RE: What do you think will happen to Religion if Extra Terrestrial Life were discovered?
July 17, 2010 at 3:37 am
I think if we encountered intelligant and very advanced alian life, it would be the knowledge they bring with them that would threatern religious belief. By going further and having very advanced technology with them, they would have been able to look far further than we can. Many times in history scientific discovery has contradicted many religious beliefs. Religion tends to either change to add the new discovery or deny it like creationists do with evolution. Never will religion admit to being wrong and that theists would rather opt for intellectual dishonesty like muslims do with the qur'an. It's because they never admit to being in error and that their religion got it wrong, is one of many reasons why I'm an atheist.
I'm sure that if we do end up having very advanced visiters, religion and it's many beliefs will be at risk of being disproved with the new given knowledge. Many beliefs could end up being contradicted.
I'm sure that if we do end up having very advanced visiters, religion and it's many beliefs will be at risk of being disproved with the new given knowledge. Many beliefs could end up being contradicted.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
