Aliens Receive Blessing From Catholics
This was kind of strange, but it had to be covered. When God created the world in 7 days, he also spent some time creating the other billions and billions of galaxies also. Over 100 billion galaxies to be exact. The human race, as we know it, only occupies one planet in one of the galaxies. You don’t have to stretch your imagination too far or spend an inordinate amount of time considering that there could easily be life forms in some of the other billions of galaxies. Maybe not in all of them, but even a small portion of them. You’d have to be neck deep in denial to think that the human race is the only living beings in the entire universe.
Apparently, the Vatican has given its blessing to alien races admitting that the possibility of other living organisms is completely possible. So they are officially allowing their members to believe in alien races without having to worry about blaspheming their religion. Reverend Jose Gabriel Funes said the expansiveness of the universe means there could be life on planets other than Earth.
Funes stated, “Astronomers believe the universe is made up of 100 billion galaxies, each of which consists of 100 billion stars. Life forms could exist in theory even without oxygen or hydrogen. As there is a multiplicity of creatures on earth, so there may be other beings, intelligent, created by God. This does not conflict with our faith, because we cannot put limits on the creative freedom of God.”
This is a powerful and exciting statement for closet Catholics secretly wondering about the possibility of extraterrestrial life, but in fear that the Vatican would disapprove. It does, however, open up a host of biblical and theology questions on human beings being “created in His image”. The bible is for all living beings and if other life forms exist, how does that apply? The Bible is clearly created for beings on Earth. How does it apply to other galaxies or do they have their own Bible? Does it say the same thing and deliver the same message of salvation?
Funes added, “The Bible is not a science book,” and he also believes that the Big Bang theory (an explosion of a single, super-dense point billions of years ago) is the most reasonable explanation for the creation of the universe. “God is the creator of the universe and we are not the result of chance.”, he concludes.
For some reason, the Vatican even has its own observatory where it conducts a lot of their own research and is even considered to be one of the best in the world (this world) for their meteorite collection. In 1633, Galileo was tried as a heretic by Catholics for insisting that the world revolves around the sun and was forced to recant his findings. It wasn’t until 1992 (350 years later) that John Paul declared it was a mistake that was a result of “tragic mutual incomprehension.”
Catholicism has always locked horns with science, but this is one the first times (outside of the Galileo apology) that it’s truly reaching out to open up discussions on taboo topics like extraterrestrials and the Big Bang theory. But what do old-school Catholics think about these shocking statements? Could the Vatican really be opening up the forums on these controversial topics and will they actually consider the findings? Have they really considered the impact this will have on some biblical teachings, theology, and more importantly, what are your thoughts?
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