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> Does it? I'm not trying to be silly; if the term "man" (ie: that which • is
> created in His image) indicates the capacity for Grace and/or salvation, I
> see no reason to conclude that alien races do not exist. Further, the
> "Earth" of Genesis may refer to "inhabitable space."
If that were the case, God also told man to fill the earth and rule it.
That would mean that we have dominion over all the planets and places where
aliens might reside. :)
> For that matter,
> doesn't one of the Gospels (or several of them) indicate that Christ
> departed for other lands to spread the Word? Why must these "lands" mean
> nations?
I looked for this in my Bible concordance and couldn't find it. This
account seems more like something from the Book of Mormon.
> All of this rhetoric aside, what happens to the doctrine of "no alien
> races" if we actually do run into one of them?
Then the Bible will be proved false (which I believe won't happen... :) ).
I have to go to work soon, so I will address this subject in depth later.
Regards,
--Ryan
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| (...) The Bible was not written in Jesus' time. Actually, it was written several hundred years later, so it should not be taken as an accurate, historical account. We know in our own times that facts are twisted within days and weeks, imagine how (...) (23 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) But that's missing my hypothetical point; if "aliens" are also created in His image (ie: capacity for Grace/Salvation), then "man" is already filling those places and ruling them. (...) Oops. I thought I might have made that mistake. Oh, well. (...) (23 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Ha! Try telling that to the little green guys! I like Stephen Hawking's take on alien life: He essentially says that if there are other intelligent beings out there, then we should keep our heads down and hope they don't notice us, for exactly (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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