RE: Alien Question for Atheists
May 28, 2018 at 7:48 pm
(This post was last modified: May 28, 2018 at 7:52 pm by chimp3.)
(May 28, 2018 at 7:03 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: So I started this thread as an off shoot from Tiberius' thread which is a question for Christians.
The scenario on the other thread is this:
Quote:Peaceful aliens (i.e. intelligent non-humans from another planet, let's say outside of our solar system) make first contact. After getting to know them, the subject of religion comes up. They have a concept of religion, but none of their religions are compatible with Christianity. On top of this, their species made all the advancements that humans did (e.g. invention of writing, the wheel, agriculture, etc.) millennia before we did.https://atheistforums.org/thread-55158.html
My question is, how would you react, especially with regard to their intelligence, and that their religions are incompatible with Christianity. Would it make you doubt Christianity, or that humans are "special" and made in God's image?
So I wanted to ask you guys. If it was the other way around, how would you react to it? The other way around as in, we made contact with these intelligent beings and found out that the predominant religion in their planet is very compatible with Christianity, like it's basically the same thing. They talk about God having lived as one of them, they talk about the trinity, salvation, Heaven and Hell, etc. Would it make you doubt your position as atheists, or would it make you more open to exploring Christianity?
No reason to assume that irrationality is a solely human trait. I suppose these aliens also evolved opposeable thumbs?
God thinks it's fun to confuse primates. Larsen's God!