The papists are at it again

[SayvedByTheLord]

Found this little piece of disturbing news today

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7399661.stm

Vatican says aliens could exist

Father Funes says the universe is so vast that other life forms may exist
The Pope's chief astronomer says that life on Mars cannot be ruled out.

Writing in the Vatican newspaper, the astronomer, Father Gabriel Funes, said intelligent beings created by God could exist in outer space.

Father Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory near Rome, is a respected scientist who collaborates with universities around the world.

The search for forms of extraterrestrial life, he says, does not contradict belief in God.

The official Vatican newspaper headlines his article 'Aliens Are My Brother'.

'Free from sin'

Just as there are multiple forms of life on earth, so there could exist intelligent beings in outer space created by God. And some aliens could even be free from original sin, he speculates.

Asked about the Catholic Church's condemnation four centuries ago of the Italian astronomer and physicist, Galileo, Father Funes diplomatically says mistakes were made, but it is time to turn the page and look towards the future.

Science and religion need each other, and many astronomers believe in God, he assures readers.

To strengthen its scientific credentials, the Vatican is organising a conference next year to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of the author of the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin.

[Pastor Isaac Peters]

Re: The papists are at it again

I hope that they didn't experience the Fall. If they did, they are irremediably damned, since God did not temporarily sacrifice Himself to Himself for the forgiveness of sin on multiple worlds:

Hebr. 10:10 (emphasis added): By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once [for all].

Then again, they may be the Romanists' next-door neighbors in hell.