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Vatican considers alien life

Posted on Thursday, 12 November, 2009 | 27 comments

The Vatican's top astronomer has commented on the possibility of extraterrestrial life following a week long astrobiology conference saying that alien life could exist but that there is no hard evidence for it.

ET could exist, but there is no hard evidence he does, the Vatican's top astronomer declared at the end of a Vatican conference on extraterrestrial life.

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#23 Posted by UtahRaptor on 3 December, 2009, 4:16
Wow! They said the same thing back in May of 2008. Thanks for the news flash Mr. Pope Ex-Nazi and your Vatican buddies! We are now allowed to believe in Extraterrestrials. Now that is a huge leap forwards! Are we allowed to fully believe in dinosaurs yet? How about atoms? Or gravity? Bac...

#24 Posted by MID on 5 December, 2009, 11:23
...this makes news? Given their storied history, it is still amusing that the Vatican has a "top astronomer". Certainly, the church has advanced beyond the repressive, ignorant past, I know, but it still makes me chuckle. It also makes me chuckle that the "top astronomer"...

#25 Posted by HerNibs on 5 December, 2009, 11:26
Eh, I'm just worried about the damage caused by people who refuse to believe anything until an old guy in a funny hat that wears dresses tells them it's ok. Nibs

#26 Posted by Dying Seraph on 5 December, 2009, 14:20
AM I the only one who finds it odd that the church says to it's congregation, it's possible to believe in extraterretrial life and activity. BUT still doesn't condone their congregation something basic such as using condoms?

#27 Posted by MID on 6 December, 2009, 12:26
...yes...that's a worry for sure! Yes: just one of the many strange things that exist when religion and science meet....

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