The Christians on this planet can’t agree on which particular version of the god of Abraham is the real one. There is zero chance that an alien culture would come up a religion that is even remotely similar to the stone age ideologies that pass as religion in this tiny section of the cosmos, and certainly not one that any earthling would recognize as Christianity. The guy’s name wasn’t even “Jesus”, but try telling that to any Christian walking around these parts. If the aliens so much as called their version “George”, most of the Christians on this planet would think them apostate.
But lets have a little fun.
What would the Catholics do if some Alien Southern Baptist dropped by and let them know Luther was correct and justification is by faith alone? Would the Pope shrug his shoulders and set about looking for a real job? Or, what would happen if the Aliens had their own Pope, one that didn’t particularly care about gay people because, well, on their planet there are three sexes and it takes the combined efforts of six to make a baby? What if, on their planet, the snake (or its equivalent in their biosphere) actually fooled the shortest of the three sexes into eating the fruit. So their version of Christianity is prejudice against short people rather than women. Any Christian under 6 foot would find themselves under the obligation to “keep silent in Church and obey the head of the master of the house.”
Of course, given that they had three sexes, their Pope wouldn’t be any more a “male” than their god. It is hard to imagine Christians worshiping at the feet of something that, at least in their imaginations, wasn’t “male”. (Or, maybe, had hooves or 25 toes.)
The fact is, once one learns not to take human conjectures about gods very seriously, it wouldn’t be much of a stretch to be skeptical about gods invented by a culture with a completely different evolutionary history.
But lets have a little fun.
What would the Catholics do if some Alien Southern Baptist dropped by and let them know Luther was correct and justification is by faith alone? Would the Pope shrug his shoulders and set about looking for a real job? Or, what would happen if the Aliens had their own Pope, one that didn’t particularly care about gay people because, well, on their planet there are three sexes and it takes the combined efforts of six to make a baby? What if, on their planet, the snake (or its equivalent in their biosphere) actually fooled the shortest of the three sexes into eating the fruit. So their version of Christianity is prejudice against short people rather than women. Any Christian under 6 foot would find themselves under the obligation to “keep silent in Church and obey the head of the master of the house.”
Of course, given that they had three sexes, their Pope wouldn’t be any more a “male” than their god. It is hard to imagine Christians worshiping at the feet of something that, at least in their imaginations, wasn’t “male”. (Or, maybe, had hooves or 25 toes.)
The fact is, once one learns not to take human conjectures about gods very seriously, it wouldn’t be much of a stretch to be skeptical about gods invented by a culture with a completely different evolutionary history.
