RexRed wrote:I think it is more than a coincidence that the earth is so perfect to suit life...
Was the earth made for life or was life made for the earth or is the earth just an extension of life.
To say that conditions here on Earth are perfect for life ignores the basic fact that the Earth is in a state of violent and ever-changing flux. Presumably there was a time when the Earth was not perfect for life, and those inhospitable conditions will probably arise again.
There is a problem with the statement, "...the earth is so perfect to suit life." If it weren't so perfect, then we wouldn't be here to comment. Since we are (obviously) here, then
of course it seems perfect. As soon as it is not perfect again, we will perish, and once again the question will be irrelevant.
Just put the DVD of Earth on super-fast-forward...
Violence as the world is being formed, hot lava everywhere. Water begins to appear. Billions of years of organisms scrambling for scarce food and resources. Asteroids hit, glaciers advance, mass extinctions occur. Then humans appear. Slow down the tape just in time to hear the word: "perfect." Speed up again. Nuclear apocalypse, glaciation, mass extinction, Earth is swallowed up by sun.
That was a lot more fun than I expected.