's smart ;)

SI

When you think of DEEP anal probing, think of Riggins44.

That's a great campaign slogan. Although I'm not sure what you office you could run for.

District 135 Alien Anal Prober Slave Overseer?

SI

no kidding. If humans discover like somewhere else it will be some lame little thing

...or how about "Riggins44, he puts the 'Pro' in deep anal probing."

deep anal probing....mmmm, my nipples just got hard.

HIDE THE HOAGIES!

I must admit, this has thread has become everything I had hoped it would after reading the title. Another victory for the FOFC ;)

All hell will break loose.

They'd be made to submit to the Dark Jedi in patriotic speedos, or suffer the consequences.

I think that's what McGreevey used when he ran for Governor of NJ a few years back. :)

I hope it's these guys...

Hopefully they will produce the next Barry Sanders, and I can be his agent.

I am up for some hot alien love. Who knows, perhaps I can be their Don Juan.

i don't want to be anal probed.

Many believe that the real 'space exploration/colonization occurs after the Return of Christ who sets up His Kingdom on Earth as kind of a 'Galactic HQ' for the rest of the universe. Bible talks about the faithful as becoming 'rulers' and 'judges' that many interpret as meaning of an expanding presence to come later. If this is true, then the Irony of course is that those making huge profits off of their 'vision' of the future concerning space are really just co-opting much of what the Bible says will really happen and in many cases then using that same faulty 'vision' to discredit the very source they 'steal' or 'borrow' from.

BTW, these are meant to be simply personal observations and alternative ideas on a subject that I never see put forth, so that is all that I'm doing. Not meant to be 'pushing' anything or preaching. But some will doubtless see it that way. That be their problem, not mine.

so you're painting jesus H christ as some kind of Captain Kirk figure?

Nah. He'd have to be more like Jean-Luc Picard.

I guess the Devil is the Borg.

With Special Guest Star Judas the Romulan!

I sense a ratings blockbuster...

You may be closer to the truth than you realize. Bible says there is no new thing under the sun...what is considered 'original' is always ancient ideas in new packaging. Let's talk Star Trek for a minute.

In the book "The Making of Star Trek" Roddenberry's idea was a futuristic "Wagon Train" set amongst the stars...Hence the name Star Trek. Get it? The idea was that westerns (dominate in the 50s and 60s on TV) were all actually "Morality Plays" that pitted...Good vs. Evil. Pretty self-explanitory where those ideas originate, right?

Interestingly, the name 'Kirk' is German for Church. "Kirk in the Hills" is actually the name of a church in Bloomfield Hills near Cranberry Institute. Whose stealing ideas from whom?

I'm hoping for these guys, myself:

See how you sort of put something out there, softened it a bit and weren't so quick to engage in a war of words? Thats a much better way of discussing things than your usual method. I give it a thumbs up.

One view would be that concepts such as "Good versus Evil" spring from the Bible, and anyone else using them as a foundation for creative works is just borrowing.

Another view would be that such ideas are so obvious and universal, that they are an essential part of human culture -- and they completely permeate the folklore, mythology, and expression of every generation of humanity, going back long before the birth of modern Christianity.


To each his own, I guess.

Nanu, nanu.

Thanks! Rest assured though, someone won't like it. ;)