Journyman16
Bluelighter
OK, this thread is NOT about whether or not you believe in a Christian faith or belive in alien visitations (of whichever kind) but instead meant to be an examination about the topic.
Here's my thing...
We are taught that, because Adam and Eve failed the test, we all became subject to Law. That went on with ups and downs for the Hebrews/Israelites until the advent of the Christ. He came to Earth as a man to live, suffer and die as a sacrifice for our sin and redeem us, so henceforth we have only to declare belief and acceptance of his sacrifice to be accepted into the Kingdom of Heaven.
So in a world where the (possibly fake) Pope has declared an acceptance of the possibility of Aliens, there are some questions that have some ugly answers.
Of all the races in the Universe, how many failed the garden of Eden test?
If all, then clearly it was not a test but a requirement. In which case, WHY ARE WE PUNISHED?
If only some failed, where are those who passed the test? Is that why God went aaway/ He had better children to visit with?
So... for the failures... do they ALL get the Christ to come and die for them? What kind of father gets his son to go skipping across the Universe living life after life designated as a sacrifice to die in pain for species after species?
If the Christ only came for us, why are we special and are all other races doomed to go to Hell like the Church treated everybody who'd never heard of Jesus?
Does anybody NOT see how ugly this gets? Kinda makes Lucifer look like a bringer of light... doncha think? :D
Here's my thing...
We are taught that, because Adam and Eve failed the test, we all became subject to Law. That went on with ups and downs for the Hebrews/Israelites until the advent of the Christ. He came to Earth as a man to live, suffer and die as a sacrifice for our sin and redeem us, so henceforth we have only to declare belief and acceptance of his sacrifice to be accepted into the Kingdom of Heaven.
So in a world where the (possibly fake) Pope has declared an acceptance of the possibility of Aliens, there are some questions that have some ugly answers.
Of all the races in the Universe, how many failed the garden of Eden test?
If all, then clearly it was not a test but a requirement. In which case, WHY ARE WE PUNISHED?
If only some failed, where are those who passed the test? Is that why God went aaway/ He had better children to visit with?
So... for the failures... do they ALL get the Christ to come and die for them? What kind of father gets his son to go skipping across the Universe living life after life designated as a sacrifice to die in pain for species after species?
If the Christ only came for us, why are we special and are all other races doomed to go to Hell like the Church treated everybody who'd never heard of Jesus?
Does anybody NOT see how ugly this gets? Kinda makes Lucifer look like a bringer of light... doncha think? :D