tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442628.post2322848524222081685..comments2023-11-05T04:58:15.443-07:00Comments on Straight and Narrow Blog: Mormons and ExtraterrestrialsJettboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00300495482595955440noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442628.post-8287217802196212492011-03-27T13:03:10.074-06:002011-03-27T13:03:10.074-06:00Sorry I don't recall such a letter. If you eve...Sorry I don't recall such a letter. If you ever find it then it would be nice to read.Jettboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300495482595955440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442628.post-71619170869698295572010-11-23T19:50:46.719-07:002010-11-23T19:50:46.719-07:00I am Mormon, Here in Houston I recall a letter bei...I am Mormon, Here in Houston I recall a letter being shown to me by my visiting Elders. This letter was a sort of announcement by the President Hinckly regarding the churches position on life on other planets. It said that the church acknolwedges exsistance of life on other planets and they are all pat of "creation". It was also said that they would appear much like us as this was the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442628.post-6245534262188772882010-04-27T23:44:14.671-06:002010-04-27T23:44:14.671-06:00According to the Koran (Islam), God created many e...According to the Koran (Islam), God created many earth like planets and life forms. Many life forms will also be judged at judgment day. Many Muslim scholars take that as this means the universe are full of intelligent lifeforms. According to the Koran, God has also created bridges in the universe that allows us to move quickly from one place to another. Scholars believe this is what Einstein Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442628.post-46572972501439358642010-02-04T08:26:12.353-07:002010-02-04T08:26:12.353-07:00this is THE most interesting blog I have ever read...this is THE most interesting blog I have ever read! Believe me that saying something!Jonhttp://www.makebigmoneyonline.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442628.post-64910949675349420292010-02-02T12:31:03.732-07:002010-02-02T12:31:03.732-07:00You know, I have, but I've never gotten a sati...You know, I have, but I've never gotten a satisfying answer. When you ask people about their religious beliefs--assuming they're comfortable talking about the issue at all, which in the northeast they're largely not--they tend to take it as an effort to convert them, or make fun of them. I've personally had pretty good luck talking to people about religion (although many of my C.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08086277404490573891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442628.post-1346871999731436422010-02-02T07:33:23.921-07:002010-02-02T07:33:23.921-07:00Who knows. You would have to ask them :)Who knows. You would have to ask them :)Jettboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300495482595955440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442628.post-90801027991141862462010-02-01T18:59:22.731-07:002010-02-01T18:59:22.731-07:00But why does Earth have to be the center? That...But why does Earth have to be the center? That's what I don't get. Surely, God is all-powerful/vast enough to have created more than one form of intelligent life?C.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08086277404490573891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442628.post-86862648387851540562010-02-01T09:04:13.063-07:002010-02-01T09:04:13.063-07:00It appears that at a personal level other religiou...It appears that at a personal level other religious people agree that Jesus is not just the Savior of this world. Doctrinally, other religions are stuck on the Hellenistic concept of Earth as the center. They just have shifted the center of gravity.Jettboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300495482595955440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442628.post-40025242238179092032010-02-01T05:48:10.678-07:002010-02-01T05:48:10.678-07:00I've always liked how the church stresses that...I've always liked how the church stresses that Jesus is universal, and never really understood other church's insistence that Jesus only ever appeared to a specific ethnic/cultural group, or that believing in God means disavowing the possibility of life on other planets.C.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08086277404490573891noreply@blogger.com