gcthomas

Merry Christmas from the Lord Jesus Christ. He was born for you and He died for you.

thank you for your information.

I apologize to you for mixed up too.

I just checked the thread and I believe I mixed up your name with timothius.

I hope I did not give false testimony.

It was honest mistake.

Was I wrong about you?

I liked your thread about never-ending torture for non-believers and I agree with you.

I thought you were one of decent Christians here which is very rare, imo.

I have never seen you bragging your education.

Hey gc, I keep forgetting, are you an atheist?

How's all your muzzies?

You should... and I'll keep my reference guides handy.

I hadn't looked it up yet, so thanks. And now I know.

That's quite an impressive list. I don't know who's better at slang, you or us, but I think we both put in a good show.

Merry Christmas, by the way. :cheers:

Michaels spelling of phase/faze is ok. I'm just playing with his head

Hello

I should have added "Present company excluded." w/rt text editors. Ah well, we can't be perfect, especially in rep messages.

Hi Rainee. I think numinous would be a better term than religious: a sense of awe and wonder at the universe, it's scale, complexity, its power and logical structure. I can't speak for Sagan, but I imagine his belief in ETs was more of a statistical expectation: if life forms on a suitable planet just once every million times, then you'd expect there to be hundreds of millions of instances of life. There are just so many planets!

A scientist's belief is not a faith, it's a trust in the methods and theories based on a history of successful predictions. Science is an awesome human construct, but trusting its methods is not the same as a religious faith. Although it is possible to hold both religious and scientific beliefs at the same time, with some limitations, I do not.