When Space Aliens Ask Us About God, What Will We Answer?

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It turns out God made everything, not just Catholics


Therefore, if life turns up on other planets, it's not a problem for
the Catholic Church. I've never understood how somebody could think
that a religious tradition which already accepts the idea of non-human
created intelligences (namely, angels and demons) would have a crisis
if ET turned up. That's not to say he will. Along with Enrico Fermi,
my main question to believers in the Billions of Civilization is
"Where is everybody?"

But I think it would be hilarious if ET did turn up, was unfallen, and
proceeded to instruct the secularists in search of the ET Eschaton
that there is one God, the Father, the Almighty, Creator of Heaven and
Alpha Centauri Prime. Of course, if there are unfallen creatures
capable of space travel, they would probably, in their divine wisdom,
stay far away from us. On the other hand, if ET turns out to be fallen
like us and capable of interstellar flight, then I think it would be a
fine time to re-read The War of the Worlds.

Alternatively, we could find that ET is here because he is a sort of
unfallen pagan who saw a Star in the Gamma Quadrant 2000 of our earth
years ago, and he seeks to meet the race Maleldil has so honored that
he became one of us.


ET: People of Earth! Our Oyarsa have told us that Maleldil, whom you
call in your language by such names as "God" "Dios" Gott" "Dieu"
"Allah" and so forth was actually born on your world as a member of
your species! We come here full of wonder and seek to know you better.
Our Oyarsa have told us not to assume too much from this fact and we
shall try not to, but we must say that we eagerly anticipate getting
to know you better since your race now stands by virtue of your
peculiar relation****p to Maleldil, as creatures who are higher than
even the Oyarsa themselves!

So please, tell us of the mighty celebrations you held when Maleldil
walked among you! Recount for us the wor****p and honors you crowned
him with. Let us hear the wonderful stories of how you welcomed him!

Who among us would want the job of ****fting uncomfortably in his seat,
coughing, and with burning cheek having to explain to a
technologically super-sophisticated alien with the innocence of a
saintly child just how our race welcomed God in the flesh? The look of
sheer horror on that alien face would be the worst indictment we ever
face apart from the face of our Lord himself. Only the power of the
Resurrection would over come it. The safest thing to bring with us to
any encounter with an unfallen ET would be a Host. For we would have
good reason to hope that, being unfallen, he would discern the Lord
present there and find the power necessary to forgive us rather than
va****ize us on the spot.