(February 22, 2012 at 2:40 pm)Chuff Wrote:(February 22, 2012 at 10:55 am)Insanity x Wrote: I'd love to see their reaction if we found Intelligent extraterrestrials. Be quite an awkward moment for them.
They've been shoehorning scientific discoveries that contradict doctrine into their ethos for hundreds of years, this one might be a stretch but I'm sure they would soon think up some bollocks to justify it. After the initial period of outright denial of course.
The march of progress, new ideas, the advancement of human understanding and technology - exactly what every religion doesnt want or need
I'm sure it would be proof of gods power to fill the universe with life.
or if no aliens are ever discovered.
proof that humans and earth are specially loved by god.
See they got it covered eiher way.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.