What if intelligent life, humanoid in form, were to come (in peace) to earth, but laugh at our ideas of god? If they were more advanced than us, but otherwise very similar to the humans on Earth, would you take their lack of an idea of god to mean that the basic Christian view that god created the universe and provided a way for all people to worship him to be wrong? Would there be some other reason why they wouldn't believe in god? Why the idea of such a thing never existed to anyone on their planet? How exactly would you react to this?
2006-08-26 03:32:38 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This is a hypothetical question you idiots. I am not offering proof, and the question is not moot if you don't belief it could happen. I am simply asking what if.
2006-08-26 03:41:44 · update #1
It wouldn't surprise. We are the race that fell. No it wouldn't change my relationship with God at all. He is very Real, and I love Life with Him.
2006-08-26 03:35:47 · answer #1 · answered by novalee 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I would continue to believe as I do, because there is no way (in the beginning) for me to know if their society was successful in suppressing thoughts of God (as ours tried to). Or if their society was not ever given that information to see if they would develop on their own without it, or learn of it on their own. I would never 'assume' (which by the way, makes an a** out of u and me a**/u/me) that being more technologically advanced guarantees that a race has more wisdom, since wisdom and intelligence are two different things. A person can be wise without book learning, and can know everything ever written and still not have wisdom or even truth.
P.S. I just read your name, God does not hate Atheists, and that is very rude of you to advertise such a thing. God hates name calling and that means God hates you using that for your name. (Even if you are Atheiist yourself, I don't know that, I'm just saying IF you are)
2006-08-26 10:45:17 · answer #2 · answered by arvecar 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There would magically be someone who finds an "ancient scroll", explaining everything, that the pope wrote a day after the aliens came. Something like that would be made to keep the church going.
2006-08-26 10:42:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope...wouldnt change my beliefs even if it did happen. I aint so close-minded or ignorant so nothing will shock me at all.
So many possibilities could happen in this type of scenario (for all you know they may also have a religion of sorts, and they may not have come in peace either)...that to rely on absolutely one possibility is stupid and naive.
2006-08-26 10:51:40 · answer #4 · answered by betterdeadthansorry 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If aliens came to earth, the entire notion of Christianity would be rendered useless anyway!
Hurrah!
2006-08-26 10:38:35 · answer #5 · answered by vomitsupermodel 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God may have created the universe, but it is man that made gods to worship and set the ground rules, so god is great! Man that created religion is bad
2006-08-26 10:38:30 · answer #6 · answered by man of ape 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I am not so sure that we are alone in this universe, so it wouldn't shake my faith. God didn't leave any blueprints lying around to claim whether there were other intelligent life forms or not.
2006-08-26 10:39:43 · answer #7 · answered by Dave 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No this wouldn't change my beliefs. I'd just figure that they are disgruntled Pluto-ians who are bitter that they no longer have a planet to stand on.
2006-08-26 10:46:46 · answer #8 · answered by raininmyshoe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What if Jesus came to earth? Would this change your beliefs?
I can't find much history or reality in a humanoid!
2006-08-26 10:46:26 · answer #9 · answered by yourdayscoming 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
although i am a Christian...i don't believe there is a "right" religion...religion is basically determined by the region in which one lives and outside factors like parental beliefs and practices....people in asia are more likely to be buddhists than christians...people in mexico are more likely to be catholic
2006-08-26 10:42:39 · answer #10 · answered by TRU_TEXAN 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Concidering I don't believe in the Myth in the first place, it wouldn't change my views at all.
2006-08-26 10:47:42 · answer #11 · answered by IndyT- For Da Ben Dan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋