ManBungalow wrote:What if Jesus was an alien?
He did descend from the heavens, after all.
In some ways of thinking that is kind of something many Christian church members and leaders loosely suggest, though not in the same sense as I imagine an extra terrestrial. I think of them as separate physical beings. Limited to physical bodies of some sort.
So I believe God is different from us and any aliens he created. He would also be different from all spirits including us and any aliens with souls.
The premiss is, God could not relate to us and understand what happens to us as we experience being physical humans on earth. Thus he had to enter a body as Jesus to gain understanding and empathy before he could judge our lives. Kind of like that movie with Jay and silent Bob.
Otherwise he would not be able to understand the effects of things like mortality and the fall of Adam and Eve on us.
There is one interesting implication that could possibly stem from that. If God who is far more knowledgable than me could not fully understand how powerfully lust effects me. How can I understand enough, to gain evidence of him I could share with others.
It might be like explaining photosynthesis to a toddler as they learn to talk. Even if they act like they understand and can recite the theory as taught to them, they can't understand it. Also we don't know if plants think or if they feel anything.
My cousin is an adamant atheist. He said in conversation once he believes there is probably aliens that would be superior to us much like we are to dogs. We would admire them like gods because they would know so much more than we could.
Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 10:55 pm
Personally I hope me, some cavemen and all dogs go to heaven.