coincidentally perfect? coincidentally perfect! Wow??? coincidentally perfect!? SERIOUSLY??? coincidentally one planet on 5634957349673460 planets, seems a fine coincidence to me.

I think you are looking at it from a closed perspective.. you are saying that there are too many coincidences on our planet.. I simply see that as life's adapatation to its surroundings.. To me, no it's not that special that oxygen is recycled over and over again on Earth, or water for that matter.. Oxygen and water are just the most common widely distributed foundations for life, but life can exist in other environments and conditions, extreame heat and cold. And some bacteria can even live in strong acids and bases. There is no overwhelming evidence that life only exists in Earth or near-Earth envirionments. In fact, I think that one day we will find out that planets like Earth are like little Oasis's in the vast desert of space.

WTf is religion? get rid of it

Stupid question. Which no christian should ever be expected to answer.

That's the whole point of the thesis of religion. It is an explanation to the unknown; you don't question the beginning.

You may as well be asking "What caused the big bang?". I see your question as a degradation to those involved in the belief of higher entities.

Why?

Makes people better people.
Makes people feel more secure in life.
Can help to develop friendships in local communities.

In my opinion, it's great.

Only thing that messes shit up is manipulation of people when under the influence of the religion.

yes... we haven't yet been able to see other life forms. but there at least still is the chance to do so. explain to me how you're supposed to 'see' God?

Well, just like you're supposed to see a life form of course. With your eyes.

This post was edited by shem on Sep 25 2009 10:09am

go to my link above my sig.. it explains alot and at the end offers an idea of 'God' as more of a multiversal scientist, its pretty interesting

Who says we are made from rocks?

Stars get produced by clouds of dust throw gravity. Inside a star nuclear fusion takes place that is producing chemicals such as hydrogen, carbon, etc. Essential ones for life. When The star dies for example with a supernova those chemicals that are essential for life are expelled. You wonder how those chemicals can form organisms. Its especially hard to imagine it when when you think about recent organisms but I believe the first organisms were nothing like worms or insects they were far far far more rimitive. Indeed so primitive they wouldn't even seem to show any signs of life. Far more primitive then a bacteria or virus. I do not exactly know how life forms all I can do is to make it a bid more easy to imagine. Definately easier to imagine then that a human being has formed from a rock.