Hi Michael and List (a different Richard here!)
Contrary to the often mis-conception that 'religion' and 'God' are
interchangeable...and considering the 'dangerous' ground upon which a
discussion of this sort may be inappropriate for the meteoritical discussion
here....allow me this thought:
A person of 'faith' may not rule out transpernmia in theory; it simply
expands the pie. A 'religious' person tied tether-bound to a strick
doctrine may reject such an 'outlandish' notion out-of-hand, as it disrupts
the entire reality from which their foundation is built.
In short, (in my small and insignificant yet human perspective), it should
be rational to allow both transpermia and a perspective of God that
trancends all current 'views' of even Christianity, allowing for all three
to co-exist....just a thought....
Richard Montgomery
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Blood" <[email protected]>
To: "Dick Lipke" <[email protected]>; "Meteorite List"
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Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites Reveal Another Way to Make Life's
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Hi Richard,
As an Anthropologist I can assure you all religions have NOT
Viewed God as male - some were female and some were non-gender
Specific "spirit."
Garry, I agree with you - interesting topic, but I fear a good many
On the list would see it as non-meteorite related in spite of the fact
That transpermia (via meteorites) compels such a discussion about why
People "of faith" would reject transpermia out of hand. They damned
Near tortured Galileo to death for saying the world was not the center
Of the universe (and he lived the remainder of his life under house
arrest).
Religious persecution of scientific recognition of inconvenient
facts has always been part of history and continues to this day - most
religions holding the view, "the way we see things IS the way things are"
while others overtly state that view AND feel the DUTY to kill anyone
when sees things differently - hence 9/11.
Weird, weird, weird & weirder.
Michael
On 3/11/12 2:23 PM, "Dick Lipke" <[email protected]> wrote:
Micheal,
That is an excellent point that has always baffled me and I could never
understand the thinking
of any religion in this world. All the different Gods worshiped world
wide
have always been considered a male.
Which brings up the problem, "Which came first, the chicken or the egg."
I think all these religions could be easier to swallow if their God was a
female.
That would answer the question, she "God" was a female carrying the first
egg
that resulted
in the birth of the universe.
Richard Lipke
----- Original Message -----
A major element in the problem with most of those calling
Themselves Christians these days is that they
See God as an anthropomorphic individual. This makes it
Difficult to see the "glory" or creation in anything other
Than comic book images.
They actually envision God as a big (male) human who
Literally, with His hands, shaped Adam out of mud.....
They cannot even see what a nearly perfect allegory that is
For evolution arising from a primeval "soup."
Evidence of transpermia is growing - but don't confuse
Them with facts.
Odd
Michael
On 3/10/12 5:58 AM, "Dick Lipke" <[email protected]> wrote:
Years ago I got a lot of questionable looks concerning my sanity
when I
brought up
the idea of meteorites being "the Johny Appleseed of of life on
Earth" to
members of my astronomy club.
Needless to say it resulted in many,many comments of out rage.
They reminded me of how it must have felt to be among the first
to refute the idea that Earth was the center of the Universe.
Lucky for me my kind of thinking came in 20th century, back then
they still
burnt
people at the stake for being possessed by satin.
Richard Lipke
----- Original Message -----
Meteorites Reveal Another Way to Make Life's Components
ScienceDaily, March 9, 2012,
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120309104845.htm
Meteorites Reveal Another Way to Make Life's Components
Klaus Schmidt, March 10, 2012
http://spacefellowship.com/news/art27926/meteorites-reveal-another-way-to-m
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e-life-s-components.html
The paper is:
Burton, A. S., J. E. Elsila, M. P. Callahan, M. G. Martin, D. P.
Glavin, N. M. Johnson, and J. P. Dworkin. A propensity
for n-w-amino acids in thermally altered Antarctic
meteorites. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. Article
first published online: 8 March 2012
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2012.01341.x/abstrac>>>>
t
best wishes,
Paul H.
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