RE: Alien Question for Atheists
May 30, 2018 at 3:26 am
(This post was last modified: May 30, 2018 at 3:26 am by vulcanlogician.)
If aliens had religion at all it would intrigue me. Comparative religion is super interesting as it is, and your scenario would make it (pardon the pun) out of this world.
The whole thread is tl;dr, so I'm sure others have mentioned it: if Christianity is "compatible" with any religion that has "trinity, salvation, Heaven and Hell" then Christianity is already compatible with Hinduism. Hindus have the Eternal Triad--Brahman/Shiva/Vishnu--who are themselves avatars of an all-encompassing monotheistic God. Thay have Nirvana... that's kind of like salvation. Also there are afterlives of bliss and afterlives of infernal torment. Even though these are finite to Hindus (after a period it is possible to be reincarnated on Earth), they very much resemble the Heaven/Hell concept of Christianity.
In form and spirit, many religions resemble Christianity, but they are nonetheless deemed incompatible with Christianity because they aren't about the Jesus.
If Christianity developed within an alien culture exactly like it is Earth--yeah. I'd give it a really close look because that is quite unfathomable. After all, Christianity hasn't developed independently anywhere on Earth--nor has any other religion. For it to develop independently on another world would truly suggest that an all powerful God seeded the religion on every planet.
The whole thread is tl;dr, so I'm sure others have mentioned it: if Christianity is "compatible" with any religion that has "trinity, salvation, Heaven and Hell" then Christianity is already compatible with Hinduism. Hindus have the Eternal Triad--Brahman/Shiva/Vishnu--who are themselves avatars of an all-encompassing monotheistic God. Thay have Nirvana... that's kind of like salvation. Also there are afterlives of bliss and afterlives of infernal torment. Even though these are finite to Hindus (after a period it is possible to be reincarnated on Earth), they very much resemble the Heaven/Hell concept of Christianity.
In form and spirit, many religions resemble Christianity, but they are nonetheless deemed incompatible with Christianity because they aren't about the Jesus.
If Christianity developed within an alien culture exactly like it is Earth--yeah. I'd give it a really close look because that is quite unfathomable. After all, Christianity hasn't developed independently anywhere on Earth--nor has any other religion. For it to develop independently on another world would truly suggest that an all powerful God seeded the religion on every planet.
