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Post subject: That Clinches it! The Pope must be a Closet Trekkie.
 Posted: May 14, 2008 - 09:38 PM
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Vatican: It's OK to believe in aliens
VATICAN CITY - Believing that the universe may contain alien life does not contradict a faith in God, the Vatican's chief astronomer said in an interview published Tuesday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080513/ap_ ... can_aliens |
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Posted: May 14, 2008 - 10:16 PM
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| Hey... if the Vatican can admit that, well, then, there's hope for the pope afterall. |
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Posted: May 14, 2008 - 10:24 PM
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It always amazes me when people believe that God encompasses the whole universe, that He made it, yet at the same time they don't believe that there's life somewhere other than here on this little old earth. The long-shot of us being the only intelligent beings in the universe(which sometimes doesn't seem that way) is astronomical! I can't even begin to calculate how many life-bearing planets there may be out there in our own galaxy alone. I'm a housewife and not an astrophysicist. The Vatican is right, it's not contradictory to Christian teachings to believe in Vulcans, Klingons, ET, etc.  |
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Posted: May 15, 2008 - 12:19 AM
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| angel wrote: | | It always amazes me when people believe that God encompasses the whole universe, that He made it, yet at the same time they don't believe that there's life somewhere other than here on this little old earth. The long-shot of us being the only intelligent beings in the universe(which sometimes doesn't seem that way) is astronomical! I can't even begin to calculate how many life-bearing planets there may be out there in our own galaxy alone. I'm a housewife and not an astrophysicist. The Vatican is right, it's not contradictory to Christian teachings to believe in Vulcans, Klingons, ET, etc. |
Yep, you got that right! And if there are Vulcans and Klingons out there somewhere and if they are watching us; they probably have the good sense to keep their distance.  |
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Posted: May 15, 2008 - 12:29 AM
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| SMB wrote: | | angel wrote: | | It always amazes me when people believe that God encompasses the whole universe, that He made it, yet at the same time they don't believe that there's life somewhere other than here on this little old earth. The long-shot of us being the only intelligent beings in the universe(which sometimes doesn't seem that way) is astronomical! I can't even begin to calculate how many life-bearing planets there may be out there in our own galaxy alone. I'm a housewife and not an astrophysicist. The Vatican is right, it's not contradictory to Christian teachings to believe in Vulcans, Klingons, ET, etc. |
Yep, you got that right! And if there are Vulcans and Klingons out there somewhere and if they are watching us; they probably have the good sense to keep their distance. |
At least until we get warp drive!  |
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Posted: May 15, 2008 - 12:35 AM
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| angel wrote: | | SMB wrote: | | angel wrote: | | It always amazes me when people believe that God encompasses the whole universe, that He made it, yet at the same time they don't believe that there's life somewhere other than here on this little old earth. The long-shot of us being the only intelligent beings in the universe(which sometimes doesn't seem that way) is astronomical! I can't even begin to calculate how many life-bearing planets there may be out there in our own galaxy alone. I'm a housewife and not an astrophysicist. The Vatican is right, it's not contradictory to Christian teachings to believe in Vulcans, Klingons, ET, etc. |
Yep, you got that right! And if there are Vulcans and Klingons out there somewhere and if they are watching us; they probably have the good sense to keep their distance. |
At least until we get warp drive! |
And when we learn not to look at anything foreign as something to dissect or eat! |
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Posted: May 15, 2008 - 12:41 AM
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| SMB wrote: | | angel wrote: | | SMB wrote: | | angel wrote: | | It always amazes me when people believe that God encompasses the whole universe, that He made it, yet at the same time they don't believe that there's life somewhere other than here on this little old earth. The long-shot of us being the only intelligent beings in the universe(which sometimes doesn't seem that way) is astronomical! I can't even begin to calculate how many life-bearing planets there may be out there in our own galaxy alone. I'm a housewife and not an astrophysicist. The Vatican is right, it's not contradictory to Christian teachings to believe in Vulcans, Klingons, ET, etc. |
Yep, you got that right! And if there are Vulcans and Klingons out there somewhere and if they are watching us; they probably have the good sense to keep their distance. |
At least until we get warp drive! |
And when we learn not to look at anything foreign as something to dissect or eat! |
And at least praying that they don't look on us in the same way, too!  |
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Posted: May 15, 2008 - 02:01 AM
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Hey, God is an extraterrestrial life - He's not from this earth. That doesn't mean I believe that He was some kind of ET that came here way back in the beginning of history (and possibly more times after that) and polluted the beliefs of our ancestors. It's just that people aren't used to thinking of God as an ET. But I do.
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Posted: May 15, 2008 - 02:10 AM
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| Oh great, next they'll be saying that the earth is not flat and not the center of the universe. The Vatican must be so drunk with the value of precious gold these days they'll say anything. |
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Posted: May 15, 2008 - 02:29 AM
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I never felt that God was a flesh and blood being.
| TLor wrote: | Hey, God is an extraterrestrial life - He's not from this earth. That doesn't mean I believe that He was some kind of ET that came here way back in the beginning of history (and possibly more times after that) and polluted the beliefs of our ancestors. It's just that people aren't used to thinking of God as an ET. But I do.
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Posted: May 15, 2008 - 03:27 AM
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Posted: May 15, 2008 - 05:32 AM
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| TheWebMan wrote: | | Oh great, next they'll be saying that the earth is not flat and not the center of the universe. The Vatican must be so drunk with the value of precious gold these days they'll say anything. |
You're a thousand years behind the times Us Catholics do believe the Earth to be this pretty blue marble on the edge of..Oh My! The Milky Way! And the Earth ..GASP...even revolves around the sun! OMG! We even believe in dinosaurs and some of us even incorporate evilution with our Genesis stories! What's this world coming to? Though I do agree with you that there are too many riches in the Vatican that could be melted down and used to feed impoverished third world countries. Tactful wording goes a long ways towards someone's bloodpressure not spiking up a notch.  |
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Posted: May 15, 2008 - 06:19 AM
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| Debb wrote: | I never felt that God was a flesh and blood being.
| TLor wrote: | Hey, God is an extraterrestrial life - He's not from this earth. That doesn't mean I believe that He was some kind of ET that came here way back in the beginning of history (and possibly more times after that) and polluted the beliefs of our ancestors. It's just that people aren't used to thinking of God as an ET. But I do.
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God is a Spirit being but not in a human form. If we saw God in His true form while on the earth, your mind couldn't grasp it.The Holy Spirit is a person, Yeshua is God incarnate in a human form.He is both God and man together.
It even says in the Bible that when you accept Yeshua and His teachings that you are no longer of this world but an alien and your new home is in Heaven.....
Maybe that is part of what the Vatican is going on?
DianaG
PS. I'll try and find that and write it here.... |
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Posted: May 15, 2008 - 06:29 AM
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Like any novice theologian I have a t-shirt. On the front it says: "I am an alien". 1 Peter 2:11
The backside says: This world is not my home- John 17:16
They are not of this world, even as I am not of it.- Jesus.
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Posted: May 15, 2008 - 08:40 AM
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I, for one, applaud the Pope's approval to go green |
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