HOUSTON, DO WE HAVE A PROBLEM?: EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENT LIFE AND CHRISTIAN BELIEF

摘要

WOULD THE EXISTENCE OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENT LIFE (ETI) CONFLICT IN ANY WAY WITH CHRISTIAN BELIEF? WE IDENTIFY SIX AREAS OF POTENTIAL CONFLICT. IF THERE BE NO CONFLICT IN ANY OF THESE AREAS—AND WE ARGUE ULTIMATELY THERE IS NOT—WE ARE CONFIDENT IN DECLARING THAT THERE IS NO CONFLICT, PERIOD. THIS CONCLUSION UNDERWRITES THE INTEGRITY OF THEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS INTO THE EXISTENCE OF ETI, WHICH HAS BECOME A TOPIC OF INCREASING INTEREST AMONG THEOLOGIANS IN RECENT YEARS.