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muriel_volestrangler

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23. Sure, but it's the opinion with evidence to back it up
Thu Oct 14, 2021, 09:09 AM
Oct 2021

rather than a wild-ass guess that all of biology is fundamentally wrong. You're saying that humans are so special that they must be direct relations of beings that no-one has ever seen any evidence of. You're denying that evolution on Earth could produce us (but somehow, even more intelligent beings did develop on Mars without ancestors from another world. What was extra-special about that planet?)

No, you can't see how similar your belief is to theistic creationism. But we can work on that. The rib wasn't the important part of the biblical creation myth. It was that humans were created separately from animals, in the image of God, and superior to animals. You're substituting unseen Martians for an unseen god.

My theory is that Mars was at one time very much like Earth today. kentuck Oct 2021 #1
I sense that too..... FarPoint Oct 2021 #3
My thoughts as well. History repeating itself. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #7
If that theory is true tavernier Oct 2021 #15
Yes, I think they will soon discover those remnants of civilizations. kentuck Oct 2021 #16
"My theory is that we are descendants of the Martians" - do you mean "all life on Earth is descended muriel_volestrangler Oct 2021 #19
MY theory is that the Martian life forms were more advanced than anything on Earth at the time... kentuck Oct 2021 #20
So you're with the creationists on this? muriel_volestrangler Oct 2021 #21
That sounds like an "opinion".. kentuck Oct 2021 #22
Sure, but it's the opinion with evidence to back it up muriel_volestrangler Oct 2021 #23
Who said that "intelligent beings did develop on Mars without ancestors from another world"? kentuck Oct 2021 #24
Then if you believe we're relations of aliens from yet another world, why bring Mars into it? muriel_volestrangler Oct 2021 #29
Why limit evolution to just one planet? kentuck Oct 2021 #30
Because of the evidence. muriel_volestrangler Oct 2021 #31
It's hard to argue with "evidence"... kentuck Oct 2021 #34
As I said, "theories" is too fancy a word. muriel_volestrangler Oct 2021 #36
Probably not as simple as that. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #25
Possible, I suppose. kentuck Oct 2021 #27
Based on zero evidence edhopper Oct 2021 #32
Yes. kentuck Oct 2021 #35
Of course they are edhopper Oct 2021 #37
Climate Change? brooklynite Oct 2021 #2
Mars lost its magnetic field long ago. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #5
Yes, and there are competing/complementary hypotheses. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #26
Yep, it was landed there because that area appeared to be... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #4
That really big volcano on Mars... bobalew Oct 2021 #6
I haven't yet heard any evidence of such an impact, but... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #9
3.5 million years wasn't very long at all in geological terms NickB79 Oct 2021 #8
True! Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #10
Given what we know about Earth's deep biosphere, I feel like life is very hard to kill off NickB79 Oct 2021 #11
It's found anywhere on Earth where there's liquid water. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #12
I think NBC (who wrote the MSN story) screwed up - should be billion muriel_volestrangler Oct 2021 #13
Thanks! That makes more sense! Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #14
Read the science journals, not stupid MSM, it was 3.5 - 3.7 BILLION years ago Shanti Shanti Shanti Oct 2021 #18
Million, billion - to a reporter they're all just big numbers. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #28
❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️ Lucinda Oct 2021 #17
Good luck and thanks for all the fish! roamer65 Oct 2021 #33
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