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Originally Posted by CraigS
No .. not by any scientific or mathematical arguments.
As explained many, many times before .. this statement is unsupportable, other than by faith.
.. A dreamer's perspective … which is Ok .. so long as one recognises it as such, and keeps it separate from real science.
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What's "real science"????. If you think that the opposite argument to the "pro lifers", for want of a better definition, is the essence of "real science" (a more "balanced" approach), then you don't know what "real science" is. All scientists are dreamers to varying degrees and "faith" has a lot more to do with it than you realise. However, the big difference is that unlike religion, science seeks quantifiable, verifiable evidence for what it believes in and rejects that which it can prove to be false (or, in reality, what it thinks is false).
So, if pro life people are dreamers, then so are the "no others". Despite their "scientific" pontifications and justifications, they're just as much guilty of "faith" based opinions as anyone else. They have no proof of their assertions. So, in the final analysis, it's nothing more than a pointless argument based on supposition and ignorance. Neither side knows the real answer and they can't prove their point, definitively.
The only way to prove the point, either way, is to go out there and look for life...and not just within our own little corner of the cosmos.