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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Reverend: [QB] For the record, I didn't mean to ridicule and I realise I probably went on at greater length than I should have, but I genuinely want to know what the basis is for trusting the Bible in matters like this. I honestly have trouble seeing the rationality of it. As for what might hypothetically happen if some real evidence came to light; honestly, I don't think it'd fundamentally change anything about the way people look at the world around them. I think a lot of people (myself includes) already accept that there's almost certainly life out there in various forms, others who don't and never will no matter what evidence comes to light, others who don't care either way since it doesn't affect them directly...and of course there's the ones that think they've already met one... I imagine it'd only have a real impact if we find sapient life, and that's much less likely than finding single cell organisms. That's the real proverbial (and who knows, perhaps literal) can of worm because the immediate concern would be "uh oh, what if they're as crazy as we are?" As for religions, I think most will survive and adapt. History has shown that they're nothing if not robust and malleable. You're always going to get hard-liners and the ultra-orthodox fanatics who can't cope with a change in their perceived reality, but they tend to be a (oft-times vocal) minority. I'm sure some scholar will point to some obscure line or passage in their holy book of choice and choose to interpret it in a new light, claiming it was the intended truth all along. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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