What would the discovery of extraterrestrial life mean to Christianity?

Question

What if they have exactly the same Bible?

Answer 1

First question: none Christians have denied evidence since Galileo and before.
Second question: none, because other than an astronomically improbable coincidence, they would be right.

Really if you have faith your logic is biased and always "win/win"

Answer 2

You don't need to find any aliens. Christianity debunks itself. The basic beliefs are ridiculous, and the only reason for their popularity is that they were forced on people at swordpoint. After a few generations of indoctrination, the descendants of the original converts went out and used swords and fire to similarly convert others throughout a wide region (Europe). The acceptance of Christian beliefs became legally mandatory in many places, and the penalty for non-belief was sometimes death. That's how the lie known as Christianity was imposed on mankind, with the result that more than 1000 years of human talent and energy was diverted to a purpose that was mostly wasteful. Michelangelo could have painted to a different theme. Bach could have found his musical inspirations elsewhere. We'd still have the art, and the art would have had a better influence on the race, if Christianity had never appeared.

Answer 3

it would mean that their bible is put into question because they AREN'T the only life on earth. They'd probably decide to kill the aliens like religion has with every other people out there.

And the likelihood of the aliens having the same bible (or having one at all for that matter) is so small you might as well just drop the idea.

Answer 4

That would be nice huh! However...

Not in your life-time, or in the life-time of your children, grand children, or gr-gr-gr-gr grandchildren will earthlings be able to venture beyond our solar system to make such a discovery.

Even traveling at the speed of light, which may be possible theoretically, will never be practical, and more than that will be needed for such travel.

The nearest star to our solar system is 5 light years away, and no planets have been detected there. Light travels at 186,272 miles per second. Traveling that fast, 11,173,320 miles per hour, think of the ramifications thereunto! lol

It's a pipe-dream.

Answer 5

Nothing. Several decades ago we were told that, "if there is a God than how can we be alone in the universe." Now there is, "if there are aliens then there can't be a God." Not sure how the ideas are mutual exclusion but hey whatever.

Answer 6

Prophecy being fulfilled.

Luke 21:25And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

26Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

27And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

Answer 7

Genesis1:1

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
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- Since the earth is where we live, it seems to me that earth is where our concerns should be.

- The existence of extraterrestrial life has no affect on what the Bible teaches us, to say otherwise speaks to ones ignorance of what the Bible teaches.

Answer 8

it would render christianity obselete as the twisted beliefs of islam, judism and christianity would collapse.

I can only hope for the day

I hope every bloody christian here remembers the philosophers and thinkers who were burned at the stake and imprisoned for specualting that we are not the centre of the universe

Answer 9

That there is more to life than just what a BOOK says.

Answer 10

Nothing