>I personally suspect that life *did* arise in multiple palces and times,
>possibly thousands of times, but that the type of life we have today won out
>and that the others will not be heard from.
Why not share the evidence that leads you to suspect this. What evidence
exists that life *did* arise in multiple places and times? Why do you
think these different life forms would compete with each other so that they
all happen to die off conveniently?
Mike