Xenophobia

The idea of being alone in the universe is infinitesimally small. Our earth, over a trillion cubic kilometers, is one of eight planets orbiting the sun, which is thousands of times larger. According to NASA, there are probably THOUSANDS of solar systems in the milky way, the galaxy we live in. the volume of the milky way is approximately 3.3 x 10^52 cubic km. Our universe is TRILLIONS of these galaxies, containing their own multiple planets and stars, and to make it even crazier, this is only from information we have found in our OBSERVABLE universe. Our real universe could be millions, billions, trillions, even quadrillions of times bigger, because it is constantly expanding. If we are alone in this universe, then life is that much more rare. the chances of you being born is one in trillions, and you have had probably an insanely lower probability of being born if life on earth is the only form of life in the universe, possibly sebdfhjjkelnfjkshdlkfjaskldjkesjflkesijfhseilfjillions of cubic kilometers in volume. Are we truly alone?. what about the existance of a higher beings:Overall, the existence of a higher power or deity has been supported by various religions and cultures throughout history. While different religions have their own unique beliefs and practices, they all share a common theme of seeking to understand the divine and connecting with something greater than oneself . This post relates to existentialism because ideas of a higher power/higher powers and an afterlife/afterlives are often used to counter the idea the world is essentially absurd or meaningless apart from the meaning we arbitrarily ascribe to it. ......................................................

...................................................... I think anyone looking at the facts plainly will admit there is conflicting evidence as to the nature of a higher power and an afterlife, if such things exist. I also think anyone looking at the facts plainly will admit that anything that can be attributed to the existence of an afterlife or a god has alternative explanations. All that said, many, many, many people throughout history testify to having convincing personal experiences of interacting with a higher power or having access to knowledge of an afterlife. Furthermore, it is in fact logical to conclude humans are incapable of fully comprehending most of our reality, so just the fact that it is thus far impossible to model or conceive of a scientifically supportable way for consciousness to persist beyond death does not mean consciousness does not persist beyond death. A caterpillar has no way of knowing it will become a butterfly, but it does all the same. A dog has no way of knowing it was the product of selective breeding from wolves, etc. etc. Just as a pet hamster can never understand the myriad forces that lead it from a pet shop to a child's bedroom, perhaps we similarly cannot comprehend the god or gods involved in our lives. It is, in fact, a faith-based proposition to assume humans are capable of creating a model that completely explains reality. If humans are like every other species we observe, then we must have limits we cannot surpass, no matter what, and we must be subject to forces, very probably including higher intelligences, that we can never understand. So, we KNOW we can't understand everything that affects us. And we KNOW that, if we are like every other observable life form, we are being influenced by HIGHER INTELLIGENCES. If there really is no higher intelligence beyond human intelligence in the universe, than humans are so exceptional that there probably IS a some sort of god responsible