Vatican Says Alien Life Plausible

An anonymous reader writes "According to BBC, the director of the Vatican Observatory stated in an article titled 'Aliens Are My Brother' that intelligent beings created by God could exist in outer space. 'The search for forms of extraterrestrial life does not contradict belief in God. — Just as there are multiple forms of life on earth, so there could exist intelligent beings in outer space created by God.' Mind that this is not the same director who said that evolution is more than a mere theory — that was Father Coyne. I myself agree. There might be intelligent beings created by God in outer space even if there are none here on earth."

Finaly!

[n1_111]

And who is this God they are referring to ?

first pope(st)!

[Anonymous Coward]

SPACE POPE INDAHOUS [wikia.com]

Mythbusters

[qoncept]

I'm waiting for an answer from a legitimate authority.

Might be life?

[Clockwork Apple]

Doesn't the Pope have direct communication with god? Why doesn't he just ask for christ's sake?

C.

I Figure God...

[Wandering Wombat]

... just made humans as a cautionary example, and shows us on CCTVs all over the Universe as a sort of "The More You Know!" service.

Hmmm

[Bazman]

And is the Catholic church going to fund expeditions to these alien civilisations in order to convert them? Kinda sounds familiar, doesn't it?

How long until

[NotBornYesterday]

UFO true believers stop pestering the UK government [slashdot.org] and start demanding to see the Vatican's top secret UFO files?

earth ain't what it used to be

[bugs2squash]

So is the pope God's representative on Earth, or God's representative for everywhere outside of heaven ?

Re:Might be life?

[ceoyoyo]

Have you read the bible? God is obviously one of those irritating gurus/wisemen/martial art masters who speak in riddles to amuse themselves.

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Re:Hmmm

[NotBornYesterday]

Whoa, do you suppose that could be the solution to the NASA budget crunch?

Re:Catholics and condoms

[trolltalk.com]

Apologizing to Galileo, Hell is a metaphor, evolution is real, now aliens could exist. The Vatican is really taking their modernization seriously, aren't they?

Next week they'll be approving a new brand of condoms. They're open at both ends ...

Re:Mythbusters

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm waiting for an answer from a legitimate authority.

Exactly.. like from NASA, ESA, or SETI... NOT from an organization trying to cover their collective ass as they fade into irrelevance.

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Bwahahaha!!

[deglr6328]

Hello Earthlings, my name Zorbo, I'm from the planet sh388wg32 in what you call the Andromeda galaxy and I think the time has come to reveal ourselves to you. The reason I am contacting you now is that we have some Good News for you creatures, the all powerful creator of everything (Zippin52, praise be His name) has a plan for you and everyone you know!!! Can I take a little of your time to explain why we're all imperfect and need saving in His forgiveness??!

Yes Catholic church, that is precisely how idiotic you sound right now.

Calvin and Hobbes already Proved it!

[science_gone_bad]

I have a panel from a Calvin and Hobbes strip that says it best:

Calvin says "The best proof for the existance of alien life is the fact that none of it has ever tried to contact us!"

In related news...

[A beautiful mind]

...the Flat Earth society has just announced that there might be alien life "after and slightly beneath the fringes".

Re:Mythbusters

[DanWS6]

How exactly would they attempt this? Adam would run around trying to kill Christians to see if God intervenes meanwhile Jaime would try to build a holy communication device to call God then at the end of the show they'd claim the myth is busted?

Re:This is so not news

[gnick]

This isn't news inside of Slashdot, and it certainly isn't news outside of Slashdot.

On a related note - I have nothing to say and thought that you all may enjoy it if I shared that fact with you. No need to thank me.

Re:But of course...

[brunokummel]

But of course only WE were created in His image, right?

maybe there's an Alien god that created the aliens in his image as well ...then we would have religous interplanetary crusades!
SPACE TEMPLARS!

I know it does sound like a horrible B movie...

In my 'hood

[dedazo]

We call this hedging your bets.

We, the House of Gelgamek Cardinals ...

[MasterRat]

Are thrilled to see that our Earther brethren have finally publically acknowledged our existence. Please prepare your altar boys for our arrival.

So you're saying...

[Anonymous Coward]

Scientology is based on Stargate?

Re:Catholics

[Anonymous Coward]

This line of discussion reminds me of the old response to the faithfuls' insistence that we are the only life in the universe, variations on:

"You really don't think God would give up after only one failure do you?"

Re:How long did it take to turn this into...

[bugs2squash]

surely this should be scriptable...

How do I create an auto-flame script in /.

It would save time and I might even get first post.

Re:Catholics

[Threni]

> What's alleged about it? Germany made participation mandatory and the Pope complied. Does anyone in the church deny that?

Ja, he voz just vollowing orderz.

Re:The Bible Is All About Aliens

[Anonymous Coward]

No. The Jews get fucked way too often for Israel to be married.

Re:Might be life?

[commodoresloat]

Holy See, Batman! It's ringing!!

Re:Might be life?

[ceoyoyo]

Accept the aliens amonst you, you cannot, until accept the alien within, you do.

Now levitate me and those rocks, you will.

Re:Mythbusters

[Anonymous Coward]

You cannot petition the Lord with prayer.

Re:Might be life?

[Eudial]

Riddles? Dude, he'll fucking kill your entire family on a dare from the devil, ask Job!

That was his Godzilla period. When he ran around shooting lasers out of his eyes, ravaging the countryside and toppling over buildings in Tokyo. Nowadays he's old and grumpy, sitting in a rocking chair on his porch yelling at the angels to get off the lawn.

Re:Mythbusters

[spun]

You cannot petition the Lord with prayer.

Sure you can. "Oh Lord, smite this unbeliever who says I can't petition you." Look, I just petitioned the Lord, right there, plain as day.

Re:Mythbusters

[flewp]

Just once, instead of an athlete thanking God, I'd love to see one blame God for his poor performance.

Re:Catholics

[geekoid]

Yes, but the way he rubbed his hands together and laugh maniacally when he joined is kind of creepy~

Re:Might be life?

[Cairnarvon]

... and nobody would take his sutras seriously anyway.

You've never talked to Apple fanboys, have you?

Do they know about Jesus on those alien planets?

[kaltkalt]

Sucks to be those aliens... since they have no way to learn about Jesus (except, of course, the Gray aliens that visit earth all the time) all those extraterrestrials will burn in hell since they never accepted Jesus Christ as their lord and savior. Brings up an interesting question - what percentage of hell is human? With all those alien species being sent to hell by default, I bet humans make up an extremely small percentage of hell's population. Even the Greys that visit earth have likely not become Catholics. Though in that one episode of South Park there was one alien species that actually was Catholic. But that's just one species, and south park is just a cartoon anyway. Make believe TV shows have no place in a discussion about magical human beings and aliens.

Re:Finaly!

[Nossie]

surely that's still double the chance though ? >:)

Re:Finaly!

[rhyder128k]

They'll probably say, "I can't believe that they believe in [their god]. Obviously, [our god] is the real one!"

Re:Finaly!

[Mental Maelstrom]

Do bacteria believe in God?

Aliens: LOL.

Re:Finaly!

[Hognoxious]

If they did, it would explaina a lot about Alabama.

Re:Finaly!

[The Bender]

So that's a "yes" then?