I got into a lengthy discussion a few years back with another forum member, because at the time I was writing a novel (now finished) that dealt with interaction between humans and a race of intelligent aliens that had never sinned and fallen. I won’t get into the details here; link provided below. I wound up using part of the discussion in a dialogue between my human protagonist and a skeptic.
No, no “space aliens.”
It could just as easily be a no.Sounds like a “yes” to me
But there are thousands* of unique types of angels. Why shold there only be one type of “human”?
Now that sounds like my Mother !!! What a great response!!!
I can’t stand " smart " creepy, crawly thingees.Thank you all for answering, but if I may add a precision to my original question…
What about intelligent life in another planet?
As in, would it be possible for other species other than humans to have souls as well?
Are you talking about Atziluth, bria and yetriza? I wouldn’t call those other planets in our plane. Look at bronze and Iron age stories especially of mesopotamia where our creation mythology comes from. Do you think EDEN (in sumerian) was on this planet? One meaning yes. Another meaning no.
Look at the original story. Let us create man in our image[let us create a worker for the mines and fields]
I did. The original story says that God did NOT want man to scrounge a living by the sweat of his brow in mines and fields. Man brought this about himseelf by disobeying God’s plan for him.
Wow, that is the most extreme example of taking a Bible quote out of context that I recall seeing. Jesus is talking about giving alms to the poor.
Here’s an argument:Thank you all for answering, but if I may add a precision to my original question…
What about intelligent life in another planet?
As in, would it be possible for other species other than humans to have souls as well?
Your conclusion does not follow from your first premise; it is entirely possible that intelligent aliens do in fact exist, but that they are of no concern to us here on earth.
But they would have to be of concern to us in the next life, when we can go anywhere (thanks to the gift of Subtelty) and we know everything in God. We’d be neighbours. Have to say howdy.
The cylinder scroll?
The quote was from a gnostic scripture. And remember when Jesus told his followers “What is it to you if I would have him live until I return?” Speaking of John. And John is the only Apostle alive. Remember as with anything else. Certain people were told certain things. As far as life on other planets I don’t see what this has to do with the church. The church’s official stance was that the world is flat anyway.
Your first premise is wrong.
That sounds like something that a Moslem or a fundamentalist would say.No offense but that’s a fairly weak argument.
I disagree. In the next life, our concern is the Happiness of being in God’s presence, not the fact that there are (or are not) sentient non-earth denizens of Heaven.
Gnostic scribblings (they are NOT “Scripture”!!
) are not just “fishy” they are total BS the earliest of them invented in the mid 2nd century and most much later. Any resemblance to the real histiorical life and teachings of Christ is unoriginal, copied from the Gospels or elsewhere. The whole purpose of writing them was to invent lies to justify the perverted doctrines of a pagan-inspired heresy.