[If we received a confirmed signal from a distant alien civilization (proving that there is intelligent life on other planets), how would it affect your views regarding Christianity, Jesus and salvation?]
I would be excited, because then there would be new opportunities to evangelize.
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Marklar, these marklars want to change your marklar. They don't want this Marklar or any of his marklars to live here because it's bad for their marklar. They use Marklar to try and force marklars to believe their marklar. If you let them stay here, they will build marklars and marklars. They will take all your marklars and replace them with their Marklar.
If they're really intelligent , your attempts at evangelizing them will fall on deaf ears (or whatever organs they have for hearing). Just try not to piss them off to the point where they decide to zap Earth, mm'kay?
Ok, so we all agree this one isn't allowed near the first contact, second contact, in fact it may be better if we tie him to some tree in the backwoods should any aliens show up.
*Aliens show up*
Except that this would kind of explode the whole idea that humans are the pinnacle of "Creation", now wouldn't it? Doesn't your religion claim that God made everything for the benefit of humans? What would the discovery of another form of life that is at least on our level do to that? Anyway, the question specified a "distant signal". Even if they were willing to listen to you, you'd have to find a way to communicate with them first. And whoever said they would understand any of our languages?
DSK might actually be doing humanity a favor:
Oh my... that made my day. Thanks a huge deal, DSK, I needed that.Sounds like a surefire way to get invaded.
Two great ones in a single thread. This is a gem.
Someone photoshop me a pic of a priest trying to convert Luke from Jediism to Christianity.
Hey, 'Tard, "Intelligent" is the key word in Intelligent Life. They'd more than likely not fall for your shit, either. However, your stupidity would interest them to the point of anal probes of every fundie they come in contact with. So it's a win-win for everyone.
Actualy I think that a non terrestrial civilization, violates the whole judeo/christian ideology.
How did the quote go again, about there being "bugger all down there" in the way of intelligent life?"We are the Borg. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated."
"We are the Christians! Resistance is futile. You will be converted."
The question now is, would they be caught in a feedback loop and neutralized, or would they get twice as dangerous/annoying?
Actualy I think that a non terrestrial civilization, violates the whole judeo/christian ideology.
The bible would require us to destroy them(the aliens)imediately.
For the Emperor-God of Mankind! For the Imperium of Man! Kill the Xeno!!!
Well, if the Borg did show up and started assimilating fundies, they would become so stupid they would not be able to pilot their own vessel. Could you imagine a Borg with a bible? Now that would truly be a scary fate! A drone droning on about 'bout Jeeeeeeeeeeezus!!!
Then don't be suprised when they "laugh" in your face, or better yet, vaporize you, upon shoving a Bible in their face.
Too bad, if it were a C instead of a K, I could say DSC stood for discorporate, which they might actually do when they find out that they are "only an egg".
Couple of questions for you, DSK:light years never seem to think "out of the box".
As the alien envoys' ship slowly left the planet's atmosphere, Pastor Stephens hoped they would enjoy the leather-bound Bible he had given them as a gift.
Well, let's take look at what aliens might be lurking out there:
Does DSK stand for DipShitKlan?
Fundie : God permanently cursed the world because a talking snake tricked Adam and Eve into eating a piece of magic fruit, then God lifted the curse as a reward for torturing His son to death.Alien (passes an entire cheese sandwich through his nose, laughing): "Are you kidding? The snake was Agok the Limbless. And it was a mushroom, not a piece of fruit. Afterwards, Adam and Eve woke up in the desert, confused and mumbling something about a garden, and wandered off before we could talk to them. Later, we sent a guy to straighten you people out, but you killed him by nailing him on a cross. We've been assembling our invasion force ever since. Any last wishes"?
The brilliant polish science-fiction author Stanislaw Lem covered this topic in several of his novels. Read "The Star Diaries", you won't regret it.
In one episode there, a christian missionary visits an alien race and tries to proselytize them. This alien race now turned out to be the most altruistic, most selfless race in the whole galaxy. His attempts at converting them worked immediately and much to his delight ...
... until one day, these aliens grabbed him, and tortured him in the most gruesome and horrible way until he finally died.
Why did they do this? Well, he preached that martyrs in Christ will enter heaven immediately. Furthermore, he preached that a good christian must do EVERYTHING for his fellow neighbour. These aliens therefore concluded that they will abandon even their own salvation in an act of ultimate self-sacrifice so their beloved missionary will enter heaven and sit forever at Jesus' side as a martyr.
So my dear fundies: Take care when proselytizing alien civilizations. The result might turn out very different than you expect...
What if it turns out that they want to impose their idea of "god" on you? Or that they claim to be your god? Do you realize how ridiculous it would be to assume that they would care about the claims of human tradition, other than for curiosity and to understand your culture? Especially that even on Earth, they are numerous and conflicting.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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