Believers often have a confrontation of faith with views on Darwin’s evolution, the emergence of the world and the universe, and the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations very generally treated as UFOs. In today’s post, we’ll look at how Catholic church doctrine relates to the possibility of UFOs.
People have been looking up to the sky for hundreds of years, wondering if they are the only species living in the universe. At first, this question was only asked by individuals. The constant development of science has led us to a time when we are getting closer to the truth.
We are still a long way from her and it is possible that we will not be able to get to know her, but there is no doubt that the future of man is connected with exploring the cosmos. Our probes are already crossing the borders of the solar system, and on Mars we have rovers that we move efficiently and try to confirm that life once existed on this planet.
Many of us identify the first information confirming the existence of living organisms outside our planet with a press conference and the words “we are not alone in the universe.” However, these words will probably sound a little different, more like “Ladies and gentlemen, we have discovered other forms of life in space.”
The difference is very discreet but significant. In the first case, we mean thinking beings, while the second even refers to bacteria. Here, for believers, the first serious doubt will arise whether discovering extraterrestrial bacteria means breaking God’s laws? No, moreover, the discovery of intelligent races does not conflict with the teachings of the church.
Before we proceed to justification, it should be remembered that the church is an institution two thousand years old and not very progressive. We look into the space a little more closely only for several hundred years, and people who did this and challenged the doctrine of the time were often excommunicated.
Cases of broadcasting UFO phenomena fall during the heyday of television. It was thanks to her that these topics were gaining popularity. This three-letter abbreviation is known all over the world, but not everyone uses it correctly. UFO – unidentified flying object translated into Polish, unidentified for flying object . The term was used by American pilots and the navy for objects that they could not identify.
The twenty-first century is already in full swing, and there is still compelling evidence for the existence of beings from another world. Does this mean that such beings do not exist? The theory of probability makes us assume that the discovery of life on other planets is only a matter of time.
Only what do believers have to do then, face to face with an inhuman being (as long as they have faces). Well, as a good Christian, he should welcome a new guest in his home, which is the earth.
Yes, the existence of a “UFO” is acceptable to the church and is not in any way aroused by faith. Similarly, it is with Darwin’s theory or the history of the creation of the world. Today we know that the process of forming our planet has been going on for thousands of years.
Creation of the world according to Bible ran for 7 days , but a huge mistake that is committed by Catholics is taking those words literally. Nowhere is it written that seven days is 168 hours.
Many spiritual leaders, including the director of the Vatican Astronomical Observatory, Jesuit Guy Consolmagno openly say that the existence of other civilizations is possible and they are also God’s work and all we should do is try to convert them to the Catholic faith.
It is possible that there are millions of universes similar to us, and in each of them there is only one thinking race. From the currently available knowledge, such a theory excludes any possibility of meeting, because we will never be able to traverse the space between universes.
Personally, I think that the assumption that in the middle of the billion planets that exist, existed or will be only us, is somewhat depressing.
It would seem that the church is skeptical about the subject of UFOs, but there is no clear doctrine that is guided by it.
Probably will be absolutely clergy who deny the possibility of the existence of UFOs and proclaiming that you should only believe in God, and not the existence of beings extraterrestrial (part are right, but a question of a slightly different kind of faith).
There is fear that people may recognize such more advanced civilizations as Gods and will begin to worship them. In my opinion, the current level of development excludes such a possibility.
Strangers’ churches will probably arise, but only those who never really believed in God will belong to them. The Catholic Church has its vices, but there are many sensible people who can combine science with faith.
In summary, faith in UFOs, neither according to the church nor according to common sense reading of the Bible, is not a sin and should not be stigmatized. Asking questions is human, and curiosity is not the first step to hell, but a method of widening horizons in this faith.