Aliens or God? To ask the question is to agree God is not an alien. That would be like asking: "Aliens or Anna(*)? For God is a proper noun naming a unique individual, while alien is a common noun naming a class. So how is God unlike an alien? For one things, if he classic theistic arguments are correct, the aliens are as much a creature of God as you or I.
We are fascinated by the prospect of non-human intelligent beings that are not God. In past it would not be fear of aliens, but fear of devils (fallen angels). In fact the argument for aliens is a degraded form of the argument for angels. It is the ontological principle of plenitude applied to space instead of the hierarchy of being. Listen to Hawking: "The universe, he points out, has 100 billion galaxies, each containing hundreds of millions of stars. In such a big place, Earth is unlikely to be the only planet where life has evolved." (*) Anna is the proper name of the head of the V aliens http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visitors_(V) On Apr 25, 12:33 pm, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > It will soon be reported on Discovery Channel that Stephen Hawkings > warns us to talk to aliens. Now, what I ask myself is, what should we > fear more: God(s) or aliens? For what reasons? > > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/space/article7107207.ece > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > ""Minds Eye"" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
