Christianity Stand On Intelligent Extraterrestrial Lifeform.
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Topic as above, getting confused since no one gave me any reasonable explanations. So, just curious, what are your views on this...???
When Christianity spread throughout the West, the Ptolemaic system became widely accepted, and although the Church never issued any formal pronouncement on the question of alien life at least tacitly the idea was aberrant.
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In 1277 the Bishop of Paris, Étienne Tempier, did overturn Aristotle on one point: God could have created more than one world (given His omnipotence) yet we know by revelation He only made one.
Taking a further step and arguing that aliens actually existed remained rare. Notably, Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa speculated about aliens on the moon and sun. -
aliens on the sun wahahaha
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this is 13th century stuff
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Bible did not mentioned anything about them. Neither have science found any proofs of extraterrestrial lifeforms. Therefore, nothing has led me to believe in their existence.
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Actually, what science found were traces of bacteria, not that sort of ET we see in moviesOriginally posted by sillyme:Bible did not mentioned anything about them. Neither have science found any proofs of extraterrestrial lifeforms. Therefore, nothing has led me to believe in their existence.
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Science may not found any proof yet but research has shown on earth itself exists lifeforms that thrives on extreme conditions of high pressure, heat, cold, sulfur, etc... suggesting that lifeforms in what seems to be unhabitable planets or moons like io is possible...Originally posted by sillyme:Bible did not mentioned anything about them. Neither have science found any proofs of extraterrestrial lifeforms. Therefore, nothing has led me to believe in their existence.
Plus it was said that the universe is filled with components like carbon, nitrogen and water... the essential building blocks of life... for that much abundence of life materials the possibility of earth being the only planet with life form is very slim...
So, I believe in the law of chance that the endless boundries of the universe should have atleast one other planet with lifeforms... but life form with intelegence like ours are very slim... our evolution of intelegence was a scientific accidient that was not suppose to happen but it did... -
Lifeforms can be described quite narrowly or widely. I think the key term used in such discussions is 'intelligent lifeforms'.
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Yes I think the TS is referring to intelligent lifeforms, those that people think they operate UFOs.
Scientifically lifeforms can exists if the conditions are right.
From the Christian point of view, life starts when God brings order.
Anyway, since no knowledge of such lifeforms is revealed, and it does not help me know God better nor does it make everyone happier, I think time is better spent doing some other things. -
there is no life without God...
do i sound like a christian? maybe i should join a church seriously, i am a natural at this preaching stuff. -
watch me impeach you.Originally posted by CyNdI)4.eVa:there is no life without God...
do i sound like a christian? maybe i should join a church seriously, i am a natural at this preaching stuff.
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thou shalt forgive you.Originally posted by Ito_^:watch me impeach you. -
Hope you wont become like NUS.Originally posted by CyNdI)4.eVa:there is no life without God...
do i sound like a christian? maybe i should join a church seriously, i am a natural at this preaching stuff. -
No link leh. Science also haven't proof or dis-proof god, but why you believe leh? We're talking about religion here, not science, so don't bring science into the picture.Originally posted by sillyme:Bible did not mentioned anything about them. Neither have science found any proofs of extraterrestrial lifeforms. Therefore, nothing has led me to believe in their existence.
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So from Christian's point of view, nothing was mentioned about them in the Bible.Originally posted by yxTay:No link leh. Science also haven't proof or dis-proof god, but why you believe leh? We're talking about religion here, not science, so don't bring science into the picture.
We must remember the Bible is not a science book. But we can use science to validate parts of the Bible. Since nothing is mentioned in the Bible about intelligent ET lifeforms, we can see what science says about them. -
who's NUS? bring him to me and i will show him the true path to forgiveness and salvation.Originally posted by davidche:Hope you wont become like NUS.
lol. i think i can be a spokesman for god. if he or she or it exists. -
Hi.Originally posted by CyNdI)4.eVa:who's NUS? bring him to me and i will show him the true path to forgiveness and salvation.
lol. i think i can be a spokesman for god. if he or she or it exists.
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yo. whatsup? wanna join a church? i can intro u to many of my over-friendly or less politically correct, fuking annoying christian friends. they will bring u to a house of god and change u into a better person. christ is the only ticket to heaven. make the old man happy!Originally posted by NUS_Superst@r:Hi. -
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DO NOT MOCK GOD(S). u will go straight to hell. (information might be incorrect. i read about this in sgforums.)Originally posted by NUS_Superst@r:[mod edit] Religiously offensive content deleted. -
i am seriously thinking of reporting nus-supershi.t and cyndi to ISD. u guys promote religion intolerance.
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So, what's that gonna do?Originally posted by VivId CrItiQuE:i am seriously thinking of reporting nus-supershi.t and cyndi to ISD. u guys promote religion intolerance. -
Ask your God to punish me right now since he's so powerful. Otherwise, what you're saying is bullsh it.Originally posted by VivId CrItiQuE:i am seriously thinking of reporting nus-supershi.t and cyndi to ISD. u guys promote religion intolerance. -
lol. i am a changed man. i am speaking for god now.Originally posted by VivId CrItiQuE:i am seriously thinking of reporting nus-supershi.t and cyndi to ISD. u guys promote religion intolerance. christ has spoken to me in my dreams after he surfed the sgforums and read what i rode. he has enlightened me. i see the world with far greater clarity now. so can i add to the bible about what he shown me? -
back to topic...Originally posted by sillyme:So from Christian's point of view, nothing was mentioned about them in the Bible.
We must remember the Bible is not a science book. But we can use science to validate parts of the Bible. Since nothing is mentioned in the Bible about intelligent ET lifeforms, we can see what science says about them.
if ET really exists and the bible says nothing about them, does it mean that the book is incomplete?
if ET really do not exists and the bible says nothing about the non-existance of them, does it mean that the book is not specific enough?
from what i know, Man are sinners since birth. but alien lifeform may not share human values. all our lives, we see and read about aliens sharing human traits and features. hollywood has wrongly lead people to believe that aliens are more or less similiar to humans, like having a face or believing in "thou shalt not kill", when it is not necessarily true. although humans live on the same planet, we differ greatly in the way we view the world, like how the Japanese view the world differently from Americans. or like the volatile issue of religion which has regrettably divided the human race into many fragmented groups. hence, it is only reasonable that aliens from another world is completely different from humans. All that Man know is Man. there is a great chance that humans will not be able to understand aliens that will probably not share human values. how will the discovery of such alien lifeforms affect christianity or other religions in general? are aliens sinners too since god created them too? but what if their definition of a sin is different? -
I do not have have a lot of knowledge on ETs. Therefore I cannot give a good answer your points.
When this happens, I would suppose God will reveal more with respect to this if ETs existed.Originally posted by CyNdI)4.eVa:back to topic...
if ET really exists and the bible says nothing about them, does it mean that the book is incomplete?
if ET really do not exists and the bible says nothing about the non-existance of them, does it mean that the book is not specific enough?
from what i know, Man are sinners since birth. but alien lifeform may not share human values. all our lives, we see and read about aliens sharing human traits and features. hollywood has wrongly lead people to believe that aliens are more or less similiar to humans, like having a face or believing in "thou shalt not kill", when it is not necessarily true. although humans live on the same planet, we differ greatly in the way we view the world, like how the Japanese view the world differently from Americans. or like the volatile issue of religion which has regrettably divided the human race into many fragmented groups. hence, it is only reasonable that aliens from another world is completely different from humans. All that Man know is Man. there is a great chance that humans will not be able to understand aliens that will probably not share human values. how will the discovery of such alien lifeforms affect christianity or other religions in general? are aliens sinners too since god created them too? but what if their definition of a sin is different?