21 Jan '19 02:12>1 edit
Some people believe there must be life on other planets and some people don't. Neither side can prove that there is or there isn't life elsewhere in the universe. Some people are engaged in searching for it. Others are not much affected/interested by the question.
People who believe there must be life on other planets are doing no harm ~ unless they start threatening or punishing those who don't. Those who don't believe there is life on other planets are similarly doing no harm ~ unless they start sanctioning those who do.
Doesn't this serve as a simple analogy for theism and atheism ~ for belief and lack of belief?
If so, it makes theistic ideologies based on supposedly revealed instructions, threats and rewards sound very mundane and parochial and not "divine" at all.
People who believe there must be life on other planets are doing no harm ~ unless they start threatening or punishing those who don't. Those who don't believe there is life on other planets are similarly doing no harm ~ unless they start sanctioning those who do.
Doesn't this serve as a simple analogy for theism and atheism ~ for belief and lack of belief?
If so, it makes theistic ideologies based on supposedly revealed instructions, threats and rewards sound very mundane and parochial and not "divine" at all.