Does evidence of Intelligent ET life disprove Christianity?

[dknightx]

I am a christian, and after reading about the Chicago UFO story, it got me thinking about this question. On one hand, I could see how it would, yet on the other hand, I could see how it wouldn't. Your thoughts are appreciated.

[dknightx]

found an interesting documentary that I'm listening to right now ... probably belongs in a different thread though.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...59819100282680

[arahant]

I can't see how it would.

[vhawk01]

I think the lack of information about AIDS in the Bible is enough to show that the God decided some things we could figure out on our own, right?

I mean, it seems like a pretty gigantic thing to leave out, but is it explicit in the Bible that the Earth is the only planet with life? I'm sure its implied, simply because no one who wrote the Bible could have imagined that we even lived on a 'planet,' but it would have to be extremely explicitly mentioned in order for this to sway any true Christians.

[dknightx]

the thing is, if you examine the reason why humans were created, it seems strange why God would also create ET life as well.

[vhawk01]

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the thing is, if you examine the reason why humans were created, it seems strange why God would also create ET life as well.

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Why were humans created?

[revots33]

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the thing is, if you examine the reason why humans were created, it seems strange why God would also create ET life as well.

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Why bother creating billions of galaxies at all, when his true concern is the salvation of one species, on one tiny rock, in one tiny solar system, in one remote corner of the universe?

[FortunaMaximus]

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the thing is, if you examine the reason why humans were created, it seems strange why God would also create ET life as well.

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Why bother creating billions of galaxies at all, when his true concern is the salvation of one species, on one tiny rock, in one tiny solar system, in one remote corner of the universe?

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Because the entity can? An argument could certainly be made that it was to give the one species room and time to flourish.

More likely if it's a created Universe, you'd have a handful to a galaxy disperson. If you were running an experiment that big, what would a rational scientist to do if it wanted to study the parameters of life within a galaxy? Maybe some galaxies are empty, some have one species to see how it develops the galaxy, others have more than one, etc.

It's not like the entity has to be at the controls every second.

[FortunaMaximus]

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I can't see how it would.

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Me either. Certain tenets would probably have to be abolished though, but not necessarily the principles. Is the Christianity of today the same of the Christianity of 1900 or even 1400?

It's proven adaptable to change. This would be a huge shift though. But I don't think it necessarily destabilitizes the Church enough to be torn down. People still need worship and community structures.

What's for certain, probably, you'd have splinter churches worshipping the aliens and attributing it to some vague passage in the Bible.

Such goes religion, no?

[Phil153]

The Jesus story (with its original sin component) is utterly absurd if aliens exist. I'll let the honest Christians elaborate.