-Removed-What does the possibility of life on other planets, one way or the other, have to do with Christianity?
In addition there is something about your responses which seem to suggest that you are upset that we can have such ideas. My own parents had such attitudes and as a teenager [50 yrs ago] they could provide no evidence that something was wrong with Christians having such ideas. Neither can you provided such evidence that something is wrong.
Seems to me that you are in the same boat with Christians who take the creation literally [7, consecutive 24 hr periods], and that tells me you are seriously backward in your thinking.
Originally posted by Rajk999https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Downing
What does the possibility of life on other planets, one way or the other, have to do with Christianity?
In addition there is something about your responses which seem to suggest that you are upset that we can have such ideas. My own parents had such attitudes and as a teenager [50 yrs ago] they could provide no evidence that something was wrong with Chris ...[text shortened]... y [7, consecutive 24 hr periods], and that tells me you are seriously backward in your thinking.
This guy proposed that many things in the Bible point to ETs.
I admit it's strange.
But actually it's the more naturalistic explanation compared to angels and demons.
The fact that it's strange to the Bible isn't sufficient reason to reject it. If it were, much of Earth's history and science would be out the window.
Oh wait this happens doesn't it.
Originally posted by JS357“You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Downing
This guy proposed that many things in the Bible point to ETs.
I admit it's strange.
But actually it's the more naturalistic explanation compared to angels and demons.
The fact that it's strange to the Bible isn't sufficient reason to reject it. If it were, much of Earth's history and science would be out the window.
Oh wait this happens doesn't it.
John 8:23
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-Removed-The more we find out about the sheer mindbogglingly enormity of the universe, the more it becomes unlikely that ours is the only planet that sustains intelligent life.
This does then pose something of a quandary for Christianity. If other worlds do exist (with such intelligent life) and God is indeed the creator of everything, then surely he would have put in place the means for salvation on all these planets. The bible does indeed say that for man the only way to God is through Jesus, but perhaps for a Europaian (inhabitant of Europa, smallest of the four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter) the only way to God is through Weelksteinflep.
Originally posted by Ghost of a DukeOn Earth, the Fall is said to have created the need for salvation. If all intelligent beings are in need of salvation, then on every planet having such beings, there was something akin to the Fall. Or will be, as more planets come to have intelligent life.
The more we find out about the sheer mindbogglingly enormity of the universe, the more it becomes unlikely that ours is the only planet that sustains intelligent life.
This does then pose something of a quandary for Christianity. If other worlds do exist (with such intelligent life) and God is indeed the creator of everything, then surely he would ...[text shortened]... lest of the four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter) the only way to God is through Weelksteinflep.
One cannot help but conclude that either 1. God wills this to be, freely and knowingly, or 2. God has no choice in the matter. I'd say this is a theological implication of Goldilocks planets.