Pat Robertson says aliens are impossible because God just wouldn’t allow it [View all]

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On Wednesday, Pat Robertson spent time on “The 700 Club” telling NASA not to waste money going to Mars or searching for life beyond Earth. Why? Well because in Robertson’s non-expert opinion there’s nothing out there in space besides “barren rocks” and “gaseous balls.”

“This planet is where God has got an experiment in what he wants to have accomplished,” Robertson stated. “But somehow, people want to spend a lot of money to go to Mars! I don’t want to think that Mars is someplace I want to visit, and it would take a lot of money to get there!”

One could roll their eyes at this rhetoric and dismiss it as Robertson’s typical bombastic and close-minded blather. But his “NASA is too expensive” thoughts are shared by politicians who hold the purse strings.

This line of thought displays not only a lack of imagination, but also a lack of understanding of Earth’s finite resources. This sort of limited scope of ideas also stifles innovation and scientific discovery. Space travel is responsible for so many incredible technologies that we use today, which NASA has helpfully enumerated here.

http://www.salon.com/2015/02/25/pat_robertson_to_nasa_dont_explore_mars_earth_is_gods_experiment_with_life/

Sorry if already posted but felt it was too good to pass up. While I doubt there is much on Mars -- http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=2986 remember signs of life could even include bacteria and while I don't keep up with this, I believe it was proven bacteria could survive in outer space & I think we discovered some well preserved frozen evidence in Antarctica, something to do with nitrogen & ammonia but something to do with maybe we came from outer space.

What I did want to point out is there are more exoplanets than people on earth so I say the odds are quite good, the question that wonders me is if there is any intelligent life out there. I do know it isn't helpful to check w/ or assert based on the opinions of people from thousands of years ago unless Joseph Smith counts as a prophet.