I think they contradict each other. Others will assert they can coexist however..If we were visited by aliens, how would that affect religion?
Not at all because aliens can exist without changing any church teachings
I don't know of any religion that contradicts the existence of aliens.
No, the bible is taken metophorically by many people, so I don't see how aliens would negatively affect religion.
It would reinforce religion, especially Christianity, because the Anti-Christ is suppossed to be supernatural (which could be interpreted as having advanced technology).
[QUOTE=''ferrari2001'']Not at all because aliens can exist without changing any church teachings[/QUOTE]
But if God created alien life, surely he would mention it is his teachings? Or would he have us, instead, find it on our own?
[QUOTE=''MotherSuperior''][QUOTE=''ferrari2001'']Not at all because aliens can exist without changing any church teachings[/QUOTE] But if God created alien life, surely he would mention it is his teachings? Or would he have us, instead, find it on our own?[/QUOTE]
The Bible never says that it is all-inclusive. So noboby can answer your question other than God.
[QUOTE=''Xbot_720'']It would reinforce religion, especially Christianity, because the Anti-Christ is suppossed to be supernatural (which could be interpreted as having advanced technology).[/QUOTE]In what way are aliens supernatural?
[QUOTE=''Xbot_720''][QUOTE=''MotherSuperior''][QUOTE=''ferrari2001'']Not at all because aliens can exist without changing any church teachings[/QUOTE] But if God created alien life, surely he would mention it is his teachings? Or would he have us, instead, find it on our own?[/QUOTE] The Bible never says that it is all-inclusive. So noboby can answer your question other than God.[/QUOTE] Jesus Christ was God incarnated whose mission was to provide salvation for man on Earth, creating a special bond between man and God. If alien life is found, life on earth would be spectacularly unspectacular, and God's special link with humanity would be shattered; ultimately disproving the foundation of Judeo-Christianity.
[QUOTE=''MotherSuperior''][QUOTE=''Xbot_720''][QUOTE=''MotherSuperior''] But if God created alien life, surely he would mention it is his teachings? Or would he have us, instead, find it on our own?[/QUOTE] The Bible never says that it is all-inclusive. So noboby can answer your question other than God.[/QUOTE] Jesus Christ was God incarnated whose mission was to provide salvation for man on Earth, creating a special bond between man and God. If alien life is found, life on earth would be spectacularly unspectacular, and God's special link with humanity would be shattered; ultimately disproving the foundation of Judeo-Christianity.[/QUOTE]Er, that's not the foundation of Christianity. :|Besides, if you have two children, is one more special than the other?
[QUOTE=''MotherSuperior''][QUOTE=''ferrari2001'']Not at all because aliens can exist without changing any church teachings[/QUOTE] But if God created alien life, surely he would mention it is his teachings? Or would he have us, instead, find it on our own?[/QUOTE] Well the thing is, ''God'' didn't really mention any of this through words, what's in the bible is actually what is mentioned by humans. Twisted up knowledge of our own planet put behind a fictional story, that teaches few facts, morals and good values, but nothing more. And yes, as it appears if a god was to exist, he put us here to only exist - or in other words to some how experience him/her/it/universe/god, or the universe. What is outside of god/universe, who knows? The human mind currently does not have the knowledge or perhaps even brain power to answer that question. But they are given the opportunity to live and learn and make good educated choices, moving forward for example... Leaving Christianity behind. How can one even talk of the exterior... We haven't even solved the interior. Well, you guys can hold onto it, but eventually you know what's going to happen... The future, whatever it is, it's going to be something that makes logical sense.
[QUOTE=''Theokhoth''][QUOTE=''MotherSuperior''][QUOTE=''Xbot_720''] The Bible never says that it is all-inclusive. So noboby can answer your question other than God.[/QUOTE] Jesus Christ was God incarnated whose mission was to provide salvation for man on Earth, creating a special bond between man and God. If alien life is found, life on earth would be spectacularly unspectacular, and God's special link with humanity would be shattered; ultimately disproving the foundation of Judeo-Christianity.[/QUOTE]Er, that's not the foundation of Christianity. :|Besides, if you have two children, is one more special than the other?[/QUOTE]
The foundation of Christianity was not the sacrifice of God's only begotten son (even though they're supposed to be the same entity) to save humanity? Isn't that why Christians worship this God? Isn't that what a foundation is? If not, what is the foundation then?
[QUOTE=''MotherSuperior''][QUOTE=''Theokhoth''][QUOTE=''MotherSuperior''] Jesus Christ was God incarnated whose mission was to provide salvation for man on Earth, creating a special bond between man and God. If alien life is found, life on earth would be spectacularly unspectacular, and God's special link with humanity would be shattered; ultimately disproving the foundation of Judeo-Christianity.[/QUOTE]Er, that's not the foundation of Christianity. :|Besides, if you have two children, is one more special than the other?[/QUOTE] The foundation of Christianity was not the sacrifice of God's only begotten son (even though they're supposed to be the same entity) to save humanity? Isn't that why Christians worship this God? Isn't that what a foundation is? If not, what is the foundation then?[/QUOTE]That is. But the whole ''Humans are the most special things in the universe'' part is not.And you know that's what I'm talking about.
[QUOTE=''MarioRPGer''][QUOTE=''Xbot_720'']
It would reinforce religion, especially Christianity, because the Anti-Christ is suppossed to be supernatural (which could be interpreted as having advanced technology).
[/QUOTE]In what way are aliens supernatural?[/QUOTE]
Obviously you need to retake your 3rd grade reading class. I said COULD BE INTERPRETED which means that technology that was so advanced could seem impossible in human terms, therefore supernatural.
[QUOTE=''BR1NG3R''][QUOTE=''MotherSuperior''][QUOTE=''ferrari2001'']Not at all because aliens can exist without changing any church teachings[/QUOTE]
But if God created alien life, surely he would mention it is his teachings? Or would he have us, instead, find it on our own?[/QUOTE]
Well the thing is, ''God'' didn't really mention any of this through words, what's in the bible is actually what is mentioned by humans. Twisted up knowledge of our own planet put behind a fictional story, that teaches few fats, morals and good values, but nothing more. And yes, as it appears if a god was to exist, he put us here to only exist - or in other words to some how experience him/her/it/universe/god, or the universe. What is outside of god/universe, who knows? The human mind currently does not have the knowledge or perhaps even brain power to answer that question. But they are given the opportunity to live and learn and make good educated choices, moving forward for example... Leaving Christianity behind. How can one even talk of the exterior... We haven't even solved the interior. Well, you guys can hold onto it, but eventually you know what's going to happen... The future, whatever it is, it's going to be something that makes logical sense.[/QUOTE]
This is my point exactly. The Bible is man's interpretation of Gods message, introducing mortal influence and bias.
[QUOTE=''Theokhoth'']I don't know of any religion that contradicts the existence of aliens.[/QUOTE]The major issue I imagine would be this: What do you think the chances are of aliens believing in Jehova, or any other human deity for that matter? If aliens contact us and we find out that they don't believe in anything supernatural that pretty much kills all religion on Earth (except for maybe scientology). For example, with Christianity, if these aliens have never heard of Jesus or God before contacting people that kind of proves that at the very least the Christian God does not exist since one would imagine that if He did then every civillization in the universe would know of His existence. Even assuming that only humans and no other life form in the universe have souls and thus God only decided to reveal himself to us for that reason, that wouldn't explain why God would have gone out of his way to create entire other worlds with sentient life.
[QUOTE=''Theokhoth''][QUOTE=''MotherSuperior''][QUOTE=''Theokhoth'']Er, that's not the foundation of Christianity. :|Besides, if you have two children, is one more special than the other?[/QUOTE] The foundation of Christianity was not the sacrifice of God's only begotten son (even though they're supposed to be the same entity) to save humanity? Isn't that why Christians worship this God? Isn't that what a foundation is? If not, what is the foundation then?[/QUOTE]That is. But the whole ''Humans are the most special things in the universe'' part is not.And you know that's what I'm talking about.[/QUOTE] If we are not the most special things in the universe to God, what purpose would he have in sacrificing himself to save us instead of any other animal or alien life? It seems we would have to be quite important for a God to do that.
[QUOTE=''MotherSuperior''][QUOTE=''BR1NG3R''][QUOTE=''MotherSuperior'']
But if God created alien life, surely he would mention it is his teachings? Or would he have us, instead, find it on our own?[/QUOTE]
Well the thing is, ''God'' didn't really mention any of this through words, what's in the bible is actually what is mentioned by humans. Twisted up knowledge of our own planet put behind a fictional story, that teaches few fats, morals and good values, but nothing more. And yes, as it appears if a god was to exist, he put us here to only exist - or in other words to some how experience him/her/it/universe/god, or the universe. What is outside of god/universe, who knows? The human mind currently does not have the knowledge or perhaps even brain power to answer that question. But they are given the opportunity to live and learn and make good educated choices, moving forward for example... Leaving Christianity behind. How can one even talk of the exterior... We haven't even solved the interior. Well, you guys can hold onto it, but eventually you know what's going to happen... The future, whatever it is, it's going to be something that makes logical sense.[/QUOTE]
This is my point exactly. The Bible is man's interpretation of Gods message, introducing mortal influence and bias.[/QUOTE]It just peeves me that other people don't accept that... Oh well, their loss.
[QUOTE=''gameguy6700''][QUOTE=''Theokhoth'']I don't know of any religion that contradicts the existence of aliens.[/QUOTE]The major issue I imagine would be this: What do you think the chances are of aliens believing in Jehova, or any other human deity for that matter? If aliens contact us and we find out that they don't believe in anything supernatural that pretty much kills all religion on Earth (except for maybe scientology). For example, with Christianity, if these aliens have never heard of Jesus or God before contacting people that kind of proves that at the very least the Christian God does not exist since one would imagine that if He did then every civillization in the universe would know of His existence. Even assuming that only humans and no other life form in the universe have souls and thus God only decided to reveal himself to us for that reason, that wouldn't explain why God would have gone out of his way to create entire other worlds with sentient life.[/QUOTE]Well, that all appears to be based on the assumption that the intelligent life we find doesn't believe in any deity, so. . . here's hopin' they do.
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