There must be plenty of fun around the water cooler when you work at the Vatican's observatory:
Writing in the Vatican newspaper, the astronomer, Father Gabriel Funes, said intelligent beings created by God could exist in outer space...The official Vatican newspaper headlines his article 'Aliens Are My Brother'. Just as there are multiple forms of life on earth, so there could exist intelligent beings in outer space created by God. And some aliens could even be free from original sin, he speculates.Excellent. So God saved all the crappy stuff for us. Fantastic. Early drafts maybe. Or maybe God decided that apples trees were nothing but trouble giving the Catholics of planet Zogg an easier ride. That's great news.
Comments
Kateland - May 14, 2008 6:08 pm
You do realize that Judaism has no concept of original sin...so if the aliens are without the 'taint' of original sin, maybe it's because they are Jewish aliens!
sean liddle - May 14, 2008 8:07 pm
Actually, I find the news rather amusing. I mean, what will the Vatican say if aliens ever DO contact earth and are found to have no belief in any sort of supreme being? By stating in advance that "it's okay" to believe in extraterrestrials from the standpoint of still being a christian, they can still take the high ground and claim "well, they just haven't been enlightened yet".
Alan - May 14, 2008 9:11 pm
Jewish? Atheist??? Maybe they will all turn out to be Annapolis Valley church ladies and they bring fancy, never before seen squares and cookies <i>from outer space!!</i>
sean liddle - May 15, 2008 9:43 am
Hrm.. I have always thought that those "Red Hat" society ladies looked a little too friendly...