With more than one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe alone, I find it hard to believe not one other planet amongst them all is supporting life. I'm not talking about UFOs or anything, simply life on other planets. What is the Christian view on the possibility of alien life?
2007-06-09 22:41:54 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They are the demons thrown down from Heaven during the rebellion against God.
2007-06-09 22:44:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
Well I think there could be other life on the other planets of some kind. I am a christian and I find it hard to believe earth is the only thing with life, however I will not know for sure until I die and get to heaven.
Good question though. I have thought about it many times. It doesn't mention anything in the Bible though. But then again we don't know everything. Only God does.
2007-06-09 22:52:55 · answer #2 · answered by Chhaya05 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I suppose that, given the beautiful diversity which God has exhibited in His love for our own planet, I find it hard to believe that there are not some, if not many, other worlds with which he has filled with creations.
It may be difficult at first to reconcile this with the Earth-focused view of the Bible. However, it is intriguing to think that perhaps there are other Bibles which echo the truth of our own on other planets. Imagine an alien prophet having a vision of Christ in a dream, and spreading the strange message to his kinsmen?
Might make for an interesting story.
I do know a few cults that address these concerns. Obviously, I wouldn't advise getting too into this, but I've read some of the writings of Urantia, which is essentially a cult cosmology Bible interpretation. It's an interesting read, but of no real spiritual value, as far as I'm concerned.
I'm not sure what your belief is, of course.
2007-06-10 00:28:03 · answer #3 · answered by monsieurbabyturtle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a few religions on this planet that have a certain view on aliens, and I think that the Christians and Muslims both fall into this category. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but they say that God made human beings as the most intelligent and advanced beings in the Universe. In my life I've had Christian and Muslim people tell me, if there are other beings on other planets, then they look like us. No one is more advanced than human beings. However, what if we do actually meet an advanced race that doesn't look like us. Won't that throw a lot of religions into question?
2007-06-09 22:54:43 · answer #4 · answered by madmag_99 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Being Arrogant is a sin. We would not only be fools but arrogant as well to assume we know anything about gods (Master Plan). We would be fools completely to think for one second that we alone are gods only creations. Use common sense god made a universe so vast that it is impossable to travel to the end of it, it is filled with an endless amount of planets and things we have never seen and new things that we learn (Every Day).. People make wild speculations on what an Alien is. Some say that they are Angels and others call them Demons. The truth is nobody knows, In all likely hood they are simply another form of life that god created (One of His Children). No less or more in worth to god than we are. We make wild assumptions of there intent and our governments intent from hiding it to us only proving the governments point that we are not ready to be told the truth. Stop the videos, stop making wild speculations and panicking and who knows maybe our government will tell us Everything. To the fool using Jesus in the mix you are assuming that they chose a life of sin and needed a savior, you cant get more ignorant than that.
2016-05-21 05:37:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
*Shrugs* It would make no difference to me. However, I'm not willing to bet that there IS life on other planets. There might be, but I doubt it very much.
There would have to be a galaxy out there that had a planet with the same tilt and speed as the Earth, with nearly the same elements comprising the atmosphere, with the same distance from the sun and moon as us (so there would have to be another sun and moon the same size, and in the sun's case, temperature, as our sun and moon), with planets the same size and distance as they are in OUR galaxy...the list goes on and on.
Even if there IS another such galaxy, it would only prove creation once more. The odds are against just US existing. If there was another such galaxy, or even hundreds, thousands or millions of them, it would point to a Creator, not against.
So either way, it's fine. Doesn't affect my faith at all.
2007-06-09 23:07:55 · answer #6 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The bible neither confirms or denies alien life. It neither confirms nor Denies that we will have contact and or co-habitate. It does say that all of creation is linked together. Saying that an alien is either god,angel or demon is st stretching it and only for the fanatics. As a christian I do believe in God, However I also believe in a Universe so massive we would be fools to think we are gods only creations.
2014-01-28 10:13:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a Christian, I think that life on other planets is possible, but not likely. The fact of the matter is that sin is a curse that man called called out into our physical realm, so the real question is "would the sins of Adam and Eve effect life outside our planet?"
My theory is that yes it would. The reason I say that is because death (the result of sin) comes to all things living...even stars and planets.
But to answer more specifically your question I know that for God all things are possible. So if he put life, any form of it, out there on another planet, in another galaxy far, far away, that's up to Him. I just don't think he did, but I don't know everything he's thinking either...clear as mud?
2007-06-09 22:58:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have thought about this too for many years. The Bible is silent on the subject of life on other planets, of course, so any answer would be pure speculation. My personal belief as a Christian (and long time Star Trek fan) is that if there is intelligent life out there it will show even more the glory of God's creation and that surely God has worked out a plan of salvation for them too.
2007-06-09 22:54:17 · answer #9 · answered by oldsmoothbore 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you think about it....The reason you find it hard to beleive that we are the only ones inhabited is because you probably don't belief Genesis, but rather the THEORY of evolution.
The Bible does talk about many alien types, but they are spirit beings , demonic types that were rejected from heaven.
2007-06-09 22:48:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
the possibility of life as we know it to exist outside earth approaches zero. if we will count the odds against what life existing on earth went trough, we can conclude there is a designer. water alone is super rare in the universe. if there's any of it. its either ice or vapor, here on earth is absurdly abundant. conclusion is inescapable, creator exist.
2007-06-09 23:05:16 · answer #11 · answered by engot 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋