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In reply to the discussion: Martian floods? Scientists say rover found evidence [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,149 posts)23. Sure, but it's the opinion with evidence to back it up
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.
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"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
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
Given what we know about Earth's deep biosphere, I feel like life is very hard to kill off
NickB79
Oct 2021
#11
I think NBC (who wrote the MSN story) screwed up - should be billion
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2021
#13
Read the science journals, not stupid MSM, it was 3.5 - 3.7 BILLION years ago
Shanti Shanti Shanti
Oct 2021
#18