Vatican: It's ok to believe in aliens | Thread profile

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080513/...vatican_ali ens Quote: Believing that the universe may contain alien life does not contradict a faith in God, the Vatican's chief astronomer said in an interview published Tuesday. The Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, the Jesuit director of the Vatican Observatory, was quoted as saying the vastness of the ...

They're just covering their bases for the inevitable and glorious first contact between humanity and an extra-terrestial intelligence. How many followers are the other churches going to lose?

Quote: The Bible "is not a science book," Funes said, adding that he believes the Big Bang theory is the most "reasonable" explanation for the creation of the universe. The theory says the universe began billions of years ago in the explosion of a single, super-dense point that contained all matter. Not that strange if you realise that the Big ...

Quote: . The Bible "is not a science book," Funes said, adding that he believes the Big Bang theory is the most "reasonable" explanation for the creation of the universe. The theory says the universe began billions of years ago in the explosion of a single, super-dense point that contained all matter. HERETIC ! . Oh wait this is 2008 all religious...

Please, by the time we even contact an alien race the Vatican will be a fairy tale we tell to them.

This is no surprise; the Vatican is usually pretty supportive of science these days.

I don't think it was ever prohibited to believe in alien beings. At least not that I know of. Hell, if I wanted to believe in flying pigs and zombies I wouldn't give a crap what they said.

It isn't a matter of whether the Vatican is trying to prohibit you, though. They are just pointing out that there is nothing in their doctrine that contradicts the idea. I am not really sure there are too many religions where it does, anyways. (Jack Chick might, just on principle.)

The Vatican is always on about how were going to meet certain beings soon. They might just be right this time, in 500 years by which time their silly religon has turned to dust.

Eh...their silly religion isn't too far off from 2,000 years old. Really think they're disappearing in another 500?