2007-05-25 07:16:36 · 23 answers · asked by zacki 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
If by aliens, you were extraterrestrial life, I do believe they exist. My belief is based on sheer statistics - it is hard to believe that around the billions of stars in billions of galaxies, there is only one planet that is both capable and does support life.
Whether or not said life has contacted Earth is a far different question, on the other hand, and is impossible to say. I tend to say NO, for while it would be possible, there just isn't enough credible evidence to argue otherwise.
As for your second question, based on the human analogy, I would guess that any sentient extraterrestrial life had or has a faith-based belief structure that would be called "religion." Every human society does and it seems a natural part of sentience, especially a more "primitive" sentience.
2007-05-25 07:30:55 · answer #1 · answered by Lieberman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are certainly not the only planet in the entire universe to sustain life... can anyone really truely think that... when we know so little. I suppose it's possible that we're the only life forms in the entire universe, just cant imagine its likely. Given the amount of "space" we've investigated vs the amount of "space" we have not. It'd be pretty ignorant for someone to say "there is no aliens, we know that for a fact", for we simply do not know it as a fact, and it is physically impossible for us to know it as a fact, or dissprove it, for years and years and years...
I believe any sentient being (someone who is aware, conscious) is bound to have beliefs that involve at least some faith. Are they advanced enough to where they have Facts in lieu of Faith in religious area's? I think that's possible, if they are more advanced that us that is. Whether their religion is based on true factual knowledge, or religious faith, I believe they would likely have a religion.
At this point no human religion is soley based in fact. None of us has ever died and been able to come back to tell us if they arrived in heaven and it was the exact description the Catholic church prepared them for, or that indeed Hell is real and Satan punishes human souls ongoing without pause.
No one has come back from the dead to prove to us that Allah has provided them with 71 virgins (err whatever) in their afterlife. No one has come back after death ... to prove that Budda has spoken with them, and recarnation, is indeed the real truth... Of all our religion .... each and every one... NONE is based on 100% fact, it all requires some amount of faith.
Could you imagine if aliens were so far advanced that they did not Need to have any faith in anything, that their knowledge was so extensive there was no need.
If they had a religion of sorts... would it even be able to be called A RELIGION... since it would involve no faith whatsoever... but true physical,factual knowledge instead
2007-05-25 17:37:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I believe in aliens. I believe that they have a religion.Most humans except that there is some-one greater than themselves, when they look at the powerful force of the creation, the sun , moon, stars, nature etc.Humans begin to think and ask questions.
2007-05-26 00:46:52 · answer #3 · answered by skeetejacquelinelightersnumber7 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I feel that aliens could exist. I also believe that it is very likely they would have some belief system in a supreme being. It would seen unlikely that intelligent beings, like humans, would not believe in God or have some sort of belief in a spirtual realm or other dimensions. God is, as I believe, universal and I believe that all intelligent beings in the universe are similar in physiology; thus, all beings have a tendancy to believe in something.
2007-05-25 14:31:36 · answer #4 · answered by Scifi Boy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is possible that aliens may have a religion. We are aliens to them and we have a religion. Same way they are aliens to us and they may have a religion.
2007-05-25 18:26:51 · answer #5 · answered by Hari Om 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I strongly believe in aliens.They are our forefather also.
All the religions of our mankind are belongs to aliens.
Actually we are also aliens and came here accidentally long ago.
This is only that genetic working in us for searching our origin in the space.
2007-05-27 13:54:58 · answer #6 · answered by anaam mishra 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aagh! Aliens itself is still a mystery ... u wanna know about their religion?? I have to make an alien friend to answer ur question then.
2007-05-25 16:34:11 · answer #7 · answered by Smile- conquers the world 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do belive on aliens, they may be religious or not. But they exist becoz universe is more wider subject to think than a person can think, but if we go logically you will get so namy solar systems like your solar system ,their is life on earth as per in same way at many other planets life can exist.they should be differ from us according to their natural conditions in their looking hows we look, but i am sure life on other planet is possible.
2007-05-25 23:26:45 · answer #8 · answered by karan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How arrogant of some people to think we're the only ones here in the whole damn universe. There is still so much we don't know about, how could we be the only ones here??? And, no, I do not think they have a religion.
2007-05-25 17:31:05 · answer #9 · answered by Ann 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am afraid to answer this question because some priests may start a war or try to establish that religion on earth and start conversions.Handling religious human fanatics is dangerous.This is the reason God is not visible to us.
2007-05-25 14:58:30 · answer #10 · answered by murthyssr9 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋