E.T. Phone Rome!
It appears that a Jesuit astronomer who works at the Vatican thinks that there could be extra-terrestrials in the cosmos. Fine. If someone wants to believe that God created other sentient beings in the cosmos, knock yourself out. This Jesuit scientist becomes ridiculous in my opinion when he states that these ET’s might not need to have been redeemed by Christ. Redemption is only for this world and not for “residents” of other planets I guess. So much for the universal mandate of Christ to preach the Gospel to everyone. I guess that’s why NASA has never had a priest or minister on the space Shuttle. Who knows, maybe in 722 BC, when the Northern Kingdom fell, Aliens transported the Lost Tribes of Israel to another planet as a favor for helping them build the pyramids. An extraterrestrial Promised Land! (BTW, I mean no disrespect to the Jewish people)
It sounds silly to even have to argue this point, but it seems so Gene Roddenberry. Maybe this scientist ought to look more at Sacred Scripture than the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. As usual, Ignatius is spinning in his grave!
