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Does life on other planets disprove the BIble

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No it doesn't disprove the bible, as far as I know there is no passage saying that this is the only planet with life on it.
 
No, I don't think it does. Bible is mighty non-specific in matters that don't concern life here on Earth and the account of Genesis might refer only to creating this planet and the life forms upon it.

Also nothing saying he didn't create other planets with other life forms on them without telling us.
 
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It wouldn't bother me or shake my faith at all.

I believe that, whatever the details, all of creation began with the will of God.

If there turn out to be alien lifeforms, then obviously God created them and they are somehow part of His plan for the universe.

Like James, I do not know of any solid scriptural reason to find the two incompatible.
 
allegory, dude, allegory.
 
allegory, dude, allegory.


(shrug) Allegory or literal, I don't fret over it. I'll ask God to fill me in on the details when I see Him. In the meanwhile, Faith.
 
Looking for the Yes vote to explain himself...
 
Looking for the Yes vote to explain himself...

yes, because the whole idea of a God creating a people is ridiculous to begin with. And life on another planet will prove to all that we are not unique.
 
No, the Bible disproves the Bible. The Bible isn't consistent with scientific fact.

Fact: The world-drowing flood described for Noah....didn't happen.

Period.

That's it.

No flood.

The myth is....a myth, not true.

End of argument.
 
(shrug) Allegory or literal, I don't fret over it. I'll ask God to fill me in on the details when I see Him. In the meanwhile, Faith.

Was Mary's hymen allegorical? You have to take that article on faith.

But the Bible contains known factual errors, so it cannot be taken on faith.
 
Who says that every word is 100% literal. Hebrew and Aramaic (sorry for a misspelling) are very estoteric languages.
 
No, the Bible disproves the Bible. The Bible isn't consistent with scientific fact.

Fact: The world-drowing flood described for Noah....didn't happen.

Period.

That's it.

No flood.

The myth is....a myth, not true.

End of argument.

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Was Mary's hymen allegorical? You have to take that article on faith.

But the Bible contains known factual errors, so it cannot be taken on faith.


Would you mind terribly if we stayed sort of halfway on topic, rather than segue into another Bible-bashing fest?

Aliens compatibility with the Bible was the question, I believe.
 
Who says that every word is 100% literal. Hebrew and Aramaic (sorry for a misspelling) are very estoteric languages.

If it's not literal, it can't be taken on faith, and the whole structure of Christianity is completely dependent on the veracity of the claim that Mary wasn't getting laid. That can't be verified and only if the Bible is proven true in the parts that are testable is it sensible to believe the unproven parts that don't make any sense in light of common experience.

Common experience says that there are a many ways a girl can get pregnant without having to explain it with horny angels.

But if Jesus isn't magically contrived, then he's just a man, just a philosopher, and not something worth dying for.
 
Would you mind terribly if we stayed sort of halfway on topic, rather than segue into another Bible-bashing fest?

Aliens compatibility with the Bible was the question, I believe.

No, I don't mind.

Right now I am staying on topic, since this thread originated at a bible bashing fest. The Bible is internally inconsistent, it's inconsistent with the real world, and finding life on Europa or Mars isn't going to alter that or make it more inconsistent.
 
Oh good grief.

Another potentially intresting thread derailed entirely.

Bye.

G.
 
If it's not literal, it can't be taken on faith, and the whole structure of Christianity is completely dependent on the veracity of the claim that Mary wasn't getting laid. That can't be verified and only if the Bible is proven true in the parts that are testable is it sensible to believe the unproven parts that don't make any sense in light of common experience.

Common experience says that there are a many ways a girl can get pregnant without having to explain it with horny angels.

But if Jesus isn't magically contrived, then he's just a man, just a philosopher, and not something worth dying for.

I usually don't quibble too much over details. Also the main point of Christianity like 99.9% of religion is to not be a d*ck, not that Mary got knocked up as a virgin.

Like Goshin, I have no interest in going through this. In the end, neither of us can be 100% sure on everything,we'll never reach a conclusion to this, yadda yadda yadda, if you want to interpret this as me running away, fine, cya
 
It wouldn't necessarily disprove the Bible, but finding out that other civilizations were "out there", especially if it were shown that they could come here, could possibly destroy our religious and political structures due to mass hysteria. I really never thought of it in the context of one religious text, but more in the context of how people would react.
 
It wouldn't necessarily disprove the Bible, but finding out that other civilizations were "out there", especially if it were shown that they could come here, could possibly destroy our religious and political structures due to mass hysteria. I really never thought of it in the context of one religious text, but more in the context of how people would react.

Didn't NASA do some study showing the religious persons would adapt quite easily to the news of aliens, where as secular/atheists would have the most trouble?

Religious folks already have a historical context and frame work where aliens would fit in.
 
Didn't NASA do some study showing the religious persons would adapt quite easily to the news of aliens, where as secular/atheists would have the most trouble?

I don't know. I have not read or heard about it.

Religious folks already have a historical context and frame work where aliens would fit in.

That seems to be true, but most of the religious folks I am acquainted with would have difficulty dealing with it. It's easy for people to say they are open-minded to other possibilities, but when faced with actual real circumstances which challenge their beliefs, it becomes a new ball-game. I'm thinking particularly of the more evangelical types who take everything in the Bible literally (I'm familiar with the mindset- I was raised in a similar environment).
If you read the Bible with an open mind, many things could be explained by the existence of other planetary inhabitants, and there is artwork from hundreds of years ago depicting what looks like what many people believe are "extra-terrestrial aliens".
I have several friends who claim to have "seen" them. I remain skeptical until I see evidence myself, but I keep my mind open to all possibilities.;)
 
You know, as much as they're not incompatible, the existence of intelligent life on other planets would raise some very interesting theological questions-- especially concerning the religious experiences, if any, of the other species and what implications those religious notions would have on terrestrial faiths.
 
You know, as much as they're not incompatible, the existence of intelligent life on other planets would raise some very interesting theological questions-- especially concerning the religious experiences, if any, of the other species and what implications those religious notions would have on terrestrial faiths.

Very interesting questions indeed. My guess (and I could be wrong;)) is that if any highly technologically advanced species are "out there", they may have reached the point that religion is not a part of their culture. I dunno. It seems like the more technologically and scientifically advanced Earth cultures become, the less likely they are to "need" religion.
 
This thread is stupid, no one here knows about the Bible. The Bible has two creation stories! Genesis 1 is not the same as Genesis 2. Want to know why? Genesis 1 says that animals came before man. Genesis 2 says that man came before animals. You think that the Bible actually describes the creation of Earth then you're either uninformed or being deceitful.
 
Very interesting questions indeed. My guess (and I could be wrong;)) is that if any highly technologically advanced species are "out there", they may have reached the point that religion is not a part of their culture.

I find this highly doubtful. While atheism is indeed on the rise in society currently... so is active participation in religion. We're not becoming less religious overall, merely more polarized.

The only way extraterrestrial intelligence is likely to not be religious is if they had never been religious in the first place, and that in itself raises many interesting theological issues. My gut suspicion, probably heavily biased, is that any extraterrestrial intelligence we encounter will likely exhibit similar levels of religiosity but that their religious beliefs themselves will be alien in ways that we can't possibly anticipate.
 
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