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For atheists, the idea of aliens seems real. Religious people doubt it.
A new study finds that atheists think there just might be aliens out there. Evangelicals are not so sure.

[religionnews.com]

xenoview 8 Nov 7
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The follow-up study 500 million years later found no basis on which aliens could believe life ever existed on a planet swallowed by it's star in a remote galaxy of zero consequence.

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Numerous documents show that the DOD and CIA have conducted a concerted campaign of disinformation, disparagement and intimidation of anyone reporting UFOs. Part of the motivation for the Pentagon's revelations last summer related to lifting the gag orders against such reporting from service members.

@Druvius I've seen the debunkers explanations for the various Pentagon videos, and they totally fail to explain the witness accounts. As you have demonstrated, debunking has its own fanatically devoted followers. You cannot back up your claim that UFO's don't exist, so you're asserting they don't exist with the religious claim that UFO's can not exist. That is clearly implied given the extensive history of UFO sightings.

@Druvius "The U.S. government can't explain 143 of the 144 cases of unidentified flying objects reported by military planes, according to a highly anticipated intelligence report..." (Not explained, much less completely explained )

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I think we have to define "aliens". Maybe we are the aliens. The last time they visited this planet there were no "humans"." What happened? They are screwing up the place."

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A lifelong atheist, I never believed in aliens.

"Religion news" is an oxymoron. Religion is a set of beliefs. Beliefs are not facts.

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'Aliens might exist'. Is a lot different from 'Aliens do exist'.
I think that 'Aliens do exist is likely but unproven -- even without direct evidence. The circumstances make it plausible. There are lots of chances and it only has to be right once.

On the other hand, I think it's unlikely that 'God/Allah/Odin does exist' -- again, I see no direct evidence. This time the circumstances make it implausible. The God premise claims we are unique -- denying the lots of chances angle.

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If the entire solar system disappeared tomorrow it would be like an almost imperceptible speck in the Milky Way Galaxy. I read somewhere that there are an estimated 200 billion galaxies in the universe.
I have never seen a UFO, however, given the unimaginable vastness of the universe it seems likely, if not probable, that we are not the only life forms in all of it.

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Since their deity created the entire universe just for THEM...I'm sure they'd be jealous as hell if they learned they're NOT the ''end all''.

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Aren't aliens anyone believing in a religion or are they simply psychotic humans?

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