"A Jesuit, representing the Vatican, commenting on the ‘Earth 2.0’ discovery said: “It is probable there was life and perhaps a form of intelligent life.”
A colleague went a step further by saying he would be happy to baptize an alien.
“Any entity—no matter how many tentacles it has—has a soul,” he said.
The Bible is clear that it is the descendants of Adam who need salvation (For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 1 Corinthians 15:21–22). Therefore, this does not work because the aliens could not be descendants of Adam."
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A colleague went a step further by saying he would be happy to baptize an alien.
“Any entity—no matter how many tentacles it has—has a soul,” he said.
The Bible is clear that it is the descendants of Adam who need salvation (For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 1 Corinthians 15:21–22). Therefore, this does not work because the aliens could not be descendants of Adam."
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