Re: [Nolug] E-T and evangelism

Actually, I was refering to how Allah would react to Beastie, FreeBSD's
mascot....I see you thought I meant Satan, and with that in mind your
answer is right on (well, about M$ anyway...don't know anything about IOS)

Brett

Dustin Puryear wrote:
> At 01:25 PM 12/19/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>
>> lol..what about Beastie?
>
>
> Windows or IOS. Take your pick.
>
>
>> Brett
>> --- Dustin Puryear <dpuryear@usa.net> 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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