How would finding intelligent Life on other planets effect Religious beliefs?

DrJizzle · #1 Jun 16, 2006, 01:05 PM

This has been touched on in a few threads from time to time. I am interested to hear some different point of views on this.

If we were to discover intelligent Life on another planet, how would that effect religious beliefs? Does it help to prove or disprove certain religions?

RickJ · Jun 16, 2006, 01:07 PM

It would be irrelevant in my opinion. I for one have no reason to think that we are alone in the Universe.

DrJizzle · Jun 16, 2006, 01:16 PM

But they could not be Christians, right? How would it not have any effect on the religion?

RickJ · Jun 16, 2006, 01:23 PM

I believe this: If there is other life in the universe, then they are just like us in their "instinctual" knowledge of God. They may or may not know the name "Jesus", but Christ will have revealed Himself to them in some way.

DrJizzle · Jun 16, 2006, 01:36 PM

Well, if God sent His ONLY begotten Son to us and He was crucified here on Earth, then how could He be revealed to another planet? So they are either not sinners or they are unforgiven for their sins. But either way, they cannot be Christians... how would they know of Christ? Isnt the fundamental belief that makes one a Christian is the belief that Christ has died to forgive me for my sins?

RickJ · Jun 16, 2006, 01:44 PM

God can do anything he wants. On one end of the spectrum, I'd ask why could He not choose to be made flesh on multiple planets - and be crucified on each?

He can reveal Himself to his created beings any way he wishes, can't he? Maybe other created beings know him and his plan for them in a different way.

Of course all of this is completely speculative - and only musings. We here on Earth can only know him in the way that we see that he has revealed himself here.

RickJ · Jun 16, 2006, 01:44 PM

PS.

ONLY does not mean "only on this planet".

Jesushelper76 · Jun 16, 2006, 01:54 PM

I believe that it would make religious beliefs stronger. There are some Christians out there that deny any existance of other life forms because we are the special ones that God has created. Ha Ha Ha. They do not believe that life could exist outside our planet, at the same time believe in God. How can that be? Anyway, I think that God is the one who created life and started life and to find other life forms else where would actually prove to a lot of people that it is not just by CHANCH that we are here. Oh yes, and another thought there are many people who put limits on what God can do. I do not understand why? Why put limits on God when God is greater then everything. God I do believe can appear anywhere on any planet with any body, spiritual and physical. So why are we the only ones to recieves Christ spirit. That is a hard one for me to swallow. Ka Ka Ch, sorry just choking, joking!

Joe

DrJizzle · Jun 16, 2006, 01:59 PM

So then Christianity allows the belief that a Man can be killed on this Earth and be born again into another Life... whether it be on this Earth or on another? Doesnt the Bible say that Man is to die once and only once?

I know that God can do anything (almost) but we are all subjected to rules and laws... of course the breaking of those are miracles and that can happen, too. but based on what we know, how could Intelligent Life be possible in the religious aspect?



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