Posted on 05/13/2008 1:10:00 PM PDT by meandog
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican's chief astronomer says that believing in aliens does not contradict faith in God. The Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, the Jesuit director of the Vatican Observatory, says that the vastness of the universe means it is possible there could be other forms of life outside Earth, even intelligent ones.
In an interview published Tuesday by Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Funes says that such a notion "doesn't contradict our faith" because aliens would still be God's creatures.
The interview was headlined "The extraterrestrial is my brother." Funes said that ruling out the existence of aliens would be like "putting limits" on God's creative freedom.
Well that is my point.How can the church say there is no other life in this vast universe.They would not.I never saw a red light.I think the question will be if life is found what will they be in the sense of immortal or mortal.I find it impossible to think we are alone to be honest.That’s just my opinion.
It’s absurd to deny the possibility of aliens...and it’s equally absurd to assert that they definitely exist, given the lack of evidence for them.
But let's muse. First we have to assume that it is even possible that there is such a thing as extraterrestrial beings visiting Earth. (And there's nothing I've seen to make me believe there is).
But if it were so, who and what might they be? Where did they come from? How did they get here? How long have they been here? What do they want?
In this fantastical indulgence we might theorize that
I. They are us — humans whose path diverged from ours at some point in the past, or our descendants somehow arrived from the future. A) Maybe all of humankind arrived together long ago in the past. Our space dwelling “brethren” simply chose to not live in the gravity well of earth but have somehow thrived and survived in the deep reaches of the solar system. B) Humans from the future — the whole time travel thing, etc.
In these instances A) What they want now is probably bad because otherwise they wouldn't be bothering us after all these years.BAD. B)Maybe they're telling the truth about where not to go wrong — or maybe they represent a faction only and have returned to twist history (er..the future) over to their side. BAD
II. They are descendants of an ancient non-human race of Earth dwellers who made the move to space as a catastrophe overcame our planet. They're back now — and they want their planet back. That's bad.
III. They are actual alien species who have traveled to our system in a “generation ship”. A) Now they are looking at Earth as place to stay. BAD. B) Now they need all our resources (like freeze drying filet de human) in order to continue their journey to who know s where. Bad C) Just dropping in the say hello. [Weslome to Earth now go home” BL] Also probably BAD if they are typical slobby, trash littering tourist types. You know — like the guy who chipped off a piece of the Easter Island monument as a souvenir.
IV. They aren't aliens at all. They are in fact fallen angels folling many people into thinking they are Mr. Spock's cousin. BAD! V. They are actual aliens who have somehow mastered the technology of faster than light travel (Not possible of course but then none of this is) A) They are here to study us. BAD. I for one don't feel like being “studied”. B) They want to conquer us. BAD C) They want to eat us. BAD. C) They want to tell us how to have world peace BAD BAD BAD. Nothing worse than a idealist do-gooder for screwing things up. Add high tech to that and you've got a recipe for trouble plenty.
Quix....are you suggesting that they have 'erred' and from general observation over time, chose to support Islam, Sharia Law and Communism over groups of humans that allow more personal freedom and free market societes?
Seeing Las Vegas, as Sodom and Gomorrah compared to Riyadh, Jeddah and Mecca?
Interesting theory.
ROFL! Splendid good man!
Catch you later, BL. ;^)
I believe that the green-skinned Orion slave-girls will abduct me... and then force me to ‘probe’ them.
‘Probe’ them multiple times, in fact.
:-P
Finally succeeded in getting Dad’s new McAfee Total Protection installed and registered after more than 2 hours . . . DO NOT try and use # symbol in a password at the start. Big problems.
Sigh.
Anyway—briefly to your kind comment. Great seeing some intelligent, civil, candid comment from the RC perspective.
I think it’s quite conclusive that the Vatican knows a great deal that they are keeping their cards close to their chests on.
It’s hard to speculate in such a mine field of puzzle pieces and disinformation.
However, I believe that the Vatican has been in contact with at least the government officials who are in contact with the ET’s if not in contact with the ET’s themselves.
Certainly the Vatican knows that the powers that be behind the global government are in cahoots with and in contact with the ET’s. That’s inescapable, to me. Nothing else makes sense, from what I know.
Therefore what, I don’t know.
Because the ET’s are going to proffer 3D videos of “HISTORY” that will seek to undermine Christ’s deity and a host of other things . . .
They will contend that they created/bio-engineered ALL relgious figures of the past, including Christ—for SOCIAL ENGINEERING/CONTROL PURPOSES
dealing with man
which they will also contend that they bioengineered.
Given that basic story line . . . it is hard to imagine how the Vatican is going to ‘cooperate’ or respond to that globalist/ET scenario.
But I’m fairly certain that they know of the broad outline of that plan on the part of the ET’s and globalists.
Whether they’ve followed that GREAT DECEPTION and believed it . . . is a whole ‘nother issue.
I suspect that the core globalists . . . for many, many decades if not for 400 years as some assert . . .
have been satanists all along.
And who knows what the father of lies has told them down through the years . . . preparing his end times set of deceptions and lise . . . .
Quite a number of those possibilities have been proffered
as part of the
“true”
picture.
Thanks.
I think some fairly interesting but relatively low key stuff is going to come out of those and the French files.
Thanks for the link.
SIGH . . .
There’s potentially a lot of important work and discussion to have on such threads . . .
the crazy pics take up so much . . . and the naysaying posts usually a good deal more.
However, of the two
A) UFOS/ET’s BEING ON CNN DAILY
or
B) crazy pics and posts on such threads,
I’ll take B any and every day over A)
Wow, wonder what that means. :’?
I just know I’m going to regret asking this, but...
UFOs & ETs are on CNN every day?
I just know I’m going to regret asking this, but...
UFOs & ETs are on CNN every day?
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