Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uunet!seismo!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: vvrcd@mars.lerc.nasa.gov (Robert C. Dibacco (SVER)) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Extra-terrestrial worlds Message-ID: Date: 1 Oct 90 00:21:18 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center Lines: 27 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu I have a question that I would like an opinion on. May be no one wants to but that is OK too. I have always been interested in the stars and science fiction and also am a Christian. My knowledge of what the Churches in general preach is that we are unique in the Universe. I have always found this hard to swallow because the Universe is so vast. In fact I believe there is other worlds out there that have life (no doubt humans) that are far far away. I feel that God put them so far away so we can not get to them. I do not find it hard to believe that God in his omnipotence did not create other live worlds. Possibly they did not even "fall into sin" like we did. I really would like some opinions and NO I never had a contact with UFOS nor do I believe in them or have been taken alive by any. Thanks In ADVANCE ============================================================================= Bob DiBacco (Sverdrup Technology) NASA Lewis Research Center vvrcd@mars.lerc.nasa.gov Phone (216) 891-2222 ============================================================================= [I don't know of any official doctrine one way or the other. I don't see anything in the Bible or Christian doctrine that would have any problem with other species. Christian tradition placed mankind in a hierarchy that included angels and other created species other than ours. Though angels are probably not quite what you are thinking of, it certainly indicates a view that allows intelligent beings other than us. --clh]