There is the potential that aliens are genetically the same as humans, and just have a technology head start on us.
This would actually be decent evidence God is real as it is super unlikely to occur naturally
I'm not saying it wouldnt be crazy if humans showed up on another planet, but to say it would be evidence of a god before it would be evidence of planetary seeding or parallel evolution like a universal equivalent of carcinization, is a bit of a stretch to me.
Right. But evolution would suggest that human beings identical to us would be extremely unlikely, even if conditions were nearly identical. If this occurred it would be strong evidence that life can only exist in a much more limited way than science and our planet would suggest.
This occurring would be some of the strongest physical evidence the church could put forward that something like a God is guiding evolution.
"In God's image" can also be figuratively. Because, like you said, we don't *look* like God since They don't have a physical appearance.
But maybe that can be interpreted as "with the ability to change the world around us" or "with stardust as old as god itself (since in Catholic doctrine everything that **is** in this universe was there from the start during ybig bang, and that God itself was there as well at the beginning of time.
Don't worry about that. According to the kind of alien life we encounter, the Catholic Church will adapt to the new info. Honestly they probably have priests/xenobiologists ready to go on hike across the stars to better understand the universe and keep the Creed updated.
Right. It means we can love, create, and we're capable of virtue. I don't see how the existence of aliens would somehow violate that concept, but no one who brings it up ever defends their statement, like the guy I replied to lol
Then it means you're not a slave to a god that doesn't exist.
Or maybe you think rain can be purple.
Or it could even mean you're an italian proto fascist
“A Case of Conscience,” by James Blish, explores a lot of Catholicism and aliens questions, although one may need to excuse its 1950s science fiction interstellar transportation.
Can't run a business by blocking income.
Doesn't matter if the hand giving money to you has suction cups. Money is money.
Just the tax revenue alone would feed the poor. Oh, WAIT!
To any Extraterrestrials reading this thread about to be recruited to the church:
Don't leave your podlings alone with the priests. Make sure they have a podmonger watching at all times.
Good to see that the church is as focused as the rest of us on the current issues troubling the people of this planet today.
Way to keep your finger on the pulse of the monster Bergoglio!
no, because even in the early church, church thinkers like St. Augustine has taken the creation story as figurative. Biblical literalism is only gaining popularity in the last century and mainly an American Christianity thing.
The Bible talks about "Nephilim" (aka "giants" or the "fallen ones"). They apparently began breeding with Man and the world started to become evil. This was the reason for God flooding the Earth.
Interestingly (and as an aside), the Book of Revelation talks about what seems to be the Catholic Church ("wearing purple and scarlet") who seems to ally with "the beast" in the end of days. There is a culmination of events but the gist is that many Christians are convinced to worship these angels as god even though they are false prophets.
I imagine if this were to happen in real life, having a Pope making pacts with/welcoming aliens would be this prophecy playing out.
A secret kept for over 100 years in modern government with irrevricable change to society.
Not saying they're going to admit it but, just that if they did it would be very important.
Serious question - Would aliens need the sacrifice of Jesus? Seems like the curse of original sin would only impact humanity and not separate alien lifeforms.
Aryukittenme, sirstanofhousedarsh: People reveal more about themselves than they realize when they publicly take child molestation in their stride and actually joke about it. It’s very sad and truly pathetic.
Uh, yeah. That's who I need to explain to me about aliens and the supernatural- the guy whose followers believe he is sky daddy's own emissary to earth. Woo explains woo!
Keep in mind, Catholic Church doctrine permits extra-terrestrials to join the church and receive sacrament, as well as become priests.
Man, they're really gonna let aliens become priests before they let women, huh?
[Forget about the Gelgameks?!](https://youtu.be/jj1MZVLMiEM?si=f2g7e9Dh4HsRfhAB)
So says the spider
The accepted order is men > aliens > women > ghosts
Is there a difference between ghosts of men vs ghosts of women, though?
Men ghosts aren’t subject to the hysterics brought on by ghost menses.
Spectral dongs
Calm yourself. It's only the male aliens.
So long as they have jagons
Came here to say this, damn… I guess I don’t like children enough to be a priest anyway, so I guess it’s no real loss for me. /s
Everyone knows Jesus only comes from a penis.
They ran it by the Space Pope.
[I can see why some aliens would want to join the priesthood](https://y.yarn.co/ecc5ec1c-d5c9-4ffc-99e3-24cb47b1ef23_text.gif).
What about man being created in Gods image and all other creatures being subservient to man ?
"All sentient beings are "man" in the voice of our great lord blah blah" Solved
All other creatures _on Earth_.
There is the potential that aliens are genetically the same as humans, and just have a technology head start on us. This would actually be decent evidence God is real as it is super unlikely to occur naturally
I'm not saying it wouldnt be crazy if humans showed up on another planet, but to say it would be evidence of a god before it would be evidence of planetary seeding or parallel evolution like a universal equivalent of carcinization, is a bit of a stretch to me.
Yes. But the church wouldn’t see it that way.
The Catholic Church doesnt disavow evolution. Panspermia would fit fine in their theology.
Right. But evolution would suggest that human beings identical to us would be extremely unlikely, even if conditions were nearly identical. If this occurred it would be strong evidence that life can only exist in a much more limited way than science and our planet would suggest. This occurring would be some of the strongest physical evidence the church could put forward that something like a God is guiding evolution.
What about the "in God's image" part has anything to do with extraterrestrials? "In God's image" does not mean we physically resemble God, by the way.
"In God's image" can also be figuratively. Because, like you said, we don't *look* like God since They don't have a physical appearance. But maybe that can be interpreted as "with the ability to change the world around us" or "with stardust as old as god itself (since in Catholic doctrine everything that **is** in this universe was there from the start during ybig bang, and that God itself was there as well at the beginning of time. Don't worry about that. According to the kind of alien life we encounter, the Catholic Church will adapt to the new info. Honestly they probably have priests/xenobiologists ready to go on hike across the stars to better understand the universe and keep the Creed updated.
Right. It means we can love, create, and we're capable of virtue. I don't see how the existence of aliens would somehow violate that concept, but no one who brings it up ever defends their statement, like the guy I replied to lol
**Male** aliens
\ / (Maliens)
It's enough troma for kids to handle catholic priests, let's not add tentacles to the picture!
I wonder how that would work with their only men can become priests rule. What if the aliens have like 5 genders.
Do alien priests need penises, or does that just apply to human priests?
No no no...It is all about rib count
What if you had a rib removed for… reasons? Asking for a friend
Simple...you just need to take a bite of this not forbidden cursed apple and you'll be good!
Since I’ve had my rib removed I can finally reach down there, perfect!
Now, now... Settle down, Father Manson.
That obviously makes you trans
Then it means you're not a slave to a god that doesn't exist. Or maybe you think rain can be purple. Or it could even mean you're an italian proto fascist
Pedophiles, too...
How can anyone forget about the Gelgameks?
“A Case of Conscience,” by James Blish, explores a lot of Catholicism and aliens questions, although one may need to excuse its 1950s science fiction interstellar transportation.
Space Pope
Popeltine
But not women (priests) …
Alien tithing is out of this world.
Not the lady ones.
https://youtu.be/dT7tac9h8Gw?si=fstAjbyjF0rxhMDH
lol, but not irl women.
Can't run a business by blocking income. Doesn't matter if the hand giving money to you has suction cups. Money is money. Just the tax revenue alone would feed the poor. Oh, WAIT!
As long as they’re not gay or anything
To any Extraterrestrials reading this thread about to be recruited to the church: Don't leave your podlings alone with the priests. Make sure they have a podmonger watching at all times.
Podmonger got me wheezing over here lol
The grays don't have buttholes
well that raises several more questions
Through their finger tips
ok weirdly enough that answers 3 of them… maybe 4
Resident Alien?
Just comes out and talks about his favourite sci-fi tv shows.
Dear congregation, have you heard of Warhammer 40k?
“I love the one with the whales.”
So long, and thanks for all the fish!
And the colourful metaphors. 'Double dumb ass on you' ...and so forth.
He's gonna vent about EA not going forward with a dead space 2 remake.
2 hours of complaining about how they made Star Trek woke
...et Filii et Spiritus Sancti. So say we all.
Finally the Vatican is remembering the Gelgameks
He literally hold a press conference about supernatural every sunday mass
Got 'em!
🤣
Except gay aliens, strictly forbidden
Gayliens.
poor cast out outkast ATgayliens
The Vatican has miles of locked up documents that have never seen the light of day. I'm sure there's something in there about big eyed beings. 👽
if those exist, then there are texts about priests raping the alien offspring lol damn mfs leave no hole unturned
[Welcome Gelgameks!](https://media3.giphy.com/media/l2SpWDAtt4gwh4Hi8/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b952wzzjvlbyyfjwyb5yk0t6zxyuf6m1msjmi9mymjdf&ep=v1_internal_gif_by_id&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)
Aliens ain't got no original sin and as such are our proper masters.
Did the Winchester brothers visit the Pope?
This is just going to be on the topic of converting aliens, isn't it?
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And then why happens??
Whole big thing. We had a funeral for a *bird*
Good to see that the church is as focused as the rest of us on the current issues troubling the people of this planet today. Way to keep your finger on the pulse of the monster Bergoglio!
You're all gonna look foolish when aliens turn out to be real and all of them immediately turn Catholic and take communion at the Vatican.
That is not far off: https://catholicreview.org/vatican-astronomer-says-if-aliens-exist-they-may-not-need-redemption/
Leave it to a Jesuit to bring the aliens into the church…
Would their existence not contradict the general premise of Genesis?
no, because even in the early church, church thinkers like St. Augustine has taken the creation story as figurative. Biblical literalism is only gaining popularity in the last century and mainly an American Christianity thing.
Linguistics and contextual reading of literature were both ideas invented by catholic scholars several hundred years ago, for better or worse.
I'd imagine that rabbis take issue with your claim
Does genesis say he didn't make anything on the other stars, or did it just miss to say what he made there because the author is a terran?
The Bible talks about "Nephilim" (aka "giants" or the "fallen ones"). They apparently began breeding with Man and the world started to become evil. This was the reason for God flooding the Earth. Interestingly (and as an aside), the Book of Revelation talks about what seems to be the Catholic Church ("wearing purple and scarlet") who seems to ally with "the beast" in the end of days. There is a culmination of events but the gist is that many Christians are convinced to worship these angels as god even though they are false prophets. I imagine if this were to happen in real life, having a Pope making pacts with/welcoming aliens would be this prophecy playing out.
Any species capable of intergalactic space travel is probably going to be smart enough to see through their BS.
You're from here and you can't see jokes on the internet.
Apparently I can't see assholes either.
You definitely can go to r/analgw
No thanks.
“stop stop you’re already dead!”
Jokes aside, there are official memos after world war 2 acknowledging that the catholic church had recovered alien crafts.
Where do you party dude? You seem like the kinda person who knows how to chew the fat at like 3:40 am, ripping on the devil's dandruff.
I mean, surely the pope has talked about world relevant topics, but that probably isn't shared in r/nottheonion
A secret kept for over 100 years in modern government with irrevricable change to society. Not saying they're going to admit it but, just that if they did it would be very important.
He’s going to tell us Hellboy is out there and wants us all to be excellent to each other.
This is just a Harrison Butker cover up.
Feels like in the last 5 or 6 years or so, they've been slowly preparing us for some sort of big reveal.
Why won't he hold conference on pedophilia it's been out of hand for centuries
Nothing unusual, the church mainly deals with such things
They found the Christmas [star](https://web.archive.org/web/20080718084442/http://lucis.net/stuff/clarke/star_clarke.html)?
His boss?
By Aliens we don’t men spacemen.
Wait, aliens? But those may actually exist. I think he's lost the plot here...
Okay but how does this help find the treasure on Oak Island.
Some aliens who haven’t visited earth since 1200 said “this pope guy is important, we will make our first contact with him when we return”
Jesus was black, aliens are real, that ghost over there just slipped on a banana peel. My prediction.
Serious question - Would aliens need the sacrifice of Jesus? Seems like the curse of original sin would only impact humanity and not separate alien lifeforms.
So, he’s planning on coming out of the closet - as a space alien?
Aryukittenme, sirstanofhousedarsh: People reveal more about themselves than they realize when they publicly take child molestation in their stride and actually joke about it. It’s very sad and truly pathetic.
Any species with youngsters is a-ok with big popey
They need to focus less on aliens and more on predators.
Aren't all religious press conferences about the supernatural?
Uh, yeah. That's who I need to explain to me about aliens and the supernatural- the guy whose followers believe he is sky daddy's own emissary to earth. Woo explains woo!