"Strange" SETI@Home Signal.

Murrin · Post by **Murrin** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 10:57 am

[quote="Nekra";p="392957"]some of these systems are so far away that assuming that it was a intelligent transmission from some other life form, chances are whoever sent it is already dead[/quote]
That's a good point, actually - we have no idea what could happen in the thousand or so years it could take a signal to reach us, or the thousand it would take for any intelligent life to hear a response. If we ever do find a real signal, chances are by the time we reply, even if they aren't all gone, they won't be listening anymore.

Post by **Martin Blank** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 8:22 pm

There is little reason to presume that those that sent something from a hundred or a thousand or ten thousand years ago will be dead, or no longer listening. If they sent a signal towards a smallish yellow star that seemed to have a solar system, then they'd probably plan on listening the time of the round-trip. There's no proof that the rest of the universe ages as we do, or that it has the same tendencies that we do.

Killer-Rabbit · Post by **Killer-Rabbit** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 9:20 pm

And even it they are dead by the time we get their signal or we are dead when they get our signal, who cares? Odds are we will never meet other intelligent life, but why not send out a signal to anyone listening just to say "Hey, we're here. You arent alone in this universe." Maybe a little bit more about ourselves and our planet and hope they can interpret it.

Rembrandt Q. Einstein · Post by **Rembrandt Q. Einstein** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 9:56 pm

whether we meet them or no, how incredible would it be to know that there is intelligent life in another part of the unviverse.

Of course, we're probably going to go through some sort of apocalypse, and the resulting civilization will receive our signal that we've just went out tens of thousands of years from now and think that the Earth of the past is another itelligent life form.

suckers.

Post by **Martin Blank** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 11:52 pm

I'd just like to see how the religions of the world that still believe that life outside of the planet is impossible because it's not mentioned in religious texts.

Calus · Post by **Calus** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 12:01 pm

While I won't know what they would do within the first 5 or so years, but all we know is their religion will Evolve or it well get swept aside. I too would like to see this I just don't want to be in the bible belt or in the middle east.

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 5:02 am

I'm not familiar enough with most other religions to know for sure one way or the other, but I know of no Biblical passage that says we're the only ones in the universe.

Post by **Martin Blank** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 5:47 am

I know that the Baptists, at least, have undertaken the official position that there are no other life forms in the universe, on the basis that they're not mentioned in the Bible. Then again, the Baptists also publish items on how to dismantle the arguments of Jews, Hindus, and Buddhists in order to get them to convert to Christianity.

Post by **Blaze** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 5:58 am

Allow me to put it susinctly.

I am a Christian. I have been my whole life. I've attended A Church of God, A Zion Church, and a Free Methodists Church, as well as a Zion summer camp several years in a row.

I have nothing against the possibility of other life in the universe, and in fact, I find it rather likely.

Grumlen · Post by **Grumlen** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 3:43 pm

Odds are Christianity will go through the same process that it did when America was discovered: Completely adapt it's teachings to accomodate it and then convert them by any means necessary.

The fact that they'll never be able to TALK to them doesn't mean they won't spend trillions of dollars to be able to "e-mail" them the Bible. I wonder how someone who had never heard of the Bible would react to it . . .

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 4:28 pm

[quote="Grumlen";p="393848"]Odds are Christianity will go through the same process that it did when America was discovered: Completely adapt it's teachings to accomodate it and then convert them by any means necessary.

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Ah...sounds like you're actually referring to Catholicism.

Post by **Blaze** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 5:21 pm

Indeed. Other sects of christianity are evangelical, but only to the point that "if you want it, you can have it". We don't quite launch inquisitions, and we don't adapt the bible.

Nekra · Post by **Nekra** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 8:36 pm

caugh, caugh bullshit caugh, caugh maybe not you personnally but theirs evidence that shows the bible was written at least 200 years after the man known as Jesus lived (theres evidence to show a person lived with that name, but was born i believe 7 years BC, but thats immaterial) jesus was supposed to have been born at a time closer to easter but was changed to december 25 to more coincide with winter solstace the idea being that it allowed the easier convertion of pagens.

Everything about the Christian religions has been tailor made to be chewable and easy to swallow. quite frankly them like 90% of the rest of religions on this planet have only one purpose, control, control of the moronic billions that make up the majority of the population so they are more likely to do what a minority want them to. though is osme cases this is a good thing, ie it reduces murders and random killing, and other things that we as a socierty find morally wrong.

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 8:39 pm

I see Nekra is an astute historian of Jesus, his teachings, and the various churches that have claimed his teachings as their foundation

Post by **Blaze** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 2:30 am

Yes, Nekra is some sort of genius.

The Bible was assembled well after Christ's life, this is not in dispute. Different accounts were written at different times.

Jesus's birthday was placed around Dec 25th because they honestly don't have a freakin' clue when. They had to celebrate it SOME day, and if it might help some Pegans to find Christ by having a familiar day for a holiday, who cares? Again, not in dispute.

As to the last part, I'm questioning why I'm even bothering to read what you have to say. Honestly. Even some of the most hardline Athiests on this forum don't spew idiocy like that. For the love of all that is holy, it BENEFITTED NOBODY to follow Christ! For the longest time, you DIED for it! If, over time, some members of certian belief systems (and that goes for pretty much all religions, and many scientific viewpoints as well), have manipulated things for personal gain, it hardly stands against any form of the idea in general. We don't discredit Science because some people got rich selling radon water.

Grow a friggin brain, develop some English skills and a sense of logical reasoning, rather than jargon spewing crap you read on "OMG ATEHIST IMFONATOIN!!111" page, and then post again. Till then, go away.

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