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SETI

Would intelligent aliens present a problem for Christianity?

February 27, 2012 by Randal

Jeff commented on my recent article “Should you call out Gouranga?” and in doing so offered a helpful basis to kickstart our discussion of exotheology. He is of the opinion that it is a problem to Christian theology if there are “intelligent species in the cosmos other than humans” for as he says “then we’re left […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: alien, ETI, exotheology, God, SETI

“And if there’s life on other planets…” Reflections on God and E.T.

August 31, 2011 by Randal

This song hit number 1 for a record number of weeks in the summer of 1976. … Sorry, I think I mixed up my notes. That was “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Let’s see. Okay, here it is. Ahem… This blog post hit number 1 at the CP blogging website for a couple days in the summer of 2009! *** Is it […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: aliens, Carl Sagan, E.T., exotheology, God, Larry Norman, SETI, UFOs

Carl Sagan’s old time religion

September 30, 2010 by Randal

I would like to say some more about Sagan’s Pale blue dot fallacy but before doing so let’s say something about Sagan’s (ir)religiosity. It is often assumed that Sagan was an atheist. (Here I am assuming the standard definition of atheist as one who believes there is no God where “God” is defined broadly as […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: agnosticism, atheism, Carl Sagan, deism, God, meaning, religion, SETI

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