Do aliens fit in with Christian beliefs?

[Lamb]

Do aliens fit in with Christian beliefs?

 

[Josiah]

Do aliens fit in with Christian beliefs?

I assume you are speaking of space aliens, some life form from another planet....

I see nothing in Scripture or Tradition that holds that God created life ONLY here. IF (big, big word there) life is discovered elsewhere, IMO that has no impact on Christianity or our understanding of Scripture.

Blessings!

Josiah

 

[NewCreation435]

what do you mean by "aliens"?

 

[Lamb]

what do you mean by "aliens"?

From outer space.

 

[Ammi]

Do aliens fit in with Christian beliefs?

The Lord never said that He hasn't created other sapient beings elsewhere in the universe. Personally, I'd be surprised if He hadn't. However, "aliens" on our planet are another thing altogether. Once when I was a teen, my friend and I were out one summer night when we saw a light and heard a noise from a dark field just off of our route.
We walked up to it, staying about 5 feet from it as it looked like it could burn. As we stood looking at it, it changed colors. We looked at it for a few seconds and then saw what looked like a human being made out of light energy. Terrified, we ran back to where we deviated from and finished our 15 minute walk. Which took us and hour and 15 minutes. That was 1974 and we had never heard of alien abduction or missing time.
About a year later I woke up in the middle of the night. I should have been in the dark as I slept in the basement. I was paralyzed with fear. I couldn't move or even think. At the foot of the bed was what appeared to be a stubby Christmas tree. I thought there was something inside it. Instead of lights, it appeared to have candles with little saucers underneath them strung around it. This lit my room up. I struggled to get free for maybe 5 seconds. Then the name Jesus was dropped into my head. The being, light, fear, and paralysis was gone in an instant. I was left laying in the dark.
2 1/2 years later as I walked home from another friend's, I first heard the sound and then saw the same light across the schoolyard. I ran home, terrified.
In the past ten years I've seen flying craft 3, perhaps 4 times. The last time there were 4 other people with me. We all saw them. This time it was dark and I can only speculate what they were, but a triangle formation slowly slid over us. Then lights started blinking one at a time and disappeared. I've seen many YouTube videos that were the same.
These encounters were, I believe, with evil spirits and/evil beings. Fallen angels, Nephilim, and the spirits of dead Nephilim, demons. According to the word, this is not surprising nor is it something to be afraid of. Never seek them, but if they find you, the name Jesus sends them fleeing in terror.
"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." - Ephesians 6:12
"You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world." - 1 John 4:4
Shalom.

 

[Lucian Hodoboc]

While there are sentient lifeforms on other planets (as it was shown to several people who had near-death experiences), it is very unlikely that we will ever encounter them before the creation of the New Earth. God placed life throughout the universe in such a way as to make the interaction between the sentient species impossible.

 

[Daniel The Learner]

I read CS Lewis, I think it would be cool to share Jesus on another planet.

 

[tango]

It seems to me that the Bible is silent regarding whether life exists elsewhere in the universe, so I don't see that the existence or otherwise of extraterrestrial life changes anything.

 

[The Jason]

According to scientists, there are 6 billion habitable earth-like planets in the Milky Way galaxy. That leaves the possibility for a lot of life that possibly needs salvation.

 

[Lamb]

According to scientists, there are 6 billion habitable earth-like planets in the Milky Way galaxy. That leaves the possibility for a lot of life that possibly needs salvation.

Did Jesus die for them though?

 

[The Jason]

Did Jesus die for them though?

We really don't know. It's one of those mysteries. I mean, I don't want to take Bible verses too literally all the time.

 

[tango]

Did Jesus die for them though?

It depends on whether they needed him to die for them. It's a bit presumptuous to assume that, if alien life exists, it takes a similar form to our own and needs to be saved.