OK to believe in alien life, says RCC (Jesus, priest)

[ben d]

Originally Posted by Scott1

Interesting perspective... I had never heard any Christian express the belief that aliens were "demonic"... wierd.

Thanks for the chat.

Oh,..that view must probably exist because you are Catholic, many of protestant Churches see all UFO/Alien phenomena as Demonic or Satanic. But they're not all wrong either for I am certain that not all ET is Angelic, many do fall into the category of demonic if the reports of many people who have had these encounters are anything to go by.

Yes Scott, thank you for the exchange.

[3.14]

would be strange if aliens were more "evolved" as us since if they can fly to us and we can't fly to them it would mean that there smarter and that would imply that they existed before us, that would mean the creation story is faulty or atleast missing a couple passages.
if there dumber then us it means that god didn't end with us and that creation story is flawed

[Scott1]

Originally Posted by 3.14

that would mean the creation story is faulty or atleast missing a couple passages.

Nope.

if there dumber then us it means that god didn't end with us and that creation story is flawed

Nope.

Thanks for the chat.

[Runlikethewind]

I certainly agree that if alien life is discovered it would open up a whole can of philosophical and theological questions and problems that would need to be worked out. But this could all just be pure speculation, we might just be alone. If that is the case then there is no problem at all. I tend to think that there is a good possibility that there is life elsewhere in the universe but that is just my opinion.

As far as the possible existence of aliens being a problem for scripture, particullarly the Genesis account of creation, I do not see this as being the case. The interpretation of the Genesis accounts in an allegorical and not litteral sense has a rich tradition in the Catholic Church going back to such Church Fathers as Origen, Augustine, and others. And the problems presented by the Genesis account only arise from a very literalistic and might I even say, generally Protestent interpretation of Scripture.

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