Comments on: Eastern Orthodoxy and ET Life

By: MSH

MSH — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:46:25 +0000

thanks

By: AMHC

AMHC — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:50:10 +0000

Not to be argumentative, (from a religious pov) but I think it says more about garden variety Orthodoxy and things labeled ‘feminism’ and hence, bigoted bias. But overall, I like what I read. I thought it well suited to conversation.

By: Paradox

Paradox — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:20:44 +0000

Alien Abductions and the Orthodox Christian
http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/alien_abduct.aspx

By: MSH

MSH — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:17:46 +0000

@Kevin: I’m not familiar with Eastern Orthodox theology, but those beings are obviously going to be part of their theology. My guess is that this option just never occurred to this guy. If so, that’s telling — so many other Christians *assume* that angels or demons are the “answer” to this question, when (as I have blogged here before) an intelligent ET may be neither — just another part of creation that the Bible doesn’t address since (a) it’s not on earth and the Bible is a product of earth-dwellers, and even more narrowly, it’s a Mediterranean=centered book), and (b) the Bible isn’t a science book — it doesn’t tell us about chimpanzees and millions of other species — why would we expect it to tell us about such a life form?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:34:20 +0000

What about ‘angelic beings’ and ‘demonic beings’? These are both clearly indicated in the Eastern Christian Tradition. The contention that the E.O. Tradition views the Bible as a literal textbook or manual of geology, history and paranormal reality is incorrect. There is a strong tradition of allegorical and spiritual interpretation within the Eastern Tradition, which I agree “need not preclude the possibility of extraterrestrial life.” The poster is correct however that the goal of the Orthodox Tradition IS its “journey towards the Divine Source of all being”, which is the reason why extra-terrestrial life is not emphasized, rather – I think – than a tacit rejection.