vetta project » God http://www.vetta.org Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:29:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Aliens may be free from original sin http://www.vetta.org/2008/05/aliens-may-be-free-from-original-sin/ http://www.vetta.org/2008/05/aliens-may-be-free-from-original-sin/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 07:58:20 +0000 Shane Legg http://www.vetta.org/?p=54 Continue reading →]]> Father Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory, recently wrote in the official Vatican newspaper that aliens may indeed exist.  Just as I was trying to wrap my head around how these two world views could be integrated, Funes went on to suggest that aliens may even be free from original sin.

At that point I think my mind imploded.

It has a kind of Zen kōan quality about it.  If the sound of one hand clapping isn’t doing it for you, just try contemplating how the doctrine of original sin applies to aliens.

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