Comments on: Extremophile Hunt Begins in Antarctica, Implications for Exobiologists

By: How to Get Six Pack Fast

How to Get Six Pack Fast — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:53:51 +0000

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By: Copson

Copson — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:41:33 +0000

Elijah, get your silly ass over to http://www.talkreason.org and be refuted. The notion of a god having created all there is leads invarably to infinite regression. End of argument!

By: Peter K

Peter K — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:35:51 +0000

Dave, you didn’t initiate the religious debate, Elijah did. Luckily, if you put up with a few crackpot blog entries (read: ignore them) then yes, the rest of us have the capability to debate logically without reducing every discussion to “why discuss…it is the will of Landrew.”

By: Sven GudenboinkHAH

Sven GudenboinkHAH — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:05:12 +0000

Oh, my! Disrespectin’ evolutionists in an election year, how cliche! Scientific studies are the facts of how and why and what if. So if there is concrete proof of evolution (look outside your window Elijah- I do admire your guts though!), why is it so hard to believe that the bible was meant for morality issues in the times it was written in? It made sense when the Greeks and Romans were engaging in orgies all the time. Look how long it took humanity to advance in medicines and Science after an alternative to religion was PROVEN. IF I could travel back in time to change just one thing, it would be to introduce Logical Science 100,000 years ago. Imagine the world with religion having a bare minimum of history and effect. Technology would be 4000 years more advanced, and humanity would have one less reason to kill each other and go to war. What would terrorists kill themselves for? Just virgins? It’s very amusing that ALL major religions are based on the same stories/ characters & virtually the same time frames. Just different languages. All the stories were written and embelished by different opinions depending on the message of the day. Oh yeah, and opinions are like ______’s, everybody has one. (fill in the blank-many words fit!)

By: Kootstar

Kootstar — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:11:22 +0000

My favorite scientists have been quite believers in their religion, and my favorite religious leaders had the open minds to see and believe the sciences and their proofs.

New lifeforms have been discovered all over this world, even when the scientists said,”It couldn’t be. they just don’ come in that form!”

Let’s all keep an open mind. We’ll get along a lot easier that way, too!!

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:11:16 +0000

I erred in using the term “evolution” I thought this colum was read by scientific minded readers, It was not my intent to intiate a religious debate. I for one appreciate the questioning minds of scientists. I thurst for knowledge

By: Paul glasgow

Paul glasgow — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:59:15 +0000

re previous comments. google reformation scotland. death, gore, non-believers, all that 14th century stuff.

By: Paul glasgow

Paul glasgow — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:57:36 +0000

every other country in the world is petrified of usa. this creationist garbage is practiced nowhere else in the world. especially when your prospective presidents have to be believers!!!! my city, glasgow, scotland is full to the bursting of american scientists who had to leave usa because they are humanists, aetheists, etc, but very nice people. you will find americans all over europe in the same boat. you guys are sleepwalking into the “reformation”. remember gallileo had to recant his theories to stay alive! be very afraid my american chums.

By: UNdistinguished

UNdistinguished — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:10:33 +0000

N Stone didn’t take it far enough. Matter is energy. When energy “clumps up” so to speak, it turns into matter. When matter unclumps it returns to energy. I guess I’m not converting enough matter because I don’t seem to have enough energy. At least that’s what my wife says.

Creationist / Intelligent Design people may be right, sort of… God may be the intelligent source. But, the how, when, and even where is not specified in the Bible nor any other source from God. Scientist on the other hand seem to be giving us the how, the when and the where. No conflict in my mind. Just the same story looked at from two different directions.

By: N Stone

N Stone — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:05:57 +0000

Who says god didn’t create evolution or even the big bang, to all you creationism beleivers. But thats not what I’m talking about.

Dave and UNdistinguished probably have the best idea about this and that how most scientists veiws of life are very close-minded.

Lastly, I was thinking about the origin of life yesterday after a science class on atomic bonding and reactions and realized that life is quite simply an Extremely complex chain reaction of atoms bonding, reacting and forming energy. After all, when we put food in our stomachs, our stomach cells don’t “think” to break down our meal and turn it into energy and make new cells. This also led me to realize that DNA isn’t really “read” but it is just another part of the chain reaction.
This lead me to question whether we are as “alive” as vinigar and baking soda or a burning log.

If there is anybody reading this that can communicate it with many others, please do.