A new report released today shows that “two NASA space probes that visited Mars 30 years ago may have stumbled upon alien microbes on the Red Planet and inadvertently killed them” and I’m just overly curious how the religious community will process and respond to alien life. Now I’m not saying that this find is in any way intelligent, but what happens when we do actually find another self-realized being?
I know that the Christian Church has no official position on this matter of intelligent alien life, but wouldn’t they immediately have to have one? How could they continue to assert divine importance of humanity with existence of different life elsewhere? Seeing how most religious text claimed man’s unique status and that we were created in any perfect image, could it still claim to be valid? Or would the find of intelligent life elsewhere make most present organized religions so emaciated and archaic as to make them impossible to believe in?
2007-01-08 01:05:31 · 11 answers · asked by Dr. Brian 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sorry, forgot the link:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/01/07/mars.life.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest
2007-01-08 01:05:46 · update #1
Well you'd think that logically you'd have to abandon any religion that considers humans and earth to be of such central importance. But since Christianity continues despite knowledge that the biblical version of the creation of life and the universe are completely wrong, I wouldn't get your hopes up. Faith provides an excellent shield against knowledge.
2007-01-08 01:09:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Some Christians like me would be surprised if there isn't life on other planets. I conclude this from the diversity on earth. There were 543 different carrot types but we farm only 14 of them. The ones that have the best nutrients were tossed for the ones which make more kg per square km of farmland. How can the creator not use something as large as the universe for more than us? Jesus said I have sheep in other folds which I always understood to mean other planets.
2007-01-08 01:12:53 · answer #2 · answered by Pilgrim 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Microbes" is the keyword. That could be anything. If they found a turtle on Mars that would be something else, but microbes is far away from that. Microbes is not "intelligent life". Nonetheless, it would make no more difference than if there are microbes on the moon, and even if there were animal species it still wouldn't really matter because it neither disproves a Supreme Being or tarnishes the sacredness of human life.
2007-01-08 01:35:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You were misinformed. the present debate is what the possibilities are extreme for the Drake equation it really is a heuristic equation to calculate the risk of life contained in the universe. some are arguing for decrease values, for this reason a decrease risk yet no is is saying it really is 0. As for alien causes to seek out different life, in case you stay on my own contained in the woods and in the destiny you listen the sound of a set said, doesn't pick to seem to work out what's causing it?
2016-12-28 09:32:26 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too much to answer, Shall I start with the FACT the Vatican on more than one occasion stated there are aliens and they are not to be feared.There is life every where in the universe, and quite simply, I do not think we are near intelligent.
2007-01-08 01:10:34 · answer #5 · answered by gwhiz1052 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hear questions like this frequently. Not sure there relevance to religion. maybe G-d created life elsewhere as well, if there was oodles of alien lifeforms it would have no impact on my beliefs. You are also taking a leap in assuming alien life would not have there own religion. If they did have a religion (which I would be willing to bet they do) it would only reinforce my faith.
2007-01-08 01:12:52 · answer #6 · answered by Quantrill 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know about religion but it sort of knocks the Hell out of Evolution now don't it. Nothing could have passably evolved from it on Earth. BB
2007-01-08 01:14:19 · answer #7 · answered by Betty Boop 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they will be overwhelmed with joy because it would give them a load of fresh meat for the conversion machine. And a whole new civilization from which to generate much needed tithes.
2007-01-08 01:13:50 · answer #8 · answered by Rabble Rouser 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
If there is intelligent life, it appears that it will have to be elsewhere. It surely doesn't seem to exist here.
grace2u
2007-01-08 01:17:30 · answer #9 · answered by Theophilus 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Fairy tales and legends will remain unchanged.
Ramen !
2007-01-08 01:10:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋