Extraterrestrials in Catholic Christianity

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Got you for sure. I was a science focused person in college…what got me was the probabilities…with the billions of stars etc. I could see your perspective though for sure. I believed the near death experiencer myself, if one wasn’t certain I could see it either way. One day we will understand!
 
The poster seems to have an unscrupulous intention. I have noted similar posters trying to test the waters of faith.

But taken it’s face value, I go to the extent to suggest that the UFOs indicate the viability of ascension of Christ for the disbelievers.
Which poster are you referring to?
 
I am sorry, I meant Yosef. For some reason I select a wrong reply button. I cannot comment the same content, so if you don’t feel bad, leave it like this. Apologies.
 
I am not testing limits of faith. Can’t a person be both catholic and also believe in extraterrestrial life and look for evidence in religious texts?
 
You know the first alien we discover is probably going to be like a little microbe on Mars. It is going to be kind of underwhelming.

With that being said, I’ve sometimes wondered if I’m an alien?! :alien: 😉
 
No problem. I didn’t think you meant me, but even if you had, I would have been prepared to think the best of you, and humbly to affirm my own faith and good intentions. It’s all good.
 
Jesus Christ could qualify an extra-terrestrial. He came down from heaven (John 6:51).

The Virgin Mary conceived by the extra-terrestrial power of the Holy Spirit.
Your profile states you are Catholic but your posts in this thread all appear to mock Jesus and the Catholic faith.
No Catholic would ask what you are asking.
 
Jesus Christ could qualify an extra-terrestrial. He came down from heaven (John 6:51).

The Virgin Mary conceived by the extra-terrestrial power of the Holy Spirit.
The Church has always taught that Jesus is fully human as well as fully divine. That means he was terrestrial as well as heavenly. He is like us in all things but sin.
 
Your profile states you are Catholic but your posts in this thread all appear to mock Jesus and the Catholic faith.
No Catholic would ask what you are asking.
Misunderstandings happen. God bless you.
 
Can’t a person be both catholic and also believe in extraterrestrial life and look for evidence in religious texts?
Maybe.

I think that peoole underappreciate how remarkable are the realities of physics and biology. Almighty God created both with remarkable design and skill. The human heart that pumps blood is a marvellous thing and just one of many marvels. Recently, I watched some animations of the human heart with its four chambers, valves and muscles all working together marvelously in rhythm to pump blood. Blood itself is another marvel. Lungs are another marvel. Almighty God could easily have created all the planets, stars and galaxies and not have them support life.
 
I am not testing limits of faith. Can’t a person be both catholic and also believe in extraterrestrial life and look for evidence in religious texts?
There is nothing in the Bible about ET.
 
Loser of life was ment to be loser of worldy life animal life. And this equivalently means winner of other life aka spiritual life. And please dont judge my relation with God I have my own path which may be better or worse than some other path. Do not all paths lead to Him?
 
Just because the existence of other intelligent life in the universe hasn’t been revealed to us doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. It means that it hasn’t been revealed to us.

I am of the opinion that the Ultimate Creator didn’t stop creating just with us and our world. Creating life is what he is all about. He wants to be in the company of living creatures. I doubt God would limit himself to creating just the human race and life on earth. We shouldn’t put limits on God. His power is infinite.

I also feel that it’s pretty arrogant to assume that we are the only intelligent beings in the entire universe, or in any other universes beside this one, and that we have an exclusive monopoly on advanced intelligence.

How empty space would be if this were the case! By empty, I don’t mean that it isn’t filled with other planets, stars, galaxies, perhaps even other universes. It certainly is. By empty, I mean completely devoid of other life forms, or of any other advanced beings or civilizations. I just think it’s awfully arrogant and presumptuous to assume we are all there is in that category among all that exists. To think so may even be insulting to God.

The fact that we haven’t (or we’ve been led to believe we haven’t) received any messages could simply be due to the fact that we currently don’t have the technology capable of receiving them.

It could also be that, if they really are that intelligent, they might have sense enough to steer clear of us, knowing what we’re capable of when confronted with the unfamiliar and with things we don’t understand. They may be seeing how we treat our own kind on this earth, and are wise enough to avoid contacting us, even if they could.

It’s also quite possible that some of our world leaders are aware that they exist, and are keeping it secret from the rest of us, to avoid mass hysteria.

All things are possible with God, and creating other intelligent life elsewhere in the universe is certainly NOT outside of his capabilities, if he wills it.
 
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I heard a kind of ridiculous notion (albeit slightly funny) from some rad trads on this. It was that aliens are demons and that an observatory from NASA is tracking the demons progress through space to see when they arrive on Earth to fool us all into worshipping the one God of all the combined religions.

Huh, sounds pretty sound :roll_eyes:
 
and look for evidence in religious texts
Be careful not to commit eisegesis. We can’t say I believe x, now let me find evidence for x in the text. Rather, we should learn what the text says and derive beliefs from exegesis. The Bible does not speak of extraterrestrials and we should not seek evidence for them in Scripture.
 
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