Comments on: C.S. Lewis has already been there and done that http://www.harmonicminer.com/wordpress/2010/01/30/c-s-lewis-has-already-been-there-and-done-that/ Digging for golden resonance, and resonant gold Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:01:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: harmonicminer http://www.harmonicminer.com/wordpress/2010/01/30/c-s-lewis-has-already-been-there-and-done-that/comment-page-1/#comment-3058 harmonicminer Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:26:21 +0000 http://www.harmonicminer.com/wordpress/2010/01/30/c-s-lewis-has-already-been-there-and-done-that/#comment-3058 My skepticism about the likelihood of intelligent ETs on other planets is based on science, actually. I make no claim that the Bible says anything about it, one way or the other, nor do I think the existence of them is a threat to the faith. Believers in the Grand Evolutionary Narrative spiced with Spontaneous Origin of Life desperately NEED for us to find some aliens, somewhere, somehow. Not that intelligent aliens prove their case.. but the lack of them surely makes it far more doubtful. I do wonder what those secular atheist true believers will do if the aliens land and ask us how long ago God created US. My skepticism about the likelihood of intelligent ETs on other planets is based on science, actually. I make no claim that the Bible says anything about it, one way or the other, nor do I think the existence of them is a threat to the faith.

Believers in the Grand Evolutionary Narrative spiced with Spontaneous Origin of Life desperately NEED for us to find some aliens, somewhere, somehow. Not that intelligent aliens prove their case.. but the lack of them surely makes it far more doubtful.

I do wonder what those secular atheist true believers will do if the aliens land and ask us how long ago God created US.

]]> By: innermore http://www.harmonicminer.com/wordpress/2010/01/30/c-s-lewis-has-already-been-there-and-done-that/comment-page-1/#comment-3057 innermore Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:00:07 +0000 http://www.harmonicminer.com/wordpress/2010/01/30/c-s-lewis-has-already-been-there-and-done-that/#comment-3057 Excuse me, hang me by my thumbs for blasphemy, but shouldn't Christians be <i>especially confirming</i> the existence of alien life on other planets coming to visit us; or should I say, coming to Redeem us? Jesus said many times that he was not of this world. Now before you spray your coffee, he meant it metaphorically of course (didn't wanna scare anybody). He was referring to the concepts he was trying to teach or whatever. But even a diluted interpretation means Divine Thought comes from some Place other than here, or from some superior Mind other than (alien to) ours, doesn't it? In fact, religion by definition pays homage to Someone, Somewhere besides here, and us, right? Why does it feel embarrassing to think of it in a certain, alien way? Aren't we already accustomed to the idea of extra-terrestrial (celestial) life and other worlds? We preach about it, write about it, chant about it, pray about it, sing hymns about it all the time. Angels, devas, heavenly hosts, demons, asuras, Father In Heaven, Amesha Spenta; all kinds of residents of the "Spirit World" have always come and interacted with us, haven't they? Most folks believe in some sort of a non-physical afterlife too; Tusita, Paradise, Higher Plain Of Existence. I must assume this "ascended" survival experience must occur at some location (conceptual, spiritual or otherwise) other than here, yes? Why is everybody so afraid to more metaphysically(?) call it what it is: an alien world? Perhaps it is just a matter of semantics (God is good and God is green; yikes!). In the West, the phrase "alien life" and "UFOs" produce mental images of Jar Jar Binks or Groom Lake NV, while phrases like "Ascended Son Of Man" or "The Angel Gabriel" conger up Canterbury windows or Furini paintings. Oh, it's a religious-vs.-secular thing isn't it. Pyramid hats, Urantia books, The Illuminati; all silly stuff. Papal Tiaras, The Koran, Naraka; that's all serious stuff. We can't entertain any unconfirmed, independent (alien) notions of God can we. That would be regarded as false teaching; heresy. Pardon the rancor. Like you said, I wonder what's in the Reptilian bible? My wife offered to teach a Sunday school class on UFOs and aliens once. She was laughed out of the meeting. Re: atheism. How could a devout atheist, alien or not, believe in or witness extra-terrestrial life, and not believe in God? Excuse me, hang me by my thumbs for blasphemy, but shouldn’t Christians be especially confirming the existence of alien life on other planets coming to visit us; or should I say, coming to Redeem us? Jesus said many times that he was not of this world. Now before you spray your coffee, he meant it metaphorically of course (didn’t wanna scare anybody). He was referring to the concepts he was trying to teach or whatever. But even a diluted interpretation means Divine Thought comes from some Place other than here, or from some superior Mind other than (alien to) ours, doesn’t it? In fact, religion by definition pays homage to Someone, Somewhere besides here, and us, right? Why does it feel embarrassing to think of it in a certain, alien way?

Aren’t we already accustomed to the idea of extra-terrestrial (celestial) life and other worlds? We preach about it, write about it, chant about it, pray about it, sing hymns about it all the time. Angels, devas, heavenly hosts, demons, asuras, Father In Heaven, Amesha Spenta; all kinds of residents of the “Spirit World” have always come and interacted with us, haven’t they?

Most folks believe in some sort of a non-physical afterlife too; Tusita, Paradise, Higher Plain Of Existence. I must assume this “ascended” survival experience must occur at some location (conceptual, spiritual or otherwise) other than here, yes? Why is everybody so afraid to more metaphysically(?) call it what it is: an alien world?

Perhaps it is just a matter of semantics (God is good and God is green; yikes!). In the West, the phrase “alien life” and “UFOs” produce mental images of Jar Jar Binks or Groom Lake NV, while phrases like “Ascended Son Of Man” or “The Angel Gabriel” conger up Canterbury windows or Furini paintings.

Oh, it’s a religious-vs.-secular thing isn’t it. Pyramid hats, Urantia books, The Illuminati; all silly stuff. Papal Tiaras, The Koran, Naraka; that’s all serious stuff. We can’t entertain any unconfirmed, independent (alien) notions of God can we. That would be regarded as false teaching; heresy. Pardon the rancor. Like you said, I wonder what’s in the Reptilian bible?

My wife offered to teach a Sunday school class on UFOs and aliens once. She was laughed out of the meeting.

Re: atheism.

How could a devout atheist, alien or not, believe in or witness extra-terrestrial life, and not believe in God?

]]> By: enharmonic http://www.harmonicminer.com/wordpress/2010/01/30/c-s-lewis-has-already-been-there-and-done-that/comment-page-1/#comment-3055 enharmonic Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:03:11 +0000 http://www.harmonicminer.com/wordpress/2010/01/30/c-s-lewis-has-already-been-there-and-done-that/#comment-3055 "Readers of this blog will know that I am skeptical of the existence of intelligent life on other planets, in other star systems." There seems to be a dearth of intelligent life on this planet as well. Especially in Washington, D.C. In fact, how does one define 'intelligent life' anyway? “Readers of this blog will know that I am skeptical of the existence of intelligent life on other planets, in other star systems.”

There seems to be a dearth of intelligent life on this planet as well. Especially in Washington, D.C. In fact, how does one define ‘intelligent life’ anyway?

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