TITMT - Alien Life - digg this
Janet poses the question:
What are your thoughts on life outside of Earth? Do you believe in aliens? If so, what do you think when you think about them? I am purposely being vague here in the hopes you'll expand upon your own.
Some may (or may not) find my answer surprising. I certainly find the idea of alien life plausible. This is a huge universe after all. As a Christian, admittedly that may seem odd. The Bible doesn't speak of aliens. Of course it also doesn't speak of cars, quantum mechanics, or polar bears. God could easily have created a dozen, a hundred, a thousand other races as easily as he did us. They could have certainly developed FTL travel and could be visiting us at this very minute. I don't think they are though.
I witnessed a UFO when I was ten or so. I think it was probably a military vehicle. The vast majority of sightings are easily explainable. Those that aren't could have plausible terrestrial explanations. I think it would be dead cool if greys were real, but I see zero evidence to point me in that direction.
If there are aliens out there they're probably just as screwed up and "earth" bound as we are. It's not romantic, but there you go. If I'm wrong I'm almost positive that they are receiving broadcasts from our planet and have decided to either route all traffic around us or eventually blow us up so they can install an interstellar off ramp. We've shown no love for them in our movies, why should they reciprocate?
Again from a Christian perspective, if there are aliens and they are part of this universe I have to believe that they are under the curse. If that's so then I wonder if there is a Jesus for Galifreyans. Did Jesus pull the kind of stunt that the Mormons attribute to him and visit other places in his resurrected state? Would that be necessary? I guess so. All I know for certain is that this is all great fodder for speculative fiction. I should write some. (In fact I have some on the back burner waiting for me to finish The Cage.)
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I'm actually pretty close to your theories in my own thinking on this subject. The only minor difference is that IF there are other races created, I don't know that our fall into sin as a race would necessarily affect their race. I would assume they would have their own choice.
But that's all conjecture.
But if all creation groans under the curse and will be redeemed by Christ wouldn't that include aliens? (Boy THIS is a theological discussion I never saw coming!!)
ha ha! Yeah, never dreamed we'd have this one.
Like I said, it's all conjecture. I just have no problem with the idea that the perspective of the biblical writings would be "earth-centric" or "human-centric". So when Paul says "all creation", he would be referring to this planet only.
I dunno. I am certainly not going to die on this hill!! ;)
The lack of radio waves is evidence against an advanced alien civilization. But who knows? Maybe they are telepathic and would not need radio.
Steve - You make a good point.
Rock - Ahhh but what if they're using a different wavelength than we're watching?
I think SETI monitors a wide spectrum but who knows? Those big antennas may be like the old TV sets that could only receive a dozen channels max. Or maybe it is like those old 23-channel CB radios and the aliens are transmitting on channel 40.
Anyway, why is an Egyptian pharaoh looking for extra-terrestrial life anyway? Does he want to have some repair work done to the pyramids? Maybe the warranty is about to expire and they need to reach the original contractor.
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