If we found out we were descended from an Alien Race would it mean there is no God?

[Aquinas21]

My briefly stated personal opinion on this thread subject is that such a hypothetical discovery about primordial origins would not really make a lot of difference philosophically or religiously. There would be a few new footnotes (so to speak) for some philosophical ideas and religious doctrines, but philosophy and religion also have their own continuing ‘verifications’ in personal experience and in the present tense (not merely in terms of remote origins or primordial origins). By way of illustration on this subject, here is a link for an old poem called Christ in the Universe, and here is a link for an early 20th-century thinker known as Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.
By the way, I’m fairly certain that moderators are still guarding against evolution threads. :tiphat: :bowdown:

 

[Cricket2]

No. It would simply mean are evolution was a little different. Who is to say just how God created everything and all of us? The story of creation in the Bible is just that, a story. It is not meant to be an exact historical account. None the less it speaks of the creative power of God.

I believe in Adam and Eve. I also believe that there are other life forms we know nothing about. The only thing I really care about is the fact that God created all of us and everything that exists. In the end He is the only thing that matters.

 

[cjforJesus]

My briefly stated personal opinion on this thread subject is that such a hypothetical discovery about primordial origins would not really make a lot of difference philosophically or religiously. There would be a few new footnotes (so to speak) for some philosophical ideas and religious doctrines, but philosophy and religion also have their own continuing ‘verifications’ in personal experience and in the present tense (not merely in terms of remote origins or primordial origins). By way of illustration on this subject, here is a link for an old poem called Christ in the Universe, and here is a link for an early 20th-century thinker known as Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.
By the way, I’m fairly certain that moderators are still guarding against evolution threads. :tiphat: :bowdown:

I think it would make a GREAT difference in the Catholic faith.The core doctrine of the Trinity would be annihilated,and Jesus would become just another person,not our God and Savior come in the flesh.

 

[dshix]

I think it would pretty much destroy all religion,especially Christianity.

The Dogma of original sin would be thought false and so there would be no reason for a redeemer.

I think most of these so called new age theories floating about are somewhat diabolical.

I dont know about anyone else,but I believe as the Church teaches that I am a sovereign child of God,not the offspring of some lame lazy aliens looking for gold.lol

No. It would simply mean that from the aliens, the first two “mutations,” you could say, that could be considered to be human, were Adam and Eve.

Besides, if there were aliens, that doesn’t even mean that they were sentient.

What if there were no hypothetical questions asked?

You stole my signature!!

 

[cjforJesus]

No. It would simply mean that from the aliens, the first two “mutations,” you could say, that could be considered to be human, were Adam and Eve.

Besides, if there were aliens, that doesn’t even mean that they were sentient.

You stole my signature!!

I am sorry,but this is getting just too “zecharia Sitchin” for me. Next thing we are going to be arguing Nibiru and annunaki.

The sad thing is because of TV documentaries millions believe this rubbish to be truth.

 

[kingston1]

Angels are extraterrestrial life forms, and they live among us. If only those who believe in aliens from outer space would realize this they would be very excited.

I’m not sure how we can believe in aliens, we can think there is a real possibility of intelligent life elsewhere or not but unless we were to observe all possible options, we cannot rule out the possibility that there might be life elsewhere. We couldn’t prove that there were no aliens unless we could measure the entire universe and rule it out through observation. Since that is impossible for us now in our current state we could only hypothesize.

It could be that God through His infinite wisdom has only revealed to us what we needed to know in order to become more perfected towards His will but that He didn’t tell us everything there is to know about everything to include broader realities of our universe.

 

[PendingTheist]

who said anything about 6 days of magic? The Church allows for the belief in creation.I certainly believe in micro evolution but macro? nope. Each creature was created according to its kind.

As far as life being easier and with less suffering I suggest you view Pope Francis latest writing.

Please read a biology book. Microevolution and Macroevolution are the same, just a difference in time. Those who continue to hitch their faith to the anti-evolutionary bandwagon would do well to consider the perspective of outspoken evangelical Christian Francis Collins, who headed up the Human Genome Project. The following is an excerpt from his Point of Inquiry podcast interview with D. J. Grothe: “Intelligent Design, by the way, which is a recent arrival on the scene, I think, is headed for collapse in the not-too-distant future. It’s based upon a premise which is sort of a god-of-the-gaps idea, that evolution just wasn’t quite good enough to come up with all the complex machines we find inside people’s cells, and basically, as we learn much more about cell biology, and particularly about the human genome and other genomes, it’s pretty clear that that was a naive interpretation—evolution is actually quite capable of such complexity because it occurs in a stepwise fashion. I actually am quite heartbroken to see the way in which many churches have embraced Intelligent Design because they felt they had to have something to defend against evolutionary atheism, and yet they’ve attached themselves to a perspective that is headed for trouble, and in the process, I fear that the churches will be demoralized, and faith will be made to look foolish, all of which is totally unnecessary” (Collins 2007).

So you don’t think we have easier lives then biblical times when people many died at childbirth, ave Life expectancy in the 40’s, diseases we are now vaccinated for, unclean water, fighting over property and woman. We have food markets, drive-thrus, plumbing, electricity, medicine, cars, planes, heating, air-conditioning, instant knowledge through media…we live in a Utopia compared to biblical times that is why they created a religion like Christianity as it gave people hope from Roman persecutions that this life is just a dress rehearsal for the next when the party really begins.

 

[kingston1]

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The sad thing is because of TV documentaries millions believe this rubbish to be truth.

Exactly what I was thinking. If God is the God of Truth and if He has revealed Himself through Jesus Christ so that we may know the Truth then those who are either ignorant or opposed to the Truth would find this to fit a world view against the need for God. Therefore, it seems relevant to me that we examine it so that we can understand it better.

 

[AnimalSpirits]

I don’t see why. The Catholic Church is relatively excepting of evolution, so I don’t think it would be too rocked by this. It would just change from “life began in a puddle on Earth” to “life began in a puddle on Mars.”

 

[Nacho45]

Why even worry about such things? Unless it actually happens, my opinion is it is wasted energy to ponder on the most far-fetched things we can imagine.

 

[esieffe]

Quantum Physics Theorists have long suspected that there may be a parallel Universe.
foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/05/freaky-physics-proves-parallel-universes/

With God, all things are possible. God most certainly exists. He most certainly did send his son to Earth. I am quite sure if there are aliens, that God has the whole thing covered. I have been given all the proof I need of all of this. I am sure ET has been offered a way to the Kingdom as have I.

Until the Klingons drop out into orbit around earth, I am not going to put much energy into worrying about it!

 

[kingston1]

My briefly stated personal opinion on this thread subject is that such a hypothetical discovery about primordial origins would not really make a lot of difference philosophically or religiously. There would be a few new footnotes (so to speak) for some philosophical ideas and religious doctrines, but philosophy and religion also have their own continuing ‘verifications’ in personal experience and in the present tense (not merely in terms of remote origins or primordial origins). By way of illustration on this subject, here is a link for an old poem called Christ in the Universe, and here is a link for an early 20th-century thinker known as Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.
By the way, I’m fairly certain that moderators are still guarding against evolution threads. :tiphat: :bowdown:

I have discovered more from your links that I had hoped by starting this thread. Thank you! I hope to read Teillhard de Chardin’s books, I had not heard of him before.

 

[TimothyH]

I think it would make a GREAT difference in the Catholic faith.The core doctrine of the Trinity would be annihilated,and Jesus would become just another person,not our God and Savior come in the flesh.

How would the doctrine of the Trinity be annihilated?

As I see it, Jesus would still be both God and man. Man would have simply originated elsewhere.

-Tim-

 

[DaveBj]

Anyone who would claim that we (human beings) are descendants of aliens would have to extend that claim to all life on Earth, because every species on the planet shares DNA with every other species. I don’t have the precise figures in front of me, but I think it is true that we humans have more in common with daffodils than we have different.

What if there were no hypothetical questions, indeed! This may be an interesting question for discussion, but it puts the “hypo” in “hypothetical.”

 

[empther]

Anyone who would claim that we (human beings) are descendants of aliens would have to extend that claim to all life on Earth, because every species on the planet shares DNA with every other species.

Alien DNA would be completely incompatible with Earth DNA.

Our DNA uses four nucleic acids to code information, but there is no magic to the four acids we use. There are thousands of nucleic acids and any combination of them could be used to make a kind of DNA. So there are literally millions of kinds of DNA systems.

Furthermore,
DNA info is translated into protein synthesis by organelles called transfer RNAs. These use a three character code to match a triplet of DNA nuclei acids to a specific amino acid for protein synthesis, but there is nothing magic about this code. There are millions of other codes that would do as well. So once again alien’s systems would not match Earth’s.

We are not descended from aliens unless the entire Earth ecosystem was planted by alien seed going back to the first bacteria in the primordial seas, in which case it would seem that if made no difference at all with respect to our Catholic beliefs.
Either life began on Earth or was planted by bacteria from some wondering meteor. Who cares? Makes no difference at all.

 

[Di_Maiores]

Babylon 5 is a better fit for what our future looks like.

But it was such a BAD show!!

Let’s play with the idea aliens seeded the earth a la Prometheus … I’m not sure that invalidates an idea of God at all. Thinking of God as a sentient-force rather than an archetype man-image-figure, could not ‘our’ God be the same God that created those aliens and/or directed them to seed the life that became us?

 

[Barbara_Ann_Bau]

Being a very homocentric individual, I am uncomfortable with there being other intelligent races out there. That being said, Pope emeritus Benedict did make a statement on this subject. telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/the-pope/8009299/Pope-Benedict-XVIs-astronomer-the-Catholic-Church-welcomes-aliens.html Although I personally don’t see how this is physically or statistically possible when one considers the many things that have to come into play for life to evolve. It wouldn’t alter the theology of the Christian Church. It would however demolish a great genre of twentieth century literature. All the fun would be taken away from Star Trek

 

[livingwordunity]

Angels are extraterrestrial life forms, and they live among us. If only those who believe in aliens from outer space would realize this they would be very excited.

No,angels are spirit beings.They are not “extraterrestrial”,but exist in another dimension. They are messengers and helpers. All of us have a guardian angel.

Forget about aliens like E.T. in Hollywood movies. These aren’t real extraterrestrials. They are only creations from the Hollywood producer’s imagination. But, angels meet the definitional requirements of being classified as an extraterrestrial life form since they are not from earth. There is no part of the definition that says that an extraterrestrial life form can’t be composed of pure spirit. As far as angels living in another dimension, that is an unknown. We only know that they are invisible and very formidable.

Definition of EXTRATERRESTRIAL: coming from or existing outside the planet Earth.

Full Definition of EXTRATERRESTRIAL: originating, existing, or occurring outside the earth or its atmosphere
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Source:**
Merriam-Webster online dictionary

 

[cjforJesus]

Romans 8:38-39

For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Colossians 1:1

For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities–all things have been created through Him and for Him.

 

[Aloysium]

There have been numerous science fiction movies and television shows as well as serious people (not making a statement on their validity) that say we are descended from an alien race. One of my favorite shows as a kid was the original star trek. I remember an episode which was about this very subject.

I don’t have any reason to believe this is true but would it mean that Catholicism is dead or there is no God?

Would like to see what movies, televisions and authors support that we are descendants of aliens and then see if it were true what would it mean to our faith?

It’s not true.
It is scary the subtle indoctrination that takes place through the mass media.
The unreal world of Star Trek seems to be taken more seriously by more people than the possibility that there was a great flood in Noah’s time. Really interesting - I find it bizarre actually.