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Awesome Astronomical Photos

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Bleed S & G;903693; said:
the real northern lights:
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MMMMMM......
 
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jwinslow;905656; said:
Which? Honest question... I'm curious.Are they more entertaining than the atheist naysayers? :p
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The Bible, which contains the beginning of time, claims that God made Adam and Eve (human beings, that is).

Not Spock and E.T.

If it isn't mentioned in the Bible, it doesn't exist. Right? Isn't that what y'all believe?
 
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The Bible, which contains the beginning of time, claims that God made Adam and Eve (human beings, that is).
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Thanks for the reply. That's not a very convincing argument by them, nor a sound one theologically* imo. However, neither is 'big space = other life' (it's not wrong, it's just idle conjecture). Personally, I don't have a conclusive opinion on whether they exist.

* - Aliens could have been made on the 4th day, or after those 7 days altogether.
If it isn't mentioned in the Bible, it doesn't exist. Right? Isn't that what y'all believe?
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No... seeing as there is no thousand page writeup on all of the species of the world.
 
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Did a quick google on "Aliens and Christianity."

Came up with this

We pointed out at the start of this article that there is no statement in the Bible which says that Earth is the only place where God saw fit to create life. The fact is that God has created angels and they are very different than are we, so we know that the creation of beings other than ourselves is a certainty, and the existence of other physical beings certainly has to be held out as a possibility. If life is discovered on Mars or on one of Jupiter's moons, it will have no biblical consequence. Religious people have made the mistake in the past of making something that has no biblical connection an issue. There were those at the start of the twentieth century that said man would never fly. These folks would use passages like Acts 17:26 (KJV) which say "God has appointed the bounds of man and the limits of his habitation" to justify their view that man would never get off the ground. That might seem silly to us, but we need to understand that statements about life in space are of the same nature and have no biblical base.
The Bible addresses itself to man and to man's needs. When John 3:16 tells about God's love, its object is man and that is who the message of the Bible is to. If there are other beings who are like us in any way, they may have a similar message that is for them. It is highly unlikely (given the distances that exist in space) that we will ever know if there is life out there, but even meeting a Mr. Spock or ET would not invalidate the Bible or the teachings of Jesus Christ or His sacrifice on the cross.
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I think it's pretty dang funny that they chose "Mr. Spock or ET." Totally coincidence.

But I guess it's a popular belief among Christians that aliens are allowed.

However, I have talked to those who cite Christianity as the reasons why aliens dont exist. Mainly it's talk about humans being the ultimate race, God's children, there can't be other intelligent creatures or else they would be God's children as well...

EDIT: By 'ultimate' I mean higher than all other species. As in: humans are above the trees, cows, dogs, fish, etc. I don't mean "perfect" when I say ultimate.
 
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We pointed out at the start of this article that there is no statement in the Bible which says that Earth is the only place where God saw fit to create life. The fact is that God has created angels and they are very different than are we, so we know that the creation of beings other than ourselves is a certainty, and the existence of other physical beings certainly has to be held out as a possibility. If life is discovered on Mars or on one of Jupiter's moons, it will have no biblical consequence. Religious people have made the mistake in the past of making something that has no biblical connection an issue. There were those at the start of the twentieth century that said man would never fly. These folks would use passages like Acts 17:26 (KJV) which say "God has appointed the bounds of man and the limits of his habitation" to justify their view that man would never get off the ground. That might seem silly to us, but we need to understand that statements about life in space are of the same nature and have no biblical base.
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Translation: We're spinning the Bible to cover our asses for when we do actually find life outside of Earth. :roll1:

While I've never really gone to church as a habit myself, I did go to Sunday School for a short time when I was around 7 or 8, and even back then we were told that life existed no where else but Earth. Remember when the Vatican held that the Earth was the center of the universe, and anyone who said otherwise was dealt with severely.

Now these yayhoos are saying shit totally different just to try to justify their beliefs...
 
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