Do you believe aliens exist? Why or why not?

Question

My church told me that I couldn't believe that aliens existed because they're not in the bible, so I quit going.. I never really looked at it from a religious point of view until that moment, but then I started thinking that if God had so much love, then why not spread it? I don't know, I just want to hear about why someone would or would not believe in aliens.

Just to clear this up.. There were many reasons why I quit with that church, but I just snapped and quit going when they told me that I couldn't even SPEAK of anything that isn't in the bible or is associated with God.

Answer 1

You quit going to church because they told you something dumb which you didn't agree with... but you're happy with everything else they said? Hmm... that doesn't seem, well - consistent to my ears but never mind.

Whether aliens exist like many other things in life is not - or rather should not be a matter of 'belief' Aliens either exist or they don't. Such a question can be answered empirically with real data and evidence though none exists at the moment.

The probability is life emerges wherever the conditions are suitable for it. Indeed, we don't know how variable conditions could be and still support life. There are up to 400,000,000,000 stars in this galaxy alone - there's a good chance most of them have planetary systems - even if a fraction of a % had life, we'd be talking millions of worlds - there are also hundreds of billions of galaxies. The chance that the only planet supporting life is our own is incredibly unlikely.

Answer 2

I won't go into fine detail but the chances that there are other life-forms somewhere in the universe are quite high BUT we DO know that there is none anywhere near enough to us that would permit inter-space travel in less than many lifetimes.
IF, however, some alien life-form was technically more advanced than we are and had created a matter-transfer device, enabling instant relocation ...

Beam me up, Scotty!

Much the same as gods, we WANT to believe that we are not alone yet are scared silly in case the aliens are ruled by their religion, which dictates that they must destroy us to get to their heaven ...

Answer 3

There are some 400 billion galaxies all with between 100 and 500 billion stars and many billions like our Sun with planets around them.

It is absurd to suggest that we are the only life forms in the Universe and mathematically stupid.

The Universe is teaming with life and life could be the default state of matter existing everywhere.

It is entirely possible that we shall never make contact with any of these life forms because of the unbelievable distances between them and us. 2.5 million years to the nearest galaxy at light speed. 15 billion years to furthest reaches of the Universe that we know of. Light from these massively distant areas set off towards us billions of years before the solar system ever existed. Light speed is approximately 186,000 mile per second or roughly 7 times around the World in 1 second or to the Moon and back in about a second and a half.

As for aliens not being mentioned in the bible, on the very 1st page of Genesis it talks about man being made in OUR image, not God's or his but ours!

Religion is a man made device, devised by the power brokers to keep the masses under control through ignorance and fear and has an agenda all of its own. Educate yourself in the natural World before blindly following a religion.

Answer 4

I believe in God and the majority of the Christian doctrine. What one group of people decides is true does not affect my belief. Christianity is based on the Bible, and there are multiple interpretations. Don't 'toss the baby out with the bathwater' just because one church doesn't share your belief.

I believe in alien life because, as someone said, "It'd be a lonely universe without it." The capacity of the universe serves to show our minute occupation of it.

From a religious standpoint, I can't imagine a God that built a house with a million rooms and only intended to populate the broom closet.

From a logical standpoint, every scientist places a numerical possibility that life exists on other planets - "one in a million," "one in a sextillion," etc. With the size of the universe, we can actually approach those odds and say, "Hey, the odds say we can find at least one more planet with life!"

I don't believe there's anything in the Bible or in the general Christian doctrine that states it's impossible for other species to exist on other planets. It's ridiculous to assume otherwise.

Answer 5

I wouldn't go so far as to say I believe in the aliens like the ones depicted in the movies or anything like that, but I do believe there is life on other planets. I think it's pretty high-and-mighty of people to think that we're the only planet with life in the ENTIRE UNIVERSE. The universe is so massive, it's ridiculous to think there's no other forms of life in it. At least that's my opinion.

Answer 6

I totally believe in aliens, just that we and they do not have the ability to travel such a far distance to prove it. It's impossible to think that out of this vast universe full of different planets and solar systems...that Earth is the only planet with life. And just look at all the different types of species we have, each one adapted and evolved to their surroundings (which can totally happen elsewhere). I refuse to believe that we are the only ones...we just can't make it far enough to find out where life on other planets exist.

Answer 7

One just needs to understand exactly how HUGE this universe is. There are millions and millions of solar systems that may have planets that could support life in our galaxy alone. Common sense tells those of us that listen to it that there's no way that there ISN'T other life out there. You are absolutely right, God's eternal, boundless love is NOT entirely focused on this one tiny planet on the forgotten outer edge of a regular galaxy spinning around Billions of similar galaxies! Good thinking, hon!!

Answer 8

If they exist it is only on other planets. Even if we could travel at the speed of light we are looking at trips of hundreds of thousands of years. Unless somebody figures out how to exceed the speed of light by many orders of magnitude we will never meet any aliens.

I hope that does not disappoint you too much.
I actually kind of like the idea that as I look out into space somewhere out there another type of being might be looking out into space and wondering too.

Answer 9

Statistically speaking and taking into account new observations of planets within "earth range" of a star, then life must exist on another planet. We can call this life alien. What form that life takes and its level of intelligence is another question.

Answer 10

Odds point toward the probability of Universal Aliens. Yes I would say I believe there probably is Aliens. I will say I don't bealive technology will ever advance sufficiently that we will ever make contact.