Geo/Helio/Ethno/Homo-centrism in all it's colors would rear it's ugly head. We'd hear everything from doom to them being saviors, world gov'ts might begin the red scare again- we would be chanting "one [human] nation [under god] indivisible" here in the US some neo-red would play McCarthy but Pseudo-tology will make it's move to take over the world... Moderate americans finally get fed up and shove extremist types and nutjobs into cattle trailers as a gift to the aliens as payment for wrongdoings- posted on youtube titled 'Teabagged 2012'. :sigh:
On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 8:27 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess I'm more convinced now of the existence of extraterrestrial > life than anything religious being true. I can't see why any general > principles of love and the rest should change because other life is > out there - yet given the sickening propensity of our religions to > inspire elitism amongst adherents (chosen people and other junk) and > clown attempts to know better than everyone else, would ET turning up > be a reason for people to change views? Mars has an atmosphere that > is saturated with water vapour at some times in its solar cycle,we are > finding planets. Personally, I rather hope for a set of really tough > aliens. Rather cost fellows in other ways they put conquered > creatures on their knees for a last prayer to god. When you turn and > say you'd rather have a beer they give you a key to a free bar > anonists?d a free pass to their university of the intelligent > universe. But what is the significance of ET being real for > religionists?
