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#348 Would Aliens Destroy Christianity? - Karin Oberg

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Is There an Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life?

The scriptural description of the human as the pinnacle of creation would apply to anybody who could build a spaceship. I think that's at least a possible interpretation. So it is fair to say, yeah, there's a lot of stuff to work through if we discover alien intelligence. Yes. That's correct. There's an extraterrestrial life, non-intelligent. I think we would just celebrate the wonders of creation. But extraterrestrial intelligent life, if it exists, I think that would be more puzzling how that fits into salvation history.That would be the most Catholics and all the Catholic scientists that I know would feel.

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