To presume we need god is to presume we need something greater then ourselves in order to live as a society. But take into account that aliens are out there and don't have any god. By the possibility that we make contact, is converting necessary? I would think not, by the very fact that they're able to achieve the same level of technology as us without the need for a god figure, i'm sure they wouldn't need our god to go any further in their evolution. So why then should we need our own belief in god if they didn't?

It would mean the surrender of religion after first contact. I would expect. And sure, there would be the Abrahamic religions attempting to reinterpret their bibles to encompass aliens but for how long would that last.

Surely aliens don't need our Allah, Yahweh and Elohim. God's that told us not the aliens to love them. But of course this brings up many religious questions - are all aliens sinners? do they need Christ, will Allah smile upon them? If they don't need Christ, why then should we? Such questions presume an answer to our own belief in god, that the simple nature of the question of whether or not aliens need god also questions if we ourselves need god.

Such is the existence of god tested by the very idea of an outside influence. To really consider aliens needing or even wanting a god, would they choose or would we choose for them - which god should it be? You would expect the very question to cause even more problems - if aliens chose one god over another would that give more credibility to that one religion then to others that even aliens chose it?

[edit on 5-2-2010 by andre18]

If God created the Heavans and the Earth and everything else in existance then that means he created the aliens too.

i'll be back later to this just leaving my mark S&F though this is good food for thought i'm not a religious person but still very interesting!

Interesting thread, thanks!

One of the great illusions that governs the minds of men is that there is anything separate from God. Many religions posit an anthropomorphic figure to embody divine elements and justify teachings and understanding. This type of God I don't think aliens (Space Brothers) have a need for. Many already understand that the Divine already resides in each of us, and the ones that are visiting us already have mastered interdimensional travel and understand the unity of the living universe. They also have Spiritual Hierarchies that already work with ours on Earth as well as others in our Galaxy, yet have worked behind the scenes. They have much to teach us when we're ready to listen and will indeed lift the veil. That's what's so exciting about the prospect of advanced beings emerging into our world openly. But to do so prematurely would likely create such fear that we would lapse into even worse chaos that we already have. Self Realization recognizes the true Self, to be the God within, we are all that.

i would like someone to get on here and post in the way of the old christians something that would be sorta like this...if aliens come we need to teach them the bible and the way of jesus satan shall no longer posess them and teach them the way of sin those flying saucers are of satan and they need to be destroyed all of there documents burned if they will not accept the bible then they need to be killed or tortued until they do so!

Originally posted by metalholic
i would like someone to get on here and post in the way of the old christians something that would be sorta like this...if aliens come we need to teach them the bible and the way of jesus satan shall no longer posess them and teach them the way of sin those flying saucers are of satan and they need to be destroyed all of there documents burned if they will not accept the bible then they need to be killed or tortued until they do so!

Why not you just did? I think you are a very close minded individual, but to each his own and may the Lord your God touch your icy heart.

In answer to your question OP - "No."

Aliens are ALIENS for a reason, and don't share in mans delusions. I'm sure they will give us a wide berth, as our mental illness is rife and dangerously infectious for the vulnerable.

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Originally posted by andre18
Surely aliens don't need our Allah, Yahweh and Elohim.

And neither do we. But back to the aliens.

Of course this presumes that the aliens in questions have evolved past their own Bronze Age view of the Universe or they have never held such views from the beginning because they immediately knew everything somehow (they are supposed to be different from us).

On the other side, what if they mastered space travel but mentally they are at the level of the Spanish Inquisition? How long do you think before we begin to carry some doll of the Alien's Saints down the street on Dec 25th? Like the indigenous populace of South and Central America does now with the Christian Saints?

Originally posted by Tartarspoon
If God created the Heavans and the Earth and everything else in existance then that means he created the aliens too.

Yeah, but this is from the human centrist view of the Universe. Remember, this comes from the time when they thought that:

Earth was flat.
Earth was the Center of the Solar System.
Earth was at the Center of the Heavens.
Man is the crown of Creation.

How much you wanna bet on god creating the aliens stuff?
I wouldn't bet anything given the track record.