Do you believe in miracles?

[blythe spirit]

It is equally presumptuous to think that other intelligent life will necessarily be more intelligent than ourselves, as you imply. Chances are that we are located somewhere in the middle of the intelligence scale, with some worlds having more intelligent life and some having less intelligent life.

As for miracles, I suppose it is a subjective matter. What one person might consider a miracle another might see as a natural process of nature. Just because we may not understand the mechanism of "miracles" doesn't mean that they are a manifestation of a higher power. Knowing that a rainbow is a result of refraction of light through water droplets doesn't make it any less beautiful, but believing it is a bridge to Valhalla doesn't make it any more miraculous, except to the observer.

Golly, gee - I 'pose next you're gonna tell me there's not a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? Burst my bubble why don't you.

I don't doubt that some life forms are less intelligent than we, I just believe that there are "some" with much more intelligence, who sit on their planet viewing us and laughing their asses off at our stupidity. It's not at all impossible that the seed of life itself (as we know it) was not planted on earth by another civilization.

Nevertheless, I believe in miracles. And while science may be able to explain some miracles away, it does so in theory only. Scientists look at evidence and draw inferences. Science cannot prove everything and is only capable of disproving some things. But I think that's another thread. *winks

[Thorne]

Golly, gee - I 'pose next you're gonna tell me there's not a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? Burst my bubble why don't you.

And such a cute, delicate little bubble it was!

I don't doubt that some life forms are less intelligent than we, I just believe that there are "some" with much more intelligence, who sit on their planet viewing us and laughing their asses off at our stupidity.

If they have nothing better to do with their time than watch us I have to wonder just how intelligent they can really be!

[blythe spirit]

If they have nothing better to do with their time than watch us I have to wonder just how intelligent they can really be!

Well, our scientist watch mice, don't they? And by the way, it was a cute little bubble.