knot
Critical Thinker
- Joined
- Apr 29, 2007
- Messages
- 380
I had one of those mornings where I left the TV on all night and was awoken by a TV evangelist. She was stating something like there has to be 7 criteria for a planet to develop and sustain life - such as having the right kind of sun and other geophysical, geochemical, etc. properties. She then proceeded to say, if I remember correctly in my morning daze, that there is one in 52 billion chance of meeting all the requirements so with that, there is only one god and he created only us.
I guess she doesn't realize that there are about 20 to 40 billion stars in the milky way alone and an estimated 5% of stars in the Milky Way fall in the galactic habitable zone. Outside that, there are millions upon millions of other galaxies as well - many of which qualify as habitable stellar systems
I guess she doesn't realize that there are about 20 to 40 billion stars in the milky way alone and an estimated 5% of stars in the Milky Way fall in the galactic habitable zone. Outside that, there are millions upon millions of other galaxies as well - many of which qualify as habitable stellar systems