Would this change religious views on Earth?
545099
Do you have the script.., \n\nDamn! Where did i keep Spielberg's visiting card?\n\nI can see the title coming \nThe day when every single being unite towards a common faith, \nthe day when aliens are not a harm, the day when we join the races of universe to be blessed in UNIVERSAL RELIGION ...\n\nTada...
319872
A lot of people will lose their faith for sure, as majority of religious people do not believe in aliens. But there will be a lot of religious people who will make up stuff like God -created- alien- too -it- is- just- not- mentioned in- Bible kinda stuff.
991185
It'll be a much more interesting place...we wouldnt need Christianity then :D
1150724
Yes, it should, and it does.\n\nThe evolution of religion is a slow process which seems to change old religions out for new ones every 2000 years or so.  It seems to follow along with the astrological age for the time.\nIn the oldest written histories, from the Age of Taurus, we see gods who are very material oriented, very grounded in the Earth; an example would be the Egyptian gods from the times of the early Pharoes.  \nLater when the Age of Aries came around, we saw the old gods replaced by new gods, mostly war gods.  Great Empires rose up and conquored the world: Greece, and then Rome.\nStill later came the Age of Pisces, the one we're still in.  Pisces has seen the old gods replaced by the One God.  The dominant religions of the world today (Christianity & Islam) embody the archetype of Pisces in that it encourages its followers to blind obidence to church authority (or to the sheikh, for Muslims).  \nNow that the Age of Pisces is coming to a close, soon to be replaced with the Age of Aquarius, I expect to see a new religion come about and replace Christianity and Islam.  Based on what I know, I expect this new church to embody humanitarian ideals and place more value on individual expression than Christianity and Islam have; it will probably also be one worldwide church, or, perhaps, a worldwide federation of churches.
495128
Actually ... yeah ... I think it could could. If everyone in the world was filled with genuine love for others, we'd be rid of war, poverty, and greed.\n\nBut that's never going to be the way things are. For some reason, there always has to balance, and we never really appreciate the good without the bad to offset it.
294543
First define what you mean by globalization. If you mean material wealth then no. However, I would think that the more mankind interacts with one another that we can't help but evolve religion as any structure within our societys. That's assuming that you view religion that way and not as some sort of absolute doctrine that shouldn't change.
371048
That's all up to you, Religion is a life changer, and big one. But that's your choice, i myself do, I've seen things in my life that most people shouldn't see. But I thank GOD for every second of it.
875810
No, it does not change Christianity at all. \nIn fact, it re-affirms the message of the Gospel.\nAll men are sinners; \nJesus died for the sins of all; \nforgiveness is available to all who believe.\n\nPraying for Ted and his family....
1154848
I hear you!  A little more tolerance would go a long way towards a much more peaceful world.  Unfortunately, many people just can't seem to see beyond their own limited point of view.  They have taken the word of someone who has taught them their religion like sheep instead of doing any real research on their own to find out what it is that they personally believe.
364601
If that direction were opposite the direction of the \nearth's rotation, I think the answer is theoretically yes.\nIn reality there's not enough mass of people relative to the mass of the earth to have any effect.
811447
Religion doesn't change. It stays in its ancient mindset regardless of how the world around it changes.
17139
It would probably be hard for you to do so if you are not exposed to those belonging to other Religious persuasions.\nThis can cause rise for a serious bias in opinion as is evident in many parts of the world, but moreso inwestern countries.\nIt is the mass media which play havoc on our minds.\nNowadays people read less and watch more tv.\nInvestigate other peoples, their cultures, their beilefs and you would be amazed in what a colorful world we truly do live in.\nHappy hunting grounds.
594568
Would seem like it, wouldn't it?  Think without religion people would have to turn to common sense ... :)
754465
Sure. \nLike Southpark said, evolution answers the question how, and religion answers the question why.
951461
This question has been asked for hundreds of years since the beginning of recorded history.  No earthling knows the answer.  My theory follows, but it is long and you must read it with an open mind to radical concepts... \n\n\n “WHAT IF” \n\nFIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I CANNOT ATTEND A CONVENTIONAL CHURCH WITHOUT BEING HYPOCRITICAL, BUT I FIRMLY BELIEVE IN GOD, JESUS, PRAYER, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, LIFE AFTER DEATH, AND BASIC CHRISTIANITY.  ALSO, IN IT’S UNALTERED AND ORIGINAL FORM, THE BIBLE WAS PROBABLY A MUCH MORE ACCURATE, THOUGH SIMPLISTIC, DOCUMENT THAN EXISTS TODAY.\n\nHOWEVER, IT IS MY OPINION, THAT THROUGH THE SEVERAL DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS, REVISIONS, VERSIONS AND TRANSLATIONS OF BIBLICAL INFORMATION BY PERSONS WHO WERE IGNORANT TO MODERN SCIENCE, SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES, AND TECHNOLOGY, THE TRUE MEANINGS AND ACCURATE INTERPRETATION OF THE EVENTS RECORDED ORIGINALLY HAVE BEEN LOST.  TO ME, THE BIBLE WAS INTENDED TO BE AN HISTORICAL DIARY OF A TRULY REMARKABLE VISIT AND A SERIES OF PROFOUND EVENTS THAT DID IN FACT OCCUR.  IT IS SAD THAT MAN WAS NOT AT THE TIME, INTELLECTUALLY CAPABLE OF ACCURATELY COMPREHENDING AND RECORDING WHAT HE ACTUALLY SAW.  BECAUSE OF THIS, MANS EARLY, AND ONGOING, INTERPRETATION OF RELIGIOUS DOCTRINE HAS TAKEN MANY AVENUES OF APPROACH, AND IN PRESENT REALITY, APPEARS TO ME TO HAVE BEEN INITIALLY BASED ON NAIVE CONJECTURE STIMULATED BY DIRECT EXPOSURE TO SEVERAL INSTANCES OF PROFOUND AND UNEXPLAINABLE PHENOMENON THAT OCCURRED BEFORE A MODERN UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGICAL ABILITIES WAS DEVELOPED.  HOWEVER, AS ONE LOOKS AT THE HISTORY OF MAJOR RELIGIOUS FACTIONS, IT IS APPARENT THAT ALTHOUGH THE INTERPRETATION AND FOLLOWING OF THIS DOCTRINE WAS GREATLY VARIED, THERE WERE SOME ABSOLUTES THAT DID NOT CHANGE. \n\nSOME EXAMPLES ARE: ONE SUPREME BEING OR ENTITY SUCH AS GOD, BUDDHA, MOHAMMED, AND THE GREAT SPIRIT.  ALSO, THERE IS LIFE AFTER DEATH, GOOD AND EVIL, AND RULES THAT MUST BE FOLLOWED TO THE BEST OF ONES ABILITY TO ACHIEVE ACCEPTANCE TO THE HIGHER LEVEL OF EXISTENCE AFTER PHYSICAL DEATH. \n\nTODAY, WE KNOW THAT THE UNIVERSE IS IMMENSE.  WE ALSO KNOW THAT GALAXIES WITHIN OUR UNIVERSE GO ON AND ON, AND THERE ARE PROBABLY MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS OF THEM IN EXISTENCE.  MOST OF THESE GALAXIES CONTAIN UNCOUNTABLE NUMBERS OF STARS. (WHICH ARE SUNS)  SOME OF THESE STARS ARE HUGE.  OTHERS ARE TINY.  SOME ARE VERY NEW AND SOME ARE EXTREMELY ANCIENT.  SOME HAVE BURNED OUT, COLLAPSED UPON THEMSELVES, AND HAVE BECOME "BLACK HOLES IN SPACE, WHILE OTHERS HAVE EXPLODED IN SUPER-NOVA.  BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, SOME ARE ABOUT THE SAME SIZE UNIFORMITY AND CONSISTENCY OF OUR SUN.  THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE, THERE ARE PROBABLY TRILLIONS UPON TRILLIONS OF STARS THAT ARE VERY MUCH THE SAME AS OUR SUN.  IF ONE BELIEVES IN EXTRA TERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENT LIFE, ONE CANNOT LOOK INTO A CLEAR NIGHT SKY WITHOUT FEELING EXTREMELY HUMBLED AND INSIGNIFICANT.  IT IS MY BELIEF THAT WE ARE MOST CERTAINLY, NOT THE ONLY RELIGIOUS AND INTELLIGENT LIFE IN OUR UNIVERSE.\n\n   WHAT IF: \n\nALL INTELLIGENT LIFE IS CREATED IN GOD’S IMAGE NO MATTER WHAT PHYSICAL CONFIGURATION IT HAPPENS TO BE IN. \n\n\n\nWHAT IF: \n\n"GOD”, THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS, ELECTED TO ESTABLISH INTELLIGENT LIFE ON A FEW OF THOSE PLANETS AS HE DID HERE ON EARTH? \n\nWHAT IF: \n\nCREATION AND EVOLUTION ARE THE SAME.  THE TWENTY-FOUR HOUR DAY IS MANS EARTHLY CONCEPT OF TIME BECAUSE IT FITS THE PHYSICS OF EARTH’S ROTATION IN ORBIT AROUND THE SUN, AND THE SPINNING OF THE PLANET ON IT’S AXIS. \n\nWHAT IF: \n\nONE OF GOD' S DAYS EQUALS A BILLION OR SO OF OUR YEARS?  TO PUT THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE, COMPARE A SINGLE ATOM TO OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, THEN COMPARE THE AVERAGE TIME REQUIRED FOR THE ELECTRONS (PLANETS) TO ORBlT AROUND THE NUCLEUS (SUN) AND THEN THINK OF THE SIZE/TIME RELATIONSHIP COMPARING OUR SOLAR SYSTEM TO THAT ATOM.  THEN COMPARE OUR TINY SOLAR SYSTEM, AS AN ATOM, TO THE IMMENSITY OF THE UNIVERSE.  SURELY, UNIVERSAL TI
1077327
I've never thought of it that way. I'm in between religious beliefs at the moment, but yours has given me an entirely new perspective on Christianity. Thanks for putting it out there!
416416
Strange question....but, no, it would have no impact on my faith.