When it is proven that intelligent life exists outside the earth, what will churches say about it?

Question

As science advances, intelligent life will be discovered. The SETI project will eventually prove it, and it could happen in just a few years. The search for planets on other stars first found one, then another, then hundreds. The same will happen in the search for extra-terrestial intelligent life.

Answer 1

I must agree with Hiker and Sal that your estimates are overly ambitious. I also used to think such things in the late 1970's.

I also agree with lipsut and harryb. There are many such things in the bible. Angels breeding with man. People being led by a cloud by day which turns into a fiery pillar at night. Perhaps such a discovery will lead to a more open interpretation of these passages instead of the confused mystery of them today.

This is the second time today that touhidul has posted his url and this is the second time that it is equally as meaningless and bogus.

becky- how does one who conforms to the beliefs of the flat earth society possibly form any response to a question about life outside of the flat earth??

I'm an atheist has a good point about posting this question under the right category.

Having said that... I believe that churches led by skymaster and lil bit will form a witch hunt and begin persecuting all who believe in the new found life. They will begin burning science and astronomy books. They will remove their children from public schools calling their teachings heresy. They will lock up and torture those who profess to believe in life outside of Earth. They will force these people to recant their claims and prevent them from publishing any further details. Spain will send armies to obliterate entire cultures and their libraries.

Oh... wait... I guess that's already been done.

Answer 2

Some will happily accept it. Of those, some will begin to plan how to convert them. Others will ignore it. Others will deny it.

Since many religions currently deny the obvious findings of Darwin and his successors, discovery of outside life shouldn't be hard to deny as well. It will be a "LIBERAL PLOT" or a "SECULAR GOVERNMENT HOAX", " A JEWISH CONSPIRACY" or some such madness.

In 1992 Pope John Paul II officially conceded that the Earth was not stationary - it revolved around the sun. Actually they had known it centuries before, even at the time of Galileo, but it takes time to admit you're wrong. Especially for a church that claims infallibility.

Actually I don't accept your statement that Intelligent life will be discovered. It may very well be the case that we are it. Intelligence may be a VERY chancy stroke of luck. It may destroy itself soon after it discovers nuclear energy. As Enrico Fermi asked " Why aren't they here?"

Answer 3

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Answer 4

When, and or, IF it is proven in our lifetimes, churches won't say anything.
Churches are buildings.
Organized religions, though, will have quite a bit to say, I'm sure. From the archaic teaching that the Universe was Earth- centered, and G-d provided humankind with the only link to a 'Supreme Being' through prayer and meditation...
All of it will fly in the face of modern religious belief.

Answer 5

The church has been notorious in the amount of time it takes to accept what is a pretty obvious "mistake". They will probably start out believing it is a trick perpetrated by demons or Satan himself, for at least the first few hundred years after first contact.

Answer 6

Hard to say

If they believe in a SUPREME being of if they have VIDEO TAPES of ADAM AND EVE it wll be hard to say how churches wil react.

But one thing is for sure, ATHEISTS will have a problem.

ATHEISTS don't acknowlege a HIGHER SOURCE of being than MAN.

For ATHEISTS the concept Extra Terrestrials exist or may have made man or believe in something higher will pose a FAR more serious problem than for the churches.

Churches will just want to convert them.

Atheists ALREADY deny them

Hence Atheists will call them MASS HYSTERIA

Answer 7

As a christian I can honestly say that the only problem we have with scientists is that most of them believe that life was created by accident over billions of years ago. Anyone who says any different knows nothing about religion and should spend more time studying the bible as well as scientific textbooks and you will eventually see the truth. The truth is that God created the earth (and everything in it). How anyone can believe that something as complex as life could happen spontaneously is beyond me. To answer your question: if another life form is discovered outside of the earth we would just think about how great our God is.

I love science, I am double majoring in biology and chemistry, but you will never see me believing in evolution.

Answer 8

This may sound trite, but there has always been life outside of Earth. God, the angels, and the dear departed.
I Cr 13;8a

Answer 9

That "the lord god made them all, inclding them little green critters from Mars"

BTW SETI has been binned long ago as a waste of time and taxpayers money.

Answer 10

i think they'll go on and continue w/ the same thing...

humans were here first,which is the same as saying which

started first,the chicken or the egg...do we all want 2 start w/all

this mess again?