If you travelled to many worlds and found that on all of them some form of God was believed in, would that tend to make you believe or would it make you doubt the diversity of the universe? From an Agnostic
2006-08-23 18:45:41 · 7 answers · asked by judson d 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
God is everywhere but aliens can be found on many planets.
2006-08-23 18:49:50 · answer #1 · answered by Bright 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well first of all, I assume you mean all the worlds with life forms intelligent enough to grasp the concept of a god.
I don't think it's possible. But then again it depends on how you define a god. What about multiple gods? What about animism, which was the precursor belief before humans came up with the concept of gods? What about mortals who ascend to godhood, like the ancient Egyptian pharaos? The Jewish/Xtian/Muslim concept of a single, eternal god is but one of many possibilities.
Around the world, the great majority of plantlife is green. Mere coincidence? The product of intelligent design? Neither. Green is the color best suited for the most efficient photosynthesis given the colors emitted by our sun and passed thru our atmosphere. On other worlds with similar suns and atmospheres, plant life would also quite likely be predominantly green. This is called convergent evolution, where two separate species evolve a nearly identical trait because natural selection favors that trait in both species.
The concept of a god may also be another such common trait. Humans invented gods for a number of reasons, and many of those reasons may exist on other planets, thus leading intelligent aliens to also invent gods at some point in their development. So no, I wouldn't think that finding a belief in gods on many worlds would be any further indication that gods were in any way real.
Of course I would be remiss as an atheist, though, if I didn't bring up the likelyhood that as they became more advanced and mature as a species, they would eventually give up the notion of gods just as we've largely given up the notion of animism and are beginning to do with gods.
2006-08-24 03:41:21 · answer #2 · answered by R[̲̅ə̲̅٨̲̅٥̲̅٦̲̅]ution 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For me - even on this planet there are millions of forms for the creator, God creates all of the images in the form that the individuals can understand and grasp. Each culture, race, planet, etc sees God differently because they understand God differently. That doesn't mean there is less diversity simply because there are so many versions of God, actually means there is diversity because God is presented in so many different ways to so many different people.
2006-08-24 02:05:45 · answer #3 · answered by Unity 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would make me think that the yearning for an answer to the unknown is a by-product of intelligence and not just a human condition.
As to the reality of God, it would depend upon how similar the conceptions of him were on these other planets...
2006-08-24 01:54:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A drop of water springs from the ground, falls into a river, goes to sea, and reaches the ocean. It can't deny its nature, being water, while it's in different schema. It shares its essence with the ocean that is inclusive of all the drops.
2006-08-24 02:15:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
GOD created everything you see even those things that scientists discover billions of light years away----there is GOD so yea He is on all the planets
2006-08-24 01:52:20 · answer #6 · answered by chefgoudah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
god is everywhere if he is right there with u then he is in other planets,galaxies,stars,etc...... god is so powerful!!!! :D
2006-08-24 01:55:54 · answer #7 · answered by ❤נαcкiε❤ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋