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What will happen to Christianity if intelligent life [View all]
is found on another planet(s)? Will Christians continue to believe that god sent his only begotten son (just) to earth ? Why of all the inhabited planets did he choose earth? Or will they decide that god actually sent his son to all the inhabited planets? Or something else? I assumed that such a discovery would be the death knell for Christianity, but a Catholic friend thinks not, but doesn't have an answer why.
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with an est. 100 billion planets just in the Milky Way...and a perhaps 100 billion other galaxies
NRaleighLiberal
Jan 2013
#1
I would not stop believing in Jesus. I believe that there is life on other planets.
hrmjustin
Jan 2013
#8
Would that be before or after he reveals himself to the humans on this planet?
Kalidurga
Jan 2013
#53
Imagine we run into some obviously superior beings. Clearly we should adopt their beliefs, if
dimbear
Jan 2013
#11
The existence of trees, mushrooms, bacteria has never raised any issues for Christianity.
Jim__
Jan 2013
#59
Unless we find intelligent life on Mars tomorrow, or under the icy seas of Europa....
Moonwalk
Jan 2013
#30
Ah Charles, yet another variation on the same old tune. If only everyone saw god as you do, eh?
mr blur
Jan 2013
#45
Wait. Are you seriously associating christians with denial of the moon landing and
cbayer
Jan 2013
#63
I believe some or many Christians already believe in intelligent, alien life.
ZombieHorde
Jan 2013
#52