Posted on 07/01/2011 6:19:36 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
I think Larry Norman had it right back in the 70’s; “if there is life on other planets, Jesus went and died for them too...”
Seems logical to me.
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And you base this on...?
Yep, its baffling beyond belief why people might believe that Aliens evolved on another planet just as we did here, but cannot accept that there might be a mythical sky fairy...
It would be neat to meet an ET and ask him “Is there a God?”
And he reponds, “Sure, but he didn’t have to come visit us because we didn’t screw up.”
>>> People refuse to believe in God but they’ll accept aliens.
They’ll do more then accept aliens. I’m persuaded that Jodie Foster’s movie “Contact” correctly predicts that if we find hard evidence of intelligent alien life, people will start to worship them. A modern Cargo Cult. Hail Vega.
>>> but other than possible microbes transported by solar winds, nothing will ever be found.
Lichens and other very basic plants seem reasonable. Which is still very high up the ladder from the primeval soup. Aliens in spaceships, not so much.
The Resurrection is the central event of Christianity.
Without the Resurrection, Jesus Christ was just another Tony Robbins wannabe.
He died ONCE for all [sons of Adam].
The Bible deals with God’s relationship to human beings. Not dogs, not cows, not lions, not any other living thing on any planet.
.. Will Perelandra succumb to this malevolent being, who strives to create a new world order and who must destroy an old and beautiful civilization to do so? ..
Hmmmmmm . . . Sound familiar ?
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Looks like the whole point is, let's try everything to discredit the Christian faith and Jesus. Funny, you never see them going after Buddha, Allah, the 300 million or so Hindu gods, ect. just the God of the bible and Jesus. When people curse it's always using God's name, Jesus, Christ. You never hear anyone say Buddha d*mn.
I don’t think the question is do you BELIEVE in life on other planets. The question is much more interesting. Does anything that God has revealed to us so far PRECLUDE THE POSSIBILITY that live exists on other planets.
I can’t think of any scripture puts extraterrestrial life outside the realm of possibility. But I’m open to learning.
Sky fairy? Not something else to worry about.
LOL and where did the aliens come from?? Oh yea, Dawkins is in complete denial. The fool says in his heart, there is no God.
Actually it’s really sad, somewhere deep in his soul, he knows the truth.
Richard Dawkins is an atheist... not all those who believe in evolution are atheists...
Even if intelligent life exists elsewhere, God seems to have designed the universe to make it impossible for us to interact with them in any way. Even in any way we can imagine. (true we can imagine folding time/space but we can't imagine how to generate the vast energy required to do it).
I find that significant.
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I agree.. If I see big honking ships over big cities I’m heading for the hills..
SFL
Seems like if they did the math they’d realize the chances of us encountering aliens is pretty darn slim, even if they existed.
The universe is between 12-14 billion years old. Most of our ‘technology’ has been developed in the last 200-300 years. Our space travel is only around 60 years old.
How long can any civilization last before it implodes in some way? Maybe a couple thousand years??
For an alien civilization to exist, develop space travel, develop interstellar travel, and not kill themselves off and happen to stop by within the next 20 years (out of 14 Billion) seems kind iffy.
I watched the modern version of War of the Worlds again the other night.
That is one horrifying flick.
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