Nah, Stargate SG-1 had the whole worm hole thing going so it was easier.Heaven forbid…
Whose gonna pay for the long distance phone calls, the flower delivery costs and the petrol money for dates.
That’s my read as well. Years ago I came up with an idea for a sci-fi novel about this, but as with most of my ideas, I haven’t done much with it! The idea is that there are two sentient alien species: one of them is generally attractive to humans, and the other isn’t. But humans can reproduce “naturally” with the latter and not the former (because the latter are an “artificial” race anyway and their “natural” mode of reproduction involves test tubes, etc., therefore in my fictional world the Vatican rules that “artificial” means of reproduction aren’t artificial in the case of these genetically engineered beings). Many Catholics naturally dislike this ruling, and the novel (if I ever write it as planned) focuses on a papal emissary who is sent out from Earth to investigate the dissent over this issue found on a particular planet where the three species live together. The situation is complicated by the facts that many humans are prejudiced against all aliens and see the Vatican’s ruling as supporting their hatred, and that the alien race with whom humans aren’t allowed to intermarry are experiencing a revival of their traditional “pagan” religion.Assuming a million other variables fall into place; if there is no chance, ever, for procreation, then probably not. Kind of like gay “marraige”. If there is, then maybe.
Actually, my wife is very sweet… a little cooky, but very sweet.
Interesting idea; I’d like to see it worked out.
What section of the CCC deals with alien reproduction?
Edwin,
Didn’t you watch the original Planet of the Apes? All you need is hibernation.Depending on the distances involved, you’d need multiple generations just to organise the first date.
It should have been fairly clear that I was talking about conditions as of the time of the story, but to make things perfectly clear, perhaps I should have said, “I was not a Catholic when I came up with this idea, so the Vatican’s possible future concerns didn’t enter into the story.”
I realized that you were not Catholic. Truth is that I was struggling with figuring out why in vetro fertilization bothered me so much when so many Protestants don’t seem to think twice about it.
I don’t think many Protestants realize that human souls are created and then destroyed during the IVF process. In the story line I mentioned above, the creation of the offspring was done within the alien culture; human sensitivities would not have applied. I also have another story line in my head that uses IFV, but in that case the technology is so advanced that no human beings are wasted.
I believe only with another “human” species…a typoid human for lack of a better word…very interesting thought!
Funny. I talked about this with my wife and my son. We’re watching all the Star Trek series on Netflix. I compared marrying another bipedal huminoid from another planet equivalent to marrying a whale of dolphin. I think it’s fairly obvious that it would never happen for scientific reasons. After some time passes and I get approval, I’d like to open a dialogue dealing with a more realistic problem developing in our world today. Had I not been in the wrong place at the wrong time I would have never believed it. It’s not a topic allowed to be discussed on CAF.
Sorry, Lois. You can never marry your Superman.
Sorry, Lois. You can never marry your Superman.
And I don’t know of any means by which a human can, due to infection, injury, or bodily modification, become non-human. A person who has lost a leg is clearly still a human who can marry. The same thing applies to a person with an artificial heart, or a pacemaker, or who is otherwise a cyborg.