Is that OUR Billion or the Americans?

Derek Bevan, Huntingdon Cambs, England

It is absurd to think that one small planet, Earth, is the only one to have life--be it aquatic, land roving, or other. Even if there was a god or were gods, why would she/he/they be so intent to minimize his/her/their design and strength and put life on one small rock. Far more realistic is to reason that life evolved out of a primodial ooze, and developed from single cells until precreatures walked or crawled out of the waters.

It is blatant bland insanity to think that one book--be it the Koran, Bible, Avesta, or any other religious tract was written or dictated by some supernatural being(s) to a select handful of scribes giving total truth to everything. What is essential is to recognize that these religious tracts are but plagarisms from other writings to comfort those afraid and without the capacity to investigate and understand their own world, shakled by the tyranny of religion and its inquisitions to root out dissent. God is another word for "I do not know won't study."

Dr. Arthur Frederick Ide, RADCLIFFE, Iowa

I truely believe we are not alone, and that where we fall in the cycle is irrelivent to the possibilities that exist. As technology advances so will our reach and perhaps one day we will understand that we may not be the oldest nor the youngest of worlds with life. Earth history has been proven time after time the complex changes that have occured and that evelution with climate will contantly grow in flux. An example is like looking at a sine wave, as temp rises the world is at war over limited resources and the population will decrease, and then this is followed by an ice age that again will decrease the populations of plant and animals that are left to re-establish itself, we will always adapt to the changes, even if is to transform into creatures more sutable to the climate.
Space is no different, our solor system is only one example of a biosphere traveling through space, earth is the main capsule with the sun as its engine and the larger planets as our defensive sheild.

Stephen Shanks, Charlestown, Indiana 47111