Vatican Says Space Aliens Could Exist
skepticl1
By David Willey
BBC News, Rome
Father Funes says the universe is so vast that other life forms may
exist
The Pope's chief astronomer says that life on Mars cannot be ruled
out.
Writing in the Vatican newspaper, the astronomer, Father Gabriel
Funes, said intelligent beings created by God could exist in outer
space.
Father Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory near Rome, is a
respected scientist who collaborates with universities around the
world.
The search for forms of extraterrestrial life, he says, does not
contradict belief in God.
The official Vatican newspaper headlines his article 'Aliens Are My
Brother'.
'Free from sin'
Just as there are multiple forms of life on earth, so there could
exist intelligent beings in outer space created by God. And some
aliens could even be free from original sin, he speculates.
Asked about the Catholic Church's condemnation four centuries ago of
the Italian astronomer and physicist, Galileo, Father Funes
diplomatically says mistakes were made, but it is time to turn the
page and look towards the future.
Science and religion need each other, and many astronomers believe in
God, he assures readers.
To strengthen its scientific credentials, the Vatican is organising a
conference next year to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of the
author of the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin.
Government Shill #2
>Vatican says aliens could exist
>By David Willey
>BBC News, Rome
Ok. So what?
Shill #2
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I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God
who has endowed us with sense, reason and intellect
has intended us to forgo their use.
Galileo Galilei
Vandar
> On Wed, 14 May 2008 11:05:09 -0700 (PDT), skepticl1 <skep...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Vatican says aliens could exist
>>By David Willey
>>BBC News, Rome
>
>
> Ok. So what?
I agree. Big deal.
The Vatican has a history of claiming beings exist without any evidence
to back it up.
george
>
> >>Vatican says aliens could exist
> >>By David Willey
> >>BBC News, Rome
>
> > Ok. So what?
>
> I agree. Big deal.
> The Vatican has a history of claiming beings exist without any evidence
> to back it up.
Their entire premise for existence is based upon a nonexistant being
skepticl1
>
> >>Vatican says aliens could exist
> >>By David Willey
> >>BBC News, Rome
>
> > Ok. So what?
>
> I agree. Big deal.
> The Vatican has a history of claiming beings exist without any evidence
> to back it up.
I think this might be a step towards other organizations telling
people that it's OK to investigate the idea of extraterrestrial beings
on other planets or space aliens visiting planet Earth. France has
made public their UFO files. England just did the same. I think the
evidence for such ideas as UFOs is robust. If there is anything to it,
it is one of the most important discovers made by humankind.
Frank
> Vatican says aliens could exist
The Vatican isn't my idea of a credible source of science.
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"Sieg Heil" - Hagar the Lamer
skepticl1
And in the article, it stressed that Intelligent life on Mars can't be
ruled out.
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"skepticl1" <skep...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Vatican says aliens could exist
the pope's got em in the basement
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"skepticl1" <skep...@aol.com> wrote in message
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the pope's got 'em in the basement
Government Shill #2
>On 14 May, 11:27, Vandar <vanda...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Government Shill #2 wrote:
>> > On Wed, 14 May 2008 11:05:09 -0700 (PDT), skepticl1 <skepti...@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> >>Vatican says aliens could exist
>> >>By David Willey
>> >>BBC News, Rome
>>
>> > Ok. So what?
>>
>> I agree. Big deal.
>> The Vatican has a history of claiming beings exist without any evidence
>> to back it up.
>
>I think this might be a step towards other organizations telling
>people that it's OK to investigate the idea of extraterrestrial beings
>on other planets
Never heard of SETI?
http://www.seti.org/about-us/index.php
Its been investigating the idea of extraterrestrial beings on other planets
since 1984.
Shill #2
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"^@%>---*=#" <yom...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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septic is living proof the Pope is right, if you can call
that "living".
- Gary Rosen
aozo...@aol.com
> On Wed, 14 May 2008 11:05:09 -0700 (PDT), skepticl1 <skepti...@aol.com> wrote:
> >Vatican says aliens could exist
> >By David Willey
> >BBC News, Rome
>
> Ok. So what?
>
Well, it would have to be like in the Movie "Top of the Food Chain"!:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159797/
Where they said that God make the Aliens also but obviously preferred
us!
skep...@aol.com
> "^@%>---*=#" <yom...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> news:MrCdnQmvwarrUbbV...@earthlink.com...
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> >news:5ee80daf-b6ae-4035...@34g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> >> Vatican says aliens could exist
>
> > the pope's got 'em in the basement
>
> septic is living proof the Pope is right, if you can call
> that "living".
>
> - Gary Rosen
"Have you now, or have you ever been a Communist?"--Joseph McCarthy
Frank
Where is it?
andyrichardson
> skepticl1 mumbled:
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>> Vatican says aliens could exist
>
> The Vatican isn't my idea of a credible source of science.
True, but I get the feeling they have some inside information on the
existence of aliens, and I'm not talking about the bible....
Andy
Frank
Probably the wine used to lubricate the wallets of those attending mass.
skepticl1
It's not just the Vatican. There are a library of logical, well
reasoned, scientifically based books on the topic of UFOs, Space
Aliens, and the possiblity of extra terrestrials visiting the planet
today. Ever heard of Stanton T. Friedman?
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"Frank" <nos...@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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mars is up in the sky.
it's red.
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"Andy Richardson" wrote in message
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the pope is from pluto
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"Gary Rosen" <garym...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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it does appear that the pope is indeed
alive
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"Government Shill #2" <gov....@gmail.com> wrote in message
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extra terrestials have only been
around since 1984 ? are you
sure about that ?
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ever since you stopped beating your wife
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159797/
god says we taste better than aliens ?
that cannibal rat bastard !
Frank
Isn't he a member of the Order of the Shiny Metallic Headgear?
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"Frank" <nos...@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
can you call stanton and ask the aliens
not to hover their mothership over my
house ? it messes up my hdtv reception.
thanks !
Larry Huntley
SM57 and announced in news:X1eXj.752435$Gl5.1...@fe02.news.easynews.com:
> skepticl1 mumbled:
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>> Ever heard of Stanton T. Friedman?
>
> Isn't he a member of the Order of the Shiny Metallic Headgear?
You bet. Whenever the History Channel wants someone old and fuzzy
to speak impressively about all the "evidence" for extraterrestrial
visitation, they roll Stan onto the stage and pull his string.
- L
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occurred in 1980 had been the "premature result of The Jupiter Effect,"
and the public yawned in amazement.
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> Frank <nos...@nospam.nospam> stepped up to the podium, tapped the aging
> SM57 and announced in news:X1eXj.752435$Gl5.1...@fe02.news.easynews.com:
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>> skepticl1 mumbled:
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>>> Ever heard of Stanton T. Friedman?
>>
>> Isn't he a member of the Order of the Shiny Metallic Headgear?
>
> You bet. Whenever the History Channel wants someone old and fuzzy
> to speak impressively about all the "evidence" for extraterrestrial
> visitation, they roll Stan onto the stage and pull his string.
i just flip to the alien channel on comcast
and watch the greys duke it out with the
lizard aliens
skepticl1
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> - Show quoted text -
Stanton is logical, Stanton is well studied and knows what he is
talking about. Do you even read the UFO literature? How can you have
an opinion if you don't follow the subject? Michael Shermer, for
example, is not a skeptic. He's a debunker because he doesn't do the
research he needs to.
aozo...@aol.com
> <aozot...@aol.com> wrote in message
God Eats?
Nuclear Waste
And I thought he was a Nazi.
NW
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>God Eats?
and shits too. where the hell
did you think we came from ?
Frank
> On 16 May, 04:16, Frank <nos...@nospam.nospam> wrote:
>> skepticl1 mumbled:
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>> > On 15 May, 17:15, Frank <nos...@nospam.nospam> wrote:
>> >> Andy Richardson mumbled:
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>> >> > On 2008-05-14 19:22:00 -0400, Frank <nos...@nospam.nospam> said:
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>> >> >> skepticl1 mumbled:
>>
>> >> >>> Vatican says aliens could exist
>>
>> >> >> The Vatican isn't my idea of a credible source of science.
>>
>> >> > True, but I get the feeling they have some inside information on
>> >> > the existence of aliens, and I'm not talking about the bible....
>>
>> >> Probably the wine used to lubricate the wallets of those attending
>> >> mass.
>>
>> >> --
>> >> "Sieg Heil" - Hagar the Lamer
>>
>> > It's not just the Vatican. There are a library of logical, well
>> > reasoned, scientifically based books on the topic of UFOs, Space
>> > Aliens, and the possiblity of extra terrestrials visiting the planet
>> > today. Ever heard of Stanton T. Friedman?
>>
>> Isn't he a member of the Order of the Shiny Metallic Headgear?
>>
>> --
>> "Sieg Heil" - Hagar the Lamer- Hide quoted text -
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>> - Show quoted text -
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> Stanton is logical
Not exactly the adjective I would choose to describe him.
> Stanton is well studied
Psychiatrists are bound by ethics to make good faith efforts in the
treatment of their patients.
> Do you even read the UFO literature?
Literature? Why would you abuse an innocent noun in that manner?
> How can you have an opinion if you don't follow the subject?
I follow it. There was some guy on a COPS episode the other night, said
aliens were talking to him. As expected, he was shirtless.
<...>
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"Frank" <nos...@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
i've got a coupon for some ufo-away spray if
you need it. it works pretty good. haven't seen any
motherships hovering over my house since i started
spraying it.