Sphere

I'm glad I chose Sphere for my final project because so far I've really enjoyed reading it. I've always wondered if there is life on another planet and what those beings would be like. It's hard because I'm not always sure how it would fit into my faith. Can I believe that there are other life forms out there and still believe in God? I think you can because I believe science is a way of explaining acts of God. Maybe the Big Bang is what started the universe, but the conditions for what happened to created the universe had to be so precise that it's almost impossible for me to believe that there wasn't a higher power behind it. Then who are we to say that God didn't allow those conditions to form life elsewhere in the universe. It would definitely change the collective human psyche if we discovered life on another planet, but I don't think we would have to abandon our religion. Anyway I just thought it was kind of interesting to think about while I've been reading Sphere. Would they be vastly more advanced then we are or would they be primative like cavemen? The other question would be how do we communicate with them? I never really thought about how much of a problem that would be until I started reading the book. It isn't like we could just call in an alien translator. It would be incredibly difficult, and I don't really know what a good solution would be. Anyway just interesting to think about!