Vatican: It's OK to believe in aliens

[Vegas]

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D90KSE100&show_article=1&state=-1|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|0#6

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, says 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 says 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.

[LSU]

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D90KSE100&show_article=1&state=-1|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|0#6

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, says 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 says 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.


The Vatican also says that findings in science don't contradict the existence of God. But you know how well that goes over.

[Roy Munson]

The Vatican also says that findings in science don't contradict the existence of God. But you know how well that goes over.
Witch! Witch! Witch!

[Jiddy78]

The Vatican also says that findings in science don't contradict the existence of God. But you know how well that goes over.

That would be a "belief" of theirs. ;)

[LSU]

That would be a "belief" of theirs. ;)



Nay. What the Vatican says goes.

[fahvra]

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D90KSE100&show_article=1&state=-1|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|0#6

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, says 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 says 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.


thats hilarious.

[residenceevil]

So do all of the Catholics believe in Alien's now because one guy said it's OK to? How is this not a cult again...?

[domenick2x]

So do all of the Catholics believe in Alien's now because one guy said it's OK to? How is this not a cult again...?
He doesn't say he believes in aliens. Only that such a belief is not contrary to the teachings of the Catholic Church.

If it was contrary, and you still believed it, you'd be a heretic.

[KinjaKahn]

There is 100% chance that extraterrestrial life exists. - Michio Kaku

[LSU]

Is it OK for aliens to believe in The Vatican?

[domenick2x]

There is 100% chance that extraterrestrial life exists. - Michio Kaku
I think that's probably correct.

From Britannica online:


Because of the apparent rapidity of the origin of life on Earth, as implied by the fossil record, and because of the ease with which relevant organic molecules are produced in primitive-Earth simulation experiments, the likelihood of the origin of life over a period of billions of years seems high, and some scientists believe that the appropriate value of fl is also about one. For the quantities of fi and fc the parameters are even more uncertain. The vagaries of the evolutionary path leading to the mammals, and the unlikelihood of such a path ever being repeated has already been mentioned. On the other hand, intelligence need not necessarily be restricted to the same evolutionary path that occurred on the Earth; intelligence clearly has great selective advantage, both for predators and for prey.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/340003/life/41366/Likelihood-of-life