No I didn't read the headline above while purusing the latest copy of the National Enquirer, it's from the BBC.

BBC NEWS | Europe | Vatican says aliens could exist

My "favourite" parts of the article are when Father Gabriel Funes speculates that some "aliens could even be free from original sin" or when the author mentions that the Vatican is "organising a conference next year to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of the author of the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin." How very progressive of them.

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Eric
Woodgreen Presbyterian (PCA)
Calgary, Alberta CANADA

Is it just me or does the Vatican try to preempt any scientific discovery or doctrine by claiming they hold to it in order to justify their 'authority' or 'infallibility'?

Maybe its that bad taste left in their mouth from that Galileo mouthwash.

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Rev. Daniel Kok
Pastor of Grace Reformed Church (URCNA)
Leduc, Alberta CANADA
Church Blog

"there is no creature, either in heaven or on earth, who loves us more than Jesus Christ"
Belgic Confession, Article 26

My guess is that this is just the Vatican's way of plugging the new Indiana Jones movie that comes out next week.

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Ryan Barnhart - Pastor of OGBC
Husband to a beautiful wife, Father to two beautiful girls
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They are making sure their spot in bed will be kept warm right next to atheistic secular science.

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Andrew DeShazo, Deacon, Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Memphis, TN
"All of us stumble in many ways, but if anyone is never at fault in what he says, then he is mature, able to control his whole body."(James 3:2)

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Benjamin P. Glaser
Pittsburgh, PA
Fairmount ARP Church

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Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
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If there are aliens, intelligent beings in outer space totally separate from the human race, how would any of them be tainted by original sin? I wonder how they'd decide which are and which aren't.

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Bob Howes
Framingham, MA

A reoccurring thought:

Rev 22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

John Dick, a respectable 19th century Scottish Presbyterian theologian, allows for the possibility of extraterrestial beings in Lectures on Theology, Vol. 1.

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Andrew Myers
Husband of Jessica, Father of Jackson, Katie and Samuel
Member, Presbyterian Reformed Church of Northern Virginia
Warrenton, VA USA
Editor, The Matthew Poole Project

"On land, at sea, at home, abroad, / I smoke my pipe and worship God." -- J.S. Bach

Ole John Dick was probably referring to "Wales" and "England".

I think their called "Mormons!" Each one gets their own planet, or something like that.

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Thomas Weddle
Member, Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church
Evansville, Indiana

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Dan Pemberton
Vacaville, CA

Member, First Baptist Church San Luis Obispo
Formerly ABUSA (We left, so I guess that makes us American Baptists Unleashed!)

Sounds like the Space Triology by C.S. Lewis.

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R.Vic Bottomly
Providence Reformed Baptist Church, Tacoma, WA

--Most illogical!

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Sterling Harmon
Coventry, CT
PCA
Deacon
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"Whatever is laudable in our works proceeds from the grace of God."
-- John Calvin, Institutes III:xv.3.

"Our Lord God must be a good man, to be fond of worthless fellows. I cannot like them, and yet I, myself, am one."
-- Martin Luther, Table Talk

Every major player is either Jewish or Buddhist so not likely.

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Travis Speegle
Redeemer Presbyterian, PCA (Waco, Tx)
Pacific Cross Roads, PCA (Los Angeles, CA)


"When it comes to trustworthy theologians one can usually honor the rule of thumb that the deader the better."-Dr. John Hannah, DTS (of all places)

Well that could very well be, I for one think they may exist. If they did who's to say what happened there

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Doug Wilson
Hemet, Ca
First Southern Baptist Church- SBC

Beam... me... up... Scotty? ....?

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Brad
PCA Member
Virginia

Hmm?

This is a funny one, I guess we have to say that if the sovereign will of God decided that there should be aliens then way not. Of course they would think that we are the aliens.

However if they were aliens and had not fallen into original sin think how cool it would be if they turned out to be prebyterians!

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Mike
London City Presbyterian Church
London
England

"Surely, we wish to be orthodox, but we must first learn what real orthodoxy is. Surely, we wish to be progressive, but we must first have a basis to progress from."

I've actually met some Presbyterians that I thought were ali...no, never mind, I won't go there.

The comment about the possibility of aliens being untainted by original sin puts it directly in line with the popular thought that aliens are "superior races" compared to humans.

There is something inside of me that simply cannot even begin to think of races of beings scattered throughout the universe, all needing salvation. Images come to mind of our Savior planet hopping to shed His blood time and time again when Scripture says He died once for all. Maybe I'm too provincial, but the thought is grotesque.

I used to believe that is was likely that there was extraterrestrial life. I thought there was a lot of wasted space if there wasn't and that God had revealed, in Scripture, only what needed to be known to redeem earthlings.

These days I lean heavily against the presence of ET for three reasons:

1. Gen. 1:14ff tells us why the heavenly lights were created and there is no mention of sustaining life apart from earth. In fact these verses seem to indicate that the heavenly lights are earth centric in their purpose.

2. Psalm 115 again seems to speak of man (earthlings) as the center of God's creation.

3. Finally, it is only the pragmatist that sees the universe as a lot of wasted space. Psalm 19 tells us that it is not wasted at all but the palette on which the Creator displays his infinite weightiness.

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Bob Vigneault (Bawb Vēēn-yo)
I just know there's got to be a pony in here somewhere!

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Unless they are demons. If a UFO every lands on the planet, most of the world would bow in worship. I don't put anything past Satan that the Lord doesn't allow.

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Aaron Josh Wright
Second Baptist Chruch, Humble Tx
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary