OT:Why Aliens dont come here

[Starhawk]

Yeah but I've also run across articles and the like that say by 2057 Africa's population will be less then 100 million due to AIDS and other stuff, I don't know how some "scientists" come up with such projections but it just doesn't sound right an entire Continent reduced to 100 million people.

Anyone got any real info on the Africa thing because as I said many times before i love learning the "facts" of things I've read about so if you'd like you can PM me with the info

[Renegade 13]

I'm not exactly sure how this conversation on why aliens don't come here devolved into one about religion....

To bring it a little bit more on topic, I'll just say that pointless debates such as these are the reason why aliens don't contact us. Why the hell would they want to talk to a people who are so fragmented, and so vehement in their beliefs, and unwilling to change their opinion unless directly confronted with massive proof that contradicts what they believe?? Hmmmm, yes, very difficult indeed to understand why aliens don't want to come here....we probably have a big note attached to the file of humanity in some alien's database: "Caution: Do not approach. Dangerous animals."

[Starhawk]

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Theological monotheistic religion, based on the recorded revelations of long-dead "prophets", is the worst thing that has ever happened to mankind. It has a natural tendency toward intolerance (someone who believes in a different god must, by definition, by denying the truth of my monotheism, so there is a conflict that would not exist if I was polytheistic), and it resists progress in all its forms by making ancient writings the ultimate and immutable authority.

In essence, scriptural religions are plagued not only with human flaws, but the human flaws of primitive humans from thousands of years ago.


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Oh yeah he's a non-biased source of historical information (rolleyes) folks like him scare off aliens no doubt I mean what if the aliens are creationists? this jackass would make them sick no doubt.

Anyway I just think if there are aliens they really don't give a crap about us as a culture because we can't even prove they are there I think once we can prove they are there and pretty much smack em upside their grey heads they'll start talking but until then we just aren't that interesting.

[brianeyci]

Starhawk said:Oh yeah he's a non-biased source of historical information (rolleyes) folks like him scare off aliens no doubt I mean what if the aliens are creationists? this jackass would make them sick no doubt.

Well no. I was not quoting him to talk about aliens, but about religion in general. And better a "jackass" and offend some people than to hide behind a shield of civility I think. Anyway back on topic, I don't know how this thread turned into religion either.

My two cents on the aliens thing is one word -- Why? Why would aliens want to contact us? That's the most basic question, and every answer I can think of revolves around "they find us interesting" which is an incredibly self-centered and egocentric justification. Since I can't even answer the Why question, I don't think I can carry on the discussion further.

Brian

[narf poit chez BOOM]

I am a better person because of my religeon than I would be without it. No other institution, save that of my family, I have ever encountered, could have taught me morality so successfully.