Are There Aliens? If So Do They Have A Society Like Ours?
October 18th, 2008
Are there aliens? if so do they have a society like ours?
-40’s
Dear 40’s,
Man, I was hoping nobody would ask this question.
Okay, look: some scientists have said that the precise combination of conditions that coincided to create the emergence of complex life forms on this planet is so improbable that it almost certainly has not been repeated elsewhere in the universe. They would probably put the odds at something like 1/100,000,000.
They’re wrong, of course. Any free-thinking, optimistic young scientist would see that the universe, by definition, is infinite. And an infinite universe would move the denominator of the fraction infinitely close to zero. So for all intents and purposes, the probability of complex alien life is more like n/0, with n being any number that you choose to plug in. It could be 1/0, 13/0, or 100,000,000/0. It doesn’t matter, because they’re all basically equivalent to 1. Which is 100%. So, scientifically speaking, there is almost certainly life on other planets.
Of course, none of that crazy math matters, because we aren’t speaking scientifically. Because a random combination of environmental factors did not create life on Earth. God did. And He did it in a couple of days.
So did God create life on any other planets? Yes. The reason He was able to do it so quickly on Earth was that He practiced first on other planets.
The first time took Him almost a year to complete, and the people of that planet immediately started killing one another.
On the next planet it took Him 9 months to create life, and those people immediately started producing reality shows. God considered that a step backward, and He went back to the drawing board.
That’s why there are so many planets out there. God wanted to keep practicing creating life on different planets until He got it right. He wanted to keep trying until He managed to create a world where the people are free-thinking, intelligent, creative, wise, and just.
The funny thing is, He hasn’t managed to do it yet. But the inhabitants of every planet He’s created life on think they’re the only ones.
I’m only letting you in on the secret because I trust that, when God finally creates the perfect form of life on some distant planet, you people won’t seek them out and wage war on them.
On second thought, maybe I shouldn’t have said anything. Well, I’ll just cross out this part and tell you people what you want to hear. I’ll leave this section to be read by the wisest among you.
So Earth is the only planet with life. Yup. Absolutely.
Thanks for the question,
Jesus
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