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originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: Azureblue
All of them. Because all religions say that. All religions say that God only created intelligent life on Earth.
To achieve this they will change some key words in all the worlds holy books and the above phrase will certainly be one of them.
originally posted by: Whatsthisthen
a reply to: Azureblue
"Everything Is in Place and None Can Stop us Now"
(grin) Famous last words . . . .
Usually talking like that just jinxes everything.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: Azureblue
The Catholic Church covers quite a few people:
www.catholicnewsagency.com...
So does Buddhism. Pretty sure Buddhists don't rule it out.
Are you sure you're not looking at a pretty narrow part of the human spectrum of belief?
THE coming of Francesco Xavier to Japan in 1549 resulted in a continuous activity of the Roman Catholic missionaries. Oda Nobunaga, especially, furthered the spread of Christianity. He built a church at Kioto which quickly became important and was soon recognized as the principal church of the Japanese Christians. It was called Nan Banji. From that time the new faith spread quickly through the provinces adjacent to the capital Many of the Daimios became Christians, and assumed Christian names. The Dominicans, Augustinians, and Franciscans, following the example set by the Jesuits, founded settlements in different parts of the Empire, and carried on their missionary work with great zeal. According to one account the Christians increased to half a million, according to another, even to a million and a half.
But a thorough set back soon occurred. The Daimios, whom the Jesuits had converted to their faith, became infected with the spirit of the inquisition and began to persecute those of their vassals who refused to become Christians. And therefore they aroused the hatred of the tolerant Japanese people. It seemed almost certain that the Jesuits had it in mind to bring the Japanese Empire under Spanish rule. In any case they awoke the suspicion of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and particularly of the far-sighted Tokugawa Ieyasu, who forbade the farther spread of Christianity. But the active commercial relations of Japan with Europe rendered it easy for the Jesuits, in spite of the prohibition, to enter the country disguised as merchants and prosecute their activities. Therefore Hidetata, Ieyasu’s successor, decided that all proselytizers should be put to death. Iemitsu, the 3rd Shgun, finally forbade all commercial intercourse with foreign lands. Portugese merchants were banished for ever. Only the Dutch who carried on no missionary work and were known to be enemies of the Jesuits, were permitted to continue trading. Great cruelty was practised towards the native Christians. They were crucified, burnt, starved, or executed in other sorts of cruel ways by thousands.
-- reprinted with permission from: A History of Japan, by Hisho Saito
originally posted by: Jubei42
a reply to: justwokeup
Well for starters it would mean that we are no longer at the top of the food chain, we are no longer the most capable and intelligent creature we know of. We are not the dominant species. Best case scenario we are the classroom bunny at middleschool or we might just be prey in some form or another.
It's very scary and intimidating
originally posted by: Jubei42
a reply to: justwokeup
Now don't get me wrong, I am a believer and I do want to embrace their good intensions. But thats a YUGE gamble, we don't know squat. What do we really know about ET and their motivations?
Entertain the scenario that they made contact with a select few of us for whatever reason. What kind of deals were made? It's bad enough we get screwed by our own kind and now they want a piece of something aswell? No thank you.
And if it was just some concerned message out of compassion they can take that to the next habitat because we got enough of those to laugh at ourselves. Thats right, the meek will inherit the world. Right after everbody else has had its way with her. Who do THEY think they are dealing with here? Their cosmic brethern? Gimme a break, we're a bunch of wild animals and everybody involved knows it.