The earth is a living planet where many complex systems run perfectly and continuously, without pause. When compared to other planets, it is evident that in all its aspects the earth is specially designed for human life. Built on delicate balances, life prevails in every spot of this planet, from the atmosphere to the depths of the earth.
Are you saying that there must be a creator then?
And the reason this creator allowed to Holocaust, the 2004 tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, the current genocide in Darfur and the AIDS epidemic in Africa to occur would be?
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The Earth is not perfect. It is ever changing due to evolution. What do you mean without pause? Have you ever heard of an Ice Age?
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Because I’m here
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Because that’s just the way it is.
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because LIFE adapted to the conditions of the planet, not vice versa, please educate yourself before posting such inane questions
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What a marvelous engineering feat it was to make all those rivers exactly follow state lines! Wow!
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You think Earth is perfect?
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The Earth is better suited for Water Bears than it is for humans. Earth isn’t perfect, by the way, it just is.
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the earth isnt perfect smart one.
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WOW.
That’s the funniest thing I’ve heard in a LONG time. Earth? PERFECT? Thanks for that laugh!
Have you not seen – or at least heard of – Darfur? Africa? China? Overpopulation? Limitied resources? Wars? Crime rates? Abuse? Anything?
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no, human life is a paragraph in the book of life, this world is by no means designed for humans, to think so is to be completely ignorant of reaity.
smallpox, aids, influenza, tb, malaria, and thousands more
humans, like all other species, are in a constant battle for survival – an ongoing evolutionary arms race
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Not designed for human life at all. It provides a suitable atmosphere for life (not just human by any means) but it can hardly be called ‘perfect’. If it was, wouldn’t the ozone layer have been ‘designed’ to withstand pollution?
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Perfect? Like, the o-zone lair that’s dissolving, the natural disasters that take thousands of lives, the sun that constantly emits deadly radiation that could cook us in an instant?
Beautiful, no doubt. The Universe is an amazing thing. But it’s oh-so-far from perfect.
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because god wants the best for us and he want us to survive to believe in him you would know all about it if your Muslim
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who says its perfect. if it were perfect there would be no need for change. the earth constantly changes
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earth was perfect untill humans came along i think we r gods mistake we seem to have ruined everything
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The earth is perfect…. humans are not.
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Was hurricane Katrina perfect?
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Mm hmm, hurricanes, earthquakes, volcano’s, tsunamis to name but a few perfections.
Next.
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It’s so arrogant to think this planet is designed for us. The earth is in a very fortunate position with the perfect atmosphere and conditions for life to begin. Very, very few other planets are and none that we have observed, but there are many billions of planets. It would be unlikely for life not to exist somewhere, and only a planet that could support life would have beings capable of recognising their ‘unlikely’ situation. Evolution is completely capable of explaining the diversity and complexity of life.
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We haven’t studied every other planet in the universe. Once that’s done, and no other life is found anywhere, then maybe you’ll be able to make a better case. Of course, since so much of the earth is not capable of supporting human life, your second sentence is meaningless.
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Are you saying that there must be a creator then?
And the reason this creator allowed to Holocaust, the 2004 tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, the current genocide in Darfur and the AIDS epidemic in Africa to occur would be?
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One Earth is not perfect. Two Earth is not designed for us we are designed to reside in it.
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Life is my source
?????Yep, that’s why "gods" creation deems it necessary to f*ck it up and kill everything….???????????
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Perfectly designed for human life? How do you explain those oceans that cover 2/3 of the Earth? You know we drown in those, right?
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And again:
1) Evolution and atheism are completely different.
2) This is a science question. Ask it in the science section.
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It is not perfect. Eco systems that could not adapt to the changing conditions died out leaving those that can function efficiently.
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Because if it weren’t the way it is, you wouldn’t be asking the question.
Existence of self =/= God exists.
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Yeah, Earth is fantastic. Especially right now. Ask any polar bear.
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Way to get your facts arse about. The world isn’t tailored to us, we evolved to suit the world. If the system didn’t work we wouldn’t be here. Isn’t nature amazing?
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Yes, the construction of the entire universe is to support life here on earth.
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grow up and read a science book…the Earth is far from perfect- such ignorance!!!!!
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The illions of people who have been victims of natural disasters would likely beg to differ with you not to mention those that have starved to death or died of thirst due to lack of natural resources (food and drinkable water) in their part of the world.
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Yes, this planet is perfect to support life. That is why we are here.
Does not prove the existence of God though.
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perfect earth?
where’d you get that idea?
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You people are ignorant.
And you’re all in for a rude awakening.
Life didn’t adapt to earth. Earth was CREATED for life.
yay.
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OK, so you missed biology class, but you travelled all of the multiverse to see whatever else planets exist?
You are amazingly ignorant for someone so knowledgable!
Earth is indeed awe-inspiringly complex. But to imagine that it was designed specially for humans is seriously egotistical and blinkered.
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The anthropic argument is very lame
The earth is NOT perfect.
It’s lack of perfection, and the obvious "gerry rigged" aspect to many creatures (such as the sesamoid bone in the wrist of pandas which has evolved to have the function of a thumb) is proof to me.
It is NOT evident that it is specially designed for human life.
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Given all the planets in the solar system, it is inevitable that at least a few trillion will form with the right "balance" to sustain life. There is actually a pretty good window at which a planet can be for life. For example if Mars has lots of water, it would be a lot like earth.
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Which ‘other planets’ are you comparing the Earth to? How do you know that there aren’t other planets out there capable of supporting life, with all the complexity and diversity as seen on the Earth? Where is your evidence?
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Was the earth designed for humans? Or did life evolve to survive on earth? There’s much more evidence to support the latter.
As for the natural processes occurring on earth — they are understood, however imperfectly, by science.
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Since you are christian you have all of the knowledge in the universe and know for a fact that the possible 100 million planets out there are incapable of life. You need to inform the SETI astronomers and tell them that they are wasting their time.
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"Why is Earth so perfect?"
I think you meant to add "for we humans and associated earth bound flora and fauna", didn’t you?
I’m sure all the other planets that sustain life throughout the millions of galaxies in the multi-verse also meet the needs of the life they bear.
You want us to believe that just because there is some order about the multi-verse’s existence it means there must be an invisible sky critter pulling the puppet strings otherwise everything would be chaotic for ever.
You incorrectly believe that chaos stays as chaos.
ALL chaos eventually and ‘naturally’ finds its own balance and laws – it is the nature of chaos to do so … it needs NO imaginary friends.
Just because you don’t understand something it does NOT mean GODDIDIT.
I don’t understand how computers work OR how a combustion engine works OR how a television shows all those pictures without a little man inside the box OR how a nuclear power plant works OR how the brain works OR how penicillin cures some diseases and not others OR how some people catch a cold and not others … there are SO many things I don’t know and or understand BUT I do NOT resort to the child’s answer that thunder is the god fighting in the sky.
You really need to learn some stuff.
The bible (aka the Goatherders’ Guide to the Galaxy) might have some ‘good’ stuff about invisible sky critters in it BUT it contains NO information to enable scientists to find a cure for cancer, does it?
When you are sick you go to a modern doctor, don’t you?
You don’t go to a witch doctor, do you?
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The earth is far from perfect; why do you ignore the imperfections?. The earth came first, so it is more logical to say that humans evolved to survive in these condition rather than the other way around? Does life really prevail, and if you contend that it does, isn’t that a testament to the wonders of evolution?
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