+Desertrat56 Posted September 16, 2020 #176 Share Posted September 16, 2020 1 minute ago, XenoFish said: What if the aliens have a better religion? Anyone think of that? What I have thought of is that aliens probably have no religion, but then I am jaded about religion so that may be wishful thinking IF I believed they were really here or would land any day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted September 16, 2020 #177 Share Posted September 16, 2020 1 minute ago, Desertrat56 said: What I have thought of is that aliens probably have no religion, but then I am jaded about religion so that may be wishful thinking IF I believed they were really here or would land any day. The only way we can really solve any of our questions is to actually talk with the aliens themselves. For now we speculate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docyabut2 Posted September 17, 2020 #178 Share Posted September 17, 2020 (edited) Angels are the ones in our lives, there are no aliens; I have many angels in my life one girl ava in my son`s life that died but lifted me ") my son almost died from falling off a bridge 40 feet and landed on rail road tracks that survived he is a walking miracle. he sang that song to her before she died. She was a angel") Edited September 17, 2020 by docyabut2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Walker Posted September 19, 2020 #179 Share Posted September 19, 2020 On 9/16/2020 at 7:21 PM, RoofGardener said: It did. Lucifer was part of the original management team, and hence tried to subvert heaven from within. However, God orchestrated a boardroom reshuffle with extreme prejudice, and Lucifer had all of his stock options withdrawn !! In biblical terms it was an actual war in heaven, which god won and satan /lucifer lost (2/3rds of the angels remained loyal to god. 1/3 sided with lucifer) In the story the devil and the fallen angels retreated to /were banished to, earth, because humans had sided with satan. Revelations describes the final battle, and its results, via prophecy. I see it as an allegorical explanation for the human condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Walker Posted September 19, 2020 #180 Share Posted September 19, 2020 (edited) On 9/17/2020 at 12:33 AM, XenoFish said: What if the aliens have a better religion? Anyone think of that? Many science fiction writers, and even anthropologists who study the effect of christianity, combined with superior european technology on indigenous people during the colonisation period ie Many indigenous people took up christianity because it was the religion of people who seemed to be very powerful. This even goes back to the first centuries of christianity, where many (less"civilised") people adopted it, after it became associated with the power of the Roman empire . A religion of the powerful is often seen as "better" than a religion of the weaker Edited September 19, 2020 by Mr Walker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Desertrat56 Posted September 19, 2020 #181 Share Posted September 19, 2020 11 hours ago, Mr Walker said: Many science fiction writers, and even anthropologists who study the effect of christianity, combined with superior european technology on indigenous people during the colonisation period ie Many indigenous people took up christianity because it was the religion of people who seemed to be very powerful. This even goes back to the first centuries of christianity, where many (less"civilised") people adopted it, after it became associated with the power of the Roman empire . A religion of the powerful is often seen as "better" than a religion of the weaker I think it was adopted because the choices were adopt the religion, hide from the invaders or die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Walker Posted September 20, 2020 #182 Share Posted September 20, 2020 14 hours ago, Desertrat56 said: I think it was adopted because the choices were adopt the religion, hide from the invaders or die. Sometimes that might be true, but anthropology says that people tend to adopt the religious practices of invaders because they perceive the invader as more powerful, and with more material wealth and thus their religion a s more powerful/beneficial.In this view religions serve the needs of people, and people swap to religions they think will serve them better This might not work with modern people and alien invaders In most cases religion wasn't forced on people, and old religions coexisted with the new ones for a while (I might be prejudiced in coming from a non catholic part of the new world The y may have been less tolerant of other beliefs) Sometimes people followed their leaders example if he/she converted, but often it was just people wanting a better, more prosperous life, and thinking this would come with a new religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docyabut2 Posted September 21, 2020 #183 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Aliens ? Some think Jesus came on a space ship,the coming of his star. Some think the 99% dna from the chimpanzees we are from, the 1% is from the alien. so if aliens came here on ships thousands and thousand's years ago and made us. They`d still be traveling back and fourth to where they came from , so wouldn't SETI see their ships coming back and fourth, not just see them flying around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Desertrat56 Posted September 21, 2020 #184 Share Posted September 21, 2020 4 minutes ago, docyabut2 said: Aliens ? Some think Jesus came on a space ship,the coming of his star. Some think the 99% dna from the chimpanzees we are from, the 1% is from the alien. so if aliens came here on ships thousands and thousand's years ago and made us. They`d still be traveling back and fourth to where they came from , so wouldn't SETI see their ships coming back and fourth, not just see them flying around I had to look this up. So apparently chimp DNA is 98.8% the same as human DNA, which does not mean we evolved from Chimps or any other primate. It also does not mean we are created from aliens manipulating primate DNA. https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/fact-sheets/Comparative-Genomics-Fact-Sheet "A study discovered that about 60 percent of genes are conserved between fruit flies and humans, meaning that the two organisms appear to share a core set of genes. Two-thirds of human genes known to be involved in cancer have counterparts in the fruit fly." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docyabut2 Posted September 21, 2020 #185 Share Posted September 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Desertrat56 said: I had to look this up. So apparently chimp DNA is 98.8% the same as human DNA, which does not mean we evolved from Chimps or any other primate. It also does not mean we are created from aliens manipulating primate DNA. https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/fact-sheets/Comparative-Genomics-Fact-Sheet "A study discovered that about 60 percent of genes are conserved between fruit flies and humans, meaning that the two organisms appear to share a core set of genes. Two-thirds of human genes known to be involved in cancer have counterparts in the fruit fly." I just don't believe there are any aliens from another planet . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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