extraterrestrial life

[Jesus_is_Saint]

Do you believe extraterrestrial life exists?
Can we consider the lives in heaven is extraterrestrial life?

 

[Tolworth John]

I see no reason why there should be any et's out there.
But for fun think the best answer is to assume that any intelligent alien life forms would like c.s. lewes scifiction stories, know about God and Jesus and once languages have been translated think their first question to us would be.' Tell us more about Jesus?'

 

[Sanoy]

Yes I think the lives in heaven could be termed "extra terrestrial". In fact I think all of the visitations by "so called" aliens that are occurring in alarming number across the world are actually spiritual beings rather than flesh and blood creatures from another planet. I think they are actual evil spirits.

 

[Jesus_is_Saint]

Will discovery of et overturn the belief of Christianity?

 

[Radrook]

Will discovery of et overturn the belief of Christianity?

I imagine that the faith of Christians whose theological perspective demands that mankind and angels be the only creatures who can reason and have God's attributes will be severely shaken if not destroyed by such a discovery. Others who don't share that limited view would easily accept it. So it all depends on what the particular Christian involved believes beforehand.

 

[Archivist]

To me it is highly unlikely that there are not other planets throughout the Universe that support life. Many of those planets undoubtedly support intelligent life, and some undoubtedly support intelligent life that that is far more advanced than we are.

And no, it will neither shake nor destroy my faith if and when we make contact with such life.

 

[CrystalDragon]

Do you believe extraterrestrial life exists?
Can we consider the lives in heaven is extraterrestrial life?

Considering "extra-terrestrial" literally means "from beyond Earth", then it would be perfectly accurate to consider God and those in heaven "extra-terrestrial" by definition.

As for "extra-terrestrials" in the common terminology, as in "aliens from another planet in our universe", considering how there's so many galaxies out there, and billions of stars (and likely planets) in our galaxy alone, I feel like it's likely that at least one intelligent (and possibly space-travelling) race lives out there somewhere.

The way I see it, if God just wanted us to be the only intelligent civilization-and-technology advanced species in the universe, he likely wouldn't have created all the galaxies and such in the first place, just our tiny section of the solar system.

 

[[serious]]

Do you believe extraterrestrial life exists?
Can we consider the lives in heaven is extraterrestrial life?

Based on the number of stars in our observable universe, I would say the presence of life elsewhere in the universe is almost certain. When we get into spacefaring life, I'm not at all sure. I would suspect that actual manned interstellar flight would be far more difficult than any practical utility. Self replicating robots from simple chemicals would be equally challenging I think, but somewhat more possible. Basically, even though I think there is life out there, I don't think we have, or ever will meet it. I wouldn't be overly shocked if some day we detect it remotely though. We are starting to reach the point where we can effectively measure the atmospheric conditions of exoplanets and there can be tells that life exists from that.

 

[joshua 1 9]

I see no reason why there should be any et's out there.

Actually there is a reason, because the laws of the universe are universal. If there was life somewhere else in the universe it would look very much like life here on Earth. This is according to a branch of science that they call Evo Devo.

 

[Archivist]

Actually there is a reason, because the laws of the universe are universal. If there was life somewhere else in the universe it would look very much like life here on Earth.

Actually it is very probably that life on other planets would look nothing like life on Earth. The Search for Life in the Universe -- NASA Astrobiology Magazine

This is according to a branch of science that they call Evo Devo.

Evo Devo, or Evolutionary Development, generally looks at the development of life on Earth. The study of life elsewhere in the universe is known as exobiology.

 

[Radrook]

To me it is highly unlikely that there are not other planets throughout the Universe that support life. Many of those planets undoubtedly support intelligent life, and some undoubtedly support intelligent life that that is far more advanced than we are.

And no, it will neither shake nor destroy my faith if and when we make contact with such life.

It would seem that the Good Lord has set very difficult barriers in our way because he doesn't want us to intermingle if indeed there are other intelligent material creatures in our material universe. Otherwise he would have made it far easier.

BTW
Perhaps he considers their association with us presently detrimental to them?

 

[Radrook]

I see no reason why there should be any et's out there.
But for fun think the best answer is to assume that any intelligent alien life forms would like c.s. lewes scifiction stories, know about God and Jesus and once languages have been translated think their first question to us would be.' Tell us more about Jesus?'

Perhaps their original first ancestors never sinned as our Adam and Eve did and they never suffered a fall and exist in a blameless state and in an environment where death and decay never took hold?

 

[Tolworth John]

The reason for making this assumption Radrook, is that most believers in 'ET' assume that such life forms would be atheists as they are.
To turn their assumptions about 'et' and their believes is the aim.

 

[Tolworth John]

Actually there is a reason, because the laws of the universe are universal. If there was life somewhere else in the universe it would look very much like life here on Earth. This is according to a branch of science that they call Evo Devo.

Yes you are tottal right the 'laws' of science are universal. As life was created it did not arise by chance, there is no reason to suppose that there is life 'out there'.,

 

[joshua 1 9]

Yes you are tottal right the 'laws' of science are universal. As life was created it did not arise by chance, there is no reason to suppose that there is life 'out there'.,

One theory is that Heaven is a planet like the earth only bigger. When people die they are transported there through a system of wormholes that exists in the universe. So we can go from one place in the universe to another very rapidly.

 

[Tolworth John]

One theory is that Heaven is a planet like the earth only bigger. When people die they are transported there through a system of wormholes that exists in the universe. So we can go from one place in the universe to another very rapidly.

Your problem is that you prefer an imaginative bit of story telling to the truth.

Jesus said that he was The Truth, the Life and the Way. He told us about heaven, was he lieing?

 

[ViaCrucis]

Will discovery of et overturn the belief of Christianity?

Did the discovery of people living in the Americas overturn the belief of Christianity?

For European Christians living in the 15th and 16th centuries, the discovery of continents across the ocean with whole new peoples never before known was as radical to them as that of intelligent life living on other distant planets out in the cosmos is to us.

-CryptoLutheran

 

[joshua 1 9]

was he lieing?

Jesus is "the way and the truth and the life.", it would be impossible for Him to lie.

 

[Tolworth John]

So what you wrote in post 15 is a made up story with no relevency to reality.

 

[Adstar]

Do you believe extraterrestrial life exists?

It may or may not.. I do not find it relevant to Christianity though..

Can we consider the lives in heaven is extraterrestrial life?

The common interpretation of Extraterrestrial is a form of life in the universe but not on earth..

Heaven is not part of this universe.. Therefore life there cannot be considered extraterrestrial..