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The UFO Phenomena - Religion or Science?

Socrates II — 3/23/2008 3:27:53 AM (archived)

The UFO Phenomena - â€œReligion or Scienceâ€?

Is the worldâ€™s fascination with the possibility of UFOs and more a religion or a natural intuitive sense that life is â€œout thereâ€ based on current scientific research and recent planet-search discoveries?

One of the worldâ€™s preeminent astrophysicists, Carl Sagan, believed that â€œthe interest in unidentified flying objects derives, perhaps, not so much from scientific curiosity as from unfulfilled religious needs.â€

Full article here:

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/03/the-ufo-phenome.html

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The UFO Phenomena - Religion or Science? - Socrates II - 3/23/2008 3:27:53 AM
- Is the adamant outcries of scientists - Jody - 3/26/2008 7:17:27 PM
  - Sorry to have to say this - Socrates II - 3/27/2008 1:09:32 PM
    - Oh no...please always be forthcoming with me. - Jody - 3/27/2008 1:18:16 PM
      - I am a believer....but by no means a fringe dweller. (n/t) - Jody - 3/27/2008 1:20:20 PM
        
        The fringe dwellers in their naive zeal...are - Jody - 3/27/2008 1:40:12 PM
        
        And careful with that word "believer" - Socrates II - 3/27/2008 2:54:25 PM
        
        We do what we have to do - Jody - 3/27/2008 3:34:00 PM
        
        The doors of perception - McFly - 3/27/2008 7:51:10 PM
        
        Choice? - Raoul - 3/29/2008 4:23:02 PM
        
        re: Choice?....yes...know when to segregate...and when to integrate. (n/t) - Jody - 3/29/2008 5:32:17 PM
        
        She had an epiphany. - Jody - 3/29/2008 4:54:27 PM
        
        She speaks what I have been trying to say here. (n/t) - Jody - 3/28/2008 2:45:57 PM
        
        Ms Taylor - McFly - 3/28/2008 4:45:56 PM
        
        Yep...and that is why NO ONE will ever listen to me... - Jody - 3/28/2008 5:42:03 PM
        
        Argh - a humble McFly - 3/28/2008 6:07:46 PM
        
        :).....Thank you McFly.... - All better, also humbled, Jody - 3/28/2008 8:56:40 PM
        
        Let it begin with me. - Jody - 3/28/2008 11:20:20 AM
  - Symbiosis - Jody - 3/27/2008 12:25:50 PM
- In the end...does any of it really matter? - Jody - 3/25/2008 4:28:48 PM
  - re: In the end...does any of it really matter? - TB - 3/29/2008 2:53:04 PM
    - Actually I agree TB.. - Jody - 3/29/2008 4:46:00 PM
  - It's about making the distinction between faith and critical thinking! (n/t) - Raoul - 3/25/2008 9:40:46 PM
    - We need both. (n/t) - Jody - 3/27/2008 2:38:25 PM
  - Yes, it does - Socrates II - 3/25/2008 7:27:03 PM
    - EXCUSE ME!!!!!????????...HIPPY???!!! - Jody - 3/26/2008 6:08:42 PM
      - I never thought of Neil Diamond as a Hippy - REB - 3/27/2008 3:16:02 PM
- re: Someone once said that - Johannes - 3/25/2008 2:45:51 AM
  - Imagining is one thing - Socrates II - 3/26/2008 12:39:19 AM
    - re: Maybe some day - Johannes - 3/27/2008 12:11:12 AM
- Carl Jung had an idea... - alcaray - 3/24/2008 5:20:14 PM
- re: The UFO Phenomena - Religion or Science? - gbaikie - 3/23/2008 10:39:43 AM
  - Notice how Human Descriptions of UFO's Change with the TIMES? - carl - 3/26/2008 5:18:40 PM
    - It indeed demonstrates it's a cultural thing - Raoul - 3/30/2008 2:13:51 PM
    - re: Notice how Human Descriptions of UFO's Change with the TIMES? - Steve - 3/27/2008 2:56:51 PM
    - Or...are the aliens ... - Jody - 3/27/2008 12:01:52 PM
      - TRUE, Our Comprehension of TECH changes - carl - 3/27/2008 3:33:41 PM
        
        misunderstanding tech - SDG - 3/28/2008 4:24:16 AM
        
        You MAde Me Laugh!!! - carl - 3/28/2008 1:35:41 PM
- re: The UFO Phenomena - Religion for 2 reasons - Raoul - 3/23/2008 7:50:29 AM
  - Commonality with Christianity - Bowser - 3/24/2008 4:30:14 PM
    - spin - DJL - 3/24/2008 7:30:21 PM
      - Maybe they are evolved Humans? - Lee - 3/24/2008 10:50:16 PM
    - Yes! - Raoul - 3/24/2008 6:41:30 PM
  - By the search... - Socrates II - 3/23/2008 11:26:03 PM

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