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Vatican looks to heavens for signs of alien life - 11/10/2009 6:21:28 PM

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Vatican looks to heavens for signs of alien life

VATICAN CITY – E.T. phone Rome. Four hundred years after it locked up Galileo for challenging the view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in experts to study the possibility of extraterrestrial alien life and its implication for the Catholic Church.

"The questions of life's origins and of whether life exists elsewhere in the universe are very suitable and deserve serious consideration," said the Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, an astronomer and director of the Vatican Observatory.

Funes, a Jesuit priest, presented the results Tuesday of a five-day conference that gathered astronomers, physicists, biologists and other experts to discuss the budding field of astrobiology — the study of the origin of life and its existence elsewhere in the cosmos.

Funes said the possibility of alien life raises "many philosophical and theological implications" but added that the gathering was mainly focused on the scientific perspective and how different disciplines can be used to explore the issue.

.....The Church of Rome's views have shifted radically through the centuries since Italian philosopher Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake as a heretic in 1600 for speculating, among other ideas, that other worlds could be inhabited.

....In the interview last year, Funes told Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano that believing the universe may host aliens, even intelligent ones, does not contradict a faith in God.

"How can we rule out that life may have developed elsewhere?" Funes said in that interview.

"Just as there is a multitude of creatures on Earth, there could be other beings, even intelligent ones, created by God. This does not contradict our faith, because we cannot put limits on God's creative freedom."

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RE: Vatican looks to heavens for signs of alien life - 11/10/2009 6:26:18 PM

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So they're looking for a voice from above, then?

Kidding aside, this is really quite remarkable. I think it's a very progressive initiative on the part of an institution not typically known for progressive thinking.

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RE: Vatican looks to heavens for signs of alien life - 11/10/2009 7:15:39 PM

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Actually the scientists at the Vatican Observatory have been at the leading edge of Knowledge for a very long time. Galileo worked and made his discoveries while on thier payroll. They alledgedly have lots of old histories and " lost knowledge" (stolen Native American documents, ect) also.

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RE: Vatican looks to heavens for signs of alien life - 11/10/2009 7:49:02 PM

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I'm with Panda. More kudos to them for acknowledging something is out there. But remember, the Catholics have 'odd' ways of explaining and interpretting things. But who knows, maybe they'll find something. I found this link about a month ago.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2009-10-19-new-planets_N.htm

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RE: Vatican looks to heavens for signs of alien life - 11/11/2009 2:38:29 AM

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Interesting and terribly ironic. Thank you for posting this article, rule.

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RE: Vatican looks to heavens for signs of alien life - 11/11/2009 4:12:49 AM

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since they've blown their cover here with avarice, greed, and power mongering, what better opportunity to add to their ranks of faithful sheep? of course, they won't move away from old tricks: look here alien - convert of die, you hetertic !

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RE: Vatican looks to heavens for signs of alien life - 11/13/2009 8:59:26 PM

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You ever throw up a little then swallow it? That is kind of how this makes me feel. If other life exists - most likely it does. . .. Well, this is just another fact that demonstrated the bible is BS.

All they are attempting to do, the new TV series "V" even mentions this, is get on the band wagon. Then they will proclaim, with out any evidence, their god not yours was directly responsible for this life as well. It is not highly likely we won't eventually find other life. However, when we do this directly contradicts the bible. So, if they jump on the band wagon now this might be something they will call upon in their defense. They have gotten so many facts wrong they must get ahead of the trend.

"If we did not think god was responsible then why would we have looked"?

I look forward to laughing at such headlines. Everyone mark this thread unread. Let's discuss it in 5-20 years when we find other life.

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