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sandyandporter
05-13-2008, 08:44 AM
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,355400,00.html
Vatican: It's OK for Catholics to Believe in Aliens
Tuesday , May 13, 2008

VATICAN CITY —

The Vatican's chief astronomer says that believing in aliens does not contradict faith in God.

The Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, the Jesuit director of the Vatican Observatory, says that the vastness of the universe means it is possible there could be other forms of life outside Earth, even intelligent ones.

In an interview published Tuesday by Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Funes says that such a notion "doesn't contradict our faith" because aliens would still be God's creatures.

The interview was headlined "The extraterrestrial is my brother."

Funes said that ruling out the existence of aliens would be like "putting limits" on God's creative freedom.
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There you go E!!

The Unknown Gomer
05-13-2008, 09:22 AM
"The extraterrestrial is my brother." ??? :P That's cute.

Nice to know I've got permission now to believe in something I've believed in since as long as I can remember. ;)

To paraphrase the movie Contact, if we were the only ones here, it would be an awfully big waste of space. :)

rossid
05-13-2008, 10:15 AM
E had to have invaded the Vatican or had something to do with this conspiracy theory. :P

Evanescence
05-13-2008, 08:45 PM
Ony three words can sum up my thoughts...

Gee...imagine that...

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