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  Xtra-terrestrials...what are your thoughts?

  by Bas in

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  well i don't believe in ufo's and abductions and that sort of thing but i do believe more that there must be extraterrestrial intelligence than i believe in the existance of a god.. i used to visit this site to read about the thoughts of serious scientists on the subject, it's the us-government sponsored project of seti:.

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  appreciate you input Hecklerboy , In fact, whole civilisations could have become extinct before we came along.

  This actually might be more likely if interstellar travel proves impossible (it certainly seems impossible from where I'm standing).

  Anyway if we are not become capable of interstellar travel ourselves in the next millenium or so, our chances of long term survival

  might diminish considerably. (implying that colonizing another planet would increase our longterm survival prospects by spreading our bets)

  But for now, our live times and this century, I don't see us flying of to alpha-centauri colonizing a earthlike planet.

  The distances our simply to vast. Even at lightspeed it would take years to get to the nearest stars. And as you might know,

  according to Einstein's theory of reletavity it's not possible to travel at lightspeed.

  What is encouring though, is that over the last couple of years astronomers have been finding large planets (comparable to Jupiter, Saturn)

  circling stars. At this point in time however it's still impossible to find small earthlike planets because they're too small to detect.

  Detecting earthlike planets will become possible in the next decade as a sattelite called the TPF (Terrestrial Planet Finder) will be

  launched, I believe in 2007, but I'll get back to you on that.

  Bas
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  I wonder what the wave meant..

  by Bas in

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  did any of you people notice the earthquake in indonesia two days ago?

  well it didn't cause any tsunami but it was quite heavy (8.somthin).

  anyway, i realized that this earthquake came the day after easter, like the tsunami came the day after xmas.

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  Did any of you people notice the earthquake in Indonesia two days ago? Well it didn't cause any tsunami but it was quite heavy (8.somthin)

  Anyway, I realized that this earthquake came the day after Easter, like the Tsunami came the day after Xmas.

  What's more is that in 2003 a big earthquake struck Bam, Iran...on...you guessed it, the day after Xmas.

  I don't know if it should mean anything, just noticed the coincidence. What do you think the WT makes of this? Or the Muslims for that matter.

  Bas
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  recommend some new music

  by tijkmo in

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  have you found some new band or artist that you would reccomend we listen to...for this to work we would need to know what style of music you normally listen to and then we can know if its what we would enjoy...eg.

  i like pink floyd...genesis...yes...etc.....................and have just found mercury rev......brill

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  At this very moment I'm listening to Bush's "razorblade suitcase" (all the tricks of the trade)
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  Xtra-terrestrials...what are your thoughts?

  by Bas in

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  well i don't believe in ufo's and abductions and that sort of thing but i do believe more that there must be extraterrestrial intelligence than i believe in the existance of a god.. i used to visit this site to read about the thoughts of serious scientists on the subject, it's the us-government sponsored project of seti:.

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  DHL, i read about the same "zoo" theory on the SETI site, that we just might be the new neighbours on the block, I'll try and find the article and paste it up here.

  here it is:
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  Name your new "Wild Beast"

  by jula71 in

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  ok, in the ever-changing world of ?new light?

  who is going to be the new ?wild beast??

  i was just watching the news and the un is in some pretty bad trouble, teenage prostitution scandal, oil for food scandal, ect.. it seems that they are slipping quickly into insignificance.

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  I'm a European and I like the EU, I also like the UN as a forum for the nations of the world to talk and debate in civil manner. I think if the UN was to be abandoned (which would make me very sad), there should be at least a new official international forum for debate on international matters. I think the UN is more important in keeping worldpeace and stability than many people realize...

  As for the beast...how many heads does the GB have again?
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  JWS and science

  by badboy in

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  what connections ,if any you know about?

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  Well I know the WT doesn't respect scientists one bit, saying that they don't believe in God and all that...
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  Xtra-terrestrials...what are your thoughts?

  by Bas in

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  well i don't believe in ufo's and abductions and that sort of thing but i do believe more that there must be extraterrestrial intelligence than i believe in the existance of a god.. i used to visit this site to read about the thoughts of serious scientists on the subject, it's the us-government sponsored project of seti:.

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  Jula, I agree, It's just to vast to not harbour intelligent beings. But I don't think they'd be much smarter then we are, they could be at a diffrent, technolical and spiritual higher point of civilisation. What i mean to say is that many of todays people could be considered way more smart than those living 200years ago, but this is merely a result of us having access to more accurate knowledge and science.

  Also I think an xtraterrestrial civilisation might have moved beyond radio as means to transmit messages, which would make the SETI-program useless (since they look for radiosignals). In fact the Aliens might be actively hiding themselves from us to avoid unneccesary confusion on earth.

  Note: The Seti-program is currently NOT sponsored by the US but by donations from individuals and private foundations.
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  Xtra-terrestrials...what are your thoughts?

  by Bas in

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  well i don't believe in ufo's and abductions and that sort of thing but i do believe more that there must be extraterrestrial intelligence than i believe in the existance of a god.. i used to visit this site to read about the thoughts of serious scientists on the subject, it's the us-government sponsored project of seti:.

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  Well I don't believe in UFO's and abductions and that sort of thing but I do believe more that there must be extraterrestrial intelligence than I believe in the existance of a God.

  I used to visit this site to read about the thoughts of serious scientists on the subject, it's the us-government sponsored project of SETI:
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  Our Species Is Evolveing Consciousness For Its Survival,,Our Minds Will Exp

  by frankiespeakin in

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  our species is evolveing consciousness for its survival,,our minds will expand to greater understandings because our spiecies is driven by evolutionary forces to love it when we understand things.. this drive is more powerful than sex.

  and i really beleive our species will survive and we will use modern technology(also a product of evolution) to help us because that is what it is there for we made it and we will use it.

  we are driven to learn and i think we will even tame the ego, to keep learning more and more.

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  interesting Frankie..but this mindexpanding might go so slow that we hardly notice, though things are moving ever faster in this time of age.

  One thing I can think of that would blow me away is a contact with an extraterrestrial civilisation, yeah that would definitaly blow me way
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  Are you impressed by Pope John Paul II?

  by GermanXJW in

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  at pentecost, pope john paul ii could not speak when giving his traditional blessing.

  many people are impressed by this pope because he does not resign.

  they campare it to christ's sufferings.

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  I think he has a feeding tube inserted in his belly and since he can't speak I think it's time to remove it