Is the Vatican ready to welcome aliens into the church? According to Jesuit Father Jose Funes, Papal Astronomer and Director of the Vatican Observatory, "Christians should consider alien life as an 'extraterrestrial brother and a part of God's creation."
The Vatican just concluded a five day Astrobiology conference considering, among other things, the possibility of life on other planets. The event hosted by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences was held to mark the International Year of Astronomy.
Thirty scientists, including non-Catholics, from the U.S., France, Britain, Switzerland, Italy and Chile attended the conference, called to explore among other issues "whether sentient life forms exist on other worlds."
Is there life on other planets? The Vatican has asked that age-old question over the past five days during a "study week" on astrobiology gathering leading scientists from around the world.
"The questions of life's origins and of whether life exists elsewhere in the universe are very suitable and deserve serious consideration," said Papal Astronomer, Father Funes.
As Pope Benedict considers the possibility of extraterrestrial life, he might want to reconsider his embrace of homophobia, holocaust deniers and pedophiles. Indeed, it is doubtful that extraterrestrial brothers, sisters, or others, would even entertain the silly religious superstitions of the guy in a pointy hat.
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Insults will get you nowhere. It seems that the one that is crazy, is you.
funny stuff..:)
To consider alien life is one thing, to prove it another. E.g. SETI's efforts lasted over three decades - without any success. They estimate another two decades. The leading space-agencies (NASA, ESA, JAXA) see the same time-line, but their approach is different. They want to search for microbial life (extremophiles) on celstial bodies in our solar system. Exo-ufoism however has nothing to do with scieence, since all these UFO-conspiracy enthusiasenthusiasts want to believe - intead to know. They decline science and evrything that would jeopardize their beliefs into holy aliens, that would plug them the golden, mind-enlighting probe into their back.
JONES did you wrtite this article? If so you are a disrespectfull moron/ people just look at his photo reflection of his lack of class and dig at a holy man the pope.Where do you get off making any comments YOU SHOULD BE CLEANING TOILETS NOT WRITING FOR THE EXAMINER. E/M gormondy@yahoo.com
well I suppose they were really discussing how to apply doctrine to off-planet beings. tho, CS Lewis does a nice job of this in his sci-fi trilogy starting with Perelandra, and the other two.
I thought your 'point' was well-taken. touche.
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But insulting people is the core part of atheism and secular humanism!
I know of the existence of extraterestials as well as the magisterium of the church. This author is obviously a bigoted fool who is unlearned in all things Catholic and fooled by all things pop culture. I suggest he become self taught in historys reality and not the hatred perpertrated by the likes of an army of oneself, a hippie looking drug user with a pointy hoodie!!!
Why not let science prove the existence of God? That would make more sense than the alien thing. If science proved that God does exist than anything to do with life else where in the Universe would all come together, whether there is or isn't life out there among the stars.
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