WVUforREDSKINS Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 VATICAN CITY - The Vatican's chief astronomer says that believing in aliens does not contradict faith in God.The Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, the Jesuit director of the Vatican Observatory, said that the vastness of the universe means it is possible there could be other forms of life outside Earth, even intelligent ones. In an interview published Tuesday by Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Funes said that such a notion "doesn't contradict our faith" because aliens would still be God's creatures. The interview was headlined "The extraterrestrial is my brother." Funes said that ruling out the existence of aliens would be like "putting limits" on God's creative freedom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Sounds personally reasonable to me. Now thinking that we have a bunch of them at Area 51 or something, no. But he wasn't sayig that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsOrlando Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 It's obvious the Vatican wouldn't have a problem believing in aliens, they've been in the forefront of anal probing sciences for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Sounds personally reasonable to me. So the 'gave his only son' thing wasn't true? Or are the aliens not saved? Or did they not sin ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 So the 'gave his only son' thing wasn't true?Or are the aliens not saved? Or did they not sin ... Maybe the story of Genesis/garden of Eden was an allegory for the planet earth? The possibilities are endless But on a side note, I love to read things like this from the Catholic church. I love it that they keep people guessing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 I love it that they keep people guessing Or making **** up as they go along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Or making **** up as they go along. :laugh: either way, it pisses off the Baptists. So it's all good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVUforREDSKINS Posted May 15, 2008 Author Share Posted May 15, 2008 Or making **** up as they go along. Have been for years. They recently bought into evaloution. Now aliens. As long as they're not gay, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Have been for years. They recently bought into evaloution. Now aliens. As long as they're not gay, of course. what is the church's stance on 'gay'?? And what is evaloution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 :laugh:either way, it pisses off the Baptists. So it's all good I like to piss off Baptists too. I guess that makes me an honorary Catholic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicious Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Hopefully the aliens are 4 feet tall so they can molest them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsTerps26 Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 It's obvious the Vatican wouldn't have a problem believing in aliens, they've been in the forefront of anal probing sciences for years. bravo hahahaha skinsorlando, any particular place u watch skins games or do u have the ticket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMS Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 So the 'gave his only son' thing wasn't true?Or are the aliens not saved? Or did they not sin ... Exactly.... this is a controdiction of church doctrine... I think the deal here is we've got water found both on the moon and mars, and it's possible, even likely we will find evidence of life where there is water. In the next five years Russia, China, India, Japan and the US have all anounced their intention on going to the moon and then some on to mars.. If there is or was life on mars or the moon for that matter; we will know in a few years. The Vatican is likely just trying to get into the 21st century on their doctrine. Better to give the big thumbs up now than in four years when sombody brings back a fossil of microbial life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedr01 Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 :laugh:either way, it pisses off the Baptists. So it's all good Appreciate it zoon/tk/jumbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedr01 Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 what is the church's stance on 'gay'?? And what is evaloution? The church's stance on gay, should be defined in Leviticus 18. I'm pretty sure its verse 22, but I'm not positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xameil Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Exactly.... this is a controdiction of church doctrine... I think the deal here is we've got water found both on the moon and mars, and it's possible, even likely we will find evidence of life where there is water. In the next five years Russia, China, India, Japan and the US have all anounced their intention on going to the moon and then some on to mars..If there is or was life on mars or the moon for that matter; we will know in a few years. The Vatican is likely just trying to get into the 21st century on their doctrine. Better to give the big thumbs up now than in four years when sombody brings back a fossil of microbial life. I think its so when Aliens are found, they can try and get money from them too, and say "see...we believed in you, now give us your money..we have more lawsuits we have to pay for...oh and btw, do any of your sons wanna be alterboys?" :paranoid: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 The church's stance on gay, should be defined in Leviticus 18. I'm pretty sure its verse 22, but I'm not positive. But are you HIV positive about that? http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/163974/?tag=Cartman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 It's obvious the Vatican wouldn't have a problem believing in aliens, they've been in the forefront of anal probing sciences for years. Yeah which is why I believe gays should have been banned from the priesthood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techboy Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 It's become fairly clear that a certain segment of the population will gripe about anything the Catholic Church does or announces, unless it's "We think the whole thing's rather silly. You're right! Why have we been wasting our time? Church adjourned forever!" to paraphrase a Monty Python sketch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRSmith Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 If there are aliens then why is the battle being fought on Earth? Would we have met the aliens had Adam and Eve not sinned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zguy28 Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 It's become fairly clear that a certain segment of the population will gripe about anything the Catholic Church does or announces, unless it's"We think the whole thing's rather silly. You're right! Why have we been wasting our time? Church adjourned forever!" to paraphrase a Monty Python sketch... No kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsOrlando Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 So the 'gave his only son' thing wasn't true?Or are the aliens not saved? Or did they not sin ... Is it possible that Jesus was sent to save only Earth from it's wickedness and sin? That God created another group of "people" who are not full of sin? Seems to me, if I'm God, I would create dozens if not hundreds of people in my image, doesn't mean they'd all turn out like we did.:2cents: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zguy28 Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 :laugh:either way, it pisses off the Baptists. So it's all good Not this one. I actually like your Pope. Ratzinger is very socially conservative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GibbsFactor Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 This is funny to me. A few months back I made a comment to my 90 year old Grandfather that I'd like Bill Clinton to be the ambassador of humans if an alien showed up. He acted as if he had never heard of such a thing and had no idea what I was talking about. I mean I was shocked that he was so resolute in his stance and brushed my comments off as if they were unheard of and could never be possible. That was some wicked faith there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zguy28 Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 This is funny to me.A few months back I made a comment to my 90 year old Grandfather that I'd like Bill Clinton to be the ambassador of humans if an alien showed up. He acted as if he had never heard of such a thing and had no idea what I was talking about. I mean I was shocked that he was so resolute in his stance and brushed my comments off as if they were unheard of and could never be possible. That was some wicked faith there. Didn't he ever see The Day the Earth Stood Still with Michael Rene? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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