Re: [Nolug] E-T and evangelism

I think that this thread should halt right now.

Making fun of someone else's religion is Not Nice To Do On The List...

Ron

On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 15:13, Dustin Puryear wrote:
> All praise be to Allah? Seriously though, I've heard Allah uses the three
> free BSDs, Jehova uses Linux, Buddha uses Plan 9, and Zeus uses an OS based
> on compiled Perl, or at least that's the word on the street. I've read that
> Jehova uses Linux because, like Jehova, Linux has a lot of different
> versions and flavors. You can pick which one you like best and roll with
> it. Heck, that makes me wonder about the Hindu gods? Now that must be a
> mess. Perhaps they are all based on some kind of agent-based operating
> system that can be combined in any number of forms?
>
> This is a good question. If you were a god (or God for the monotheists)
> which OS would you use to run the Universe(s)?
>
> At 01:23 PM 12/19/2002 -0600, you wrote:
> >Not to get religious on everyone but there are questions I have answers for.
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Ron Johnson" <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
> >To: "NOLUG ML" <nolug@joeykelly.net>
> >Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 12:10 PM
> >Subject: [Nolug] E-T and evangelism
> >
> >
> > > On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 10:28, Joey Kelly wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 10:22, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Well, The White Man goes to remote, underdeveloped to spread the
> >Gospel
> > > > > of Christ. Maybe ET evangelists would come here to spread *their*
> > > > > religion to "the savages on Sol 3".
> > > >
> > > > This is my main argument against ETs. If the bible is true, then God's
> > > > attention is focused here, not Out There Somewhere. Plus there's the sin
> > > > question: Christ died once, as a human. He didn't die for the little
> > > > green men. Conjecturing that the little green men didn't have a fall on
> > > > their planet stretches things a litle thin, in my opinion.
> > >
> > > As I said, it would be *their* religion they would be spreading, not
> > > ours.
> > >
> > > You made the crucial qualifier: "If the bible is true". What if it
> > > isn't? (Note that as an atheist, this is just an intellectual excersise
> > > for me...)
> >
> >It is, and has been proven mostly by those trying to disprove it. Look up
> >the research on radio-halo's around the early 1970's.
> >
> > > Also, "If the bible is true, then God's attention is focused here".
> > > Why is that so? If He is omniscient, omnipresent & omnipotent, why
> > > couldn't He be handling multiple worlds at the same time?
> >
> >We are the only planet that fell into sin. SETI will fail because there are
> >no radio dishes out there to respond to us. The other planets are still
> >following God's plan that He had for us in the garden. They obeyed where we
> >failed. Lucifer fell once and came here. While we were not the first
> >planet he stopped at (after all there are so many), we were the only one
> >that failed the trial of temptation. Jesus died to correct what he
> >(Lucifer) started.
> >
> > > Furthermore, "Christ died once, as a human". Following the Bible,
> > > true, and far as it goes. Other species may not have fallen from
> > > grace in *their* versions of the Garden of Eden, and for other species
> > > that also Fell, Christ would have sacrificed Himself for them, in what
> > > ever way that each of those sets of civilisations evolved...
> > > Since Christ is part of the Triune God, and is also thus omniscient,
> > > omnipresent & omnipotent, He could be handling multiple worlds at the
> > > same time just like His Father.
> >
> >But he has no need. Christ died once and only once. We are quarantined due
> >to sin. We are the only solar system in the universe that has fallen.
> >There will be no contact with aliens and there are no little green men. The
> >world is less than 7000 years old (again, go look up the research on radio
> >halo's, and helium crystals - I can provide research dates for those
> >insterested) and probation ends soon. God spoke everything into existence
> >except one thing. Us. We are the only thing valuable enough to have been
> >created with His own hands.
> >
> >Write me off list if you want more information.
> >
> >~!
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