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Vatican says its okay to believe in aliens
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By. Ariel David
VATICAN CITY - Believing that the universe may contain alien life does not contradict a faith in God, the Vatican's chief astronomer said in an interview published Tuesday.
The Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, the Jesuit director of the Vatican Observatory, was quoted as saying the vastness of the universe means it is possible there could be other forms of life outside Earth, even intelligent ones.
"How can we rule out that life may have developed elsewhere?" Funes said. "Just as we consider earthly creatures as 'a brother,' and 'sister,' why should we not talk about an 'extraterrestrial brother'? It would still be part of creation."
In the interview by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Funes said that such a notion "doesn't contradict our faith" because aliens would still be God's creatures. Ruling out the existence of aliens would be like "putting limits" on God's creative freedom, he said.
The interview, headlined "The extraterrestrial is my brother," covered a variety of topics including the relationship between the Roman Catholic Church and science, and the theological implications of the existence of alien life.
Funes said science, especially astronomy, does not contradict religion, touching on a theme of Pope Benedict XVI, who has made exploring the relationship between faith and reason a key aspect of his papacy.
The Bible "is not a science book," Funes said, adding that he believes the Big Bang theory is the most "reasonable" explanation for the creation of the universe. The theory says the universe began billions of years ago in the explosion of a single, super-dense point that contained all matter.
But he said he continues to believe that "God is the creator of the universe and that we are not the result of chance."
Funes urged the church and the scientific community to leave behind divisions caused by Galileo's persecution 400 years ago, saying the incident has "caused wounds."
In 1633 the astronomer was tried as a heretic and forced to recant his theory that the Earth revolved around the sun. Church teaching at the time placed Earth at the center of the universe.
"The church has somehow recognized its mistakes," he said. "Maybe it could have done it better, but now it's time to heal those wounds and this can be done through calm dialogue and collaboration."
Pope John Paul declared in 1992 that the ruling against Galileo was an error resulting from "tragic mutual incomprehension."
The Vatican Observatory has been at the forefront of efforts to bridge the gap between religion and science. Its scientist-clerics have generated top-notch research and its meteorite collection is considered one of the world's best.
The observatory, founded by Pope Leo XIII in 1891, is based in Castel Gandolfo, a lakeside town in the hills outside Rome where the pope has a summer residence. It also conducts research at an observatory at the University of Arizona, in Tucson. i'll just put the article here... By. Ariel David ... more -
Study: we may all be aliens
European and US scientists have proved for the first time that two bits of genetic coding, called nucleobases, contained in the meteor fragment, are truly extraterrestrial.
Both of the molecules identified, uracil and xanthine, "are present in our DNA and RNA," said lead author Zita Martins, a researcher at Imperial College London.
RNA, or ribonucleic acid, is another key part of the genetic coding that makes up our bodies.
So get over it if you have problems with other people of color, religion or whatever. The homeless person down the street is the same as you, the African in Zimbabwe is the same as you and the Christian and Jew and Muslim and Hindu and Buddhist and, and and.... is the same. We are just all unique in our appearances. We are all just, Human. European and US scientists have proved for the first time that two bits of genetic coding, called nucleobases, contained in the meteor... more -
Cosmos may be 'teeming with alien worlds'
"Estimates of the number of alien planet in the universe have soared once again with the discovery of the smallest world orbiting another star.
The tiniest known planet orbiting an undersized star is reported today by an international team, raising estimates of the overall numbers - and thus the overall possibility that one could host life - and bringing astronomers closer to the goal of finding Earth's sister worlds.
Artist's impression of the newly discovered planet MOA-2007-BLG-192Lb orbiting a brown dwarf 'star'
The newly found object, which could have a warm ocean under a freezing atmosphere, is reported by an international team of astronomers led by Prof David Bennett of the University of Notre Dame.
The so called extra-solar planet is about three times the mass of our own Earth and is orbiting a star with a mass so low that its core is at the borderline of being massive enough to maintain the nuclear reactions that enable it to shine.
The American Astronomical Society will be told today that the planet, referred to as MOA-2007-BLG-192Lb, establishes a new record for the lowest mass planet to orbit a normal star. The star, MOA-2007-BLG-192L, is at a distance of 3000 light years and the lightest to have a companion.
The mass of the host is about six per cent of the mass of our own Sun. Such a star is called a brown dwarf, because this is on the borderline of having the mass needed to sustain nuclear reactions.
'Even the lowest mass stars can host planets' says Prof Bennett. No planets have previously been found to orbit stars with masses less than about 20 per cent of that of the Sun. " "Estimates of the number of alien planet in the universe have soared once again with the discovery of the smallest world orbiting... more -
Homer's "Odyssey" may have historical fact
Using clues from star and sun positions mentioned by the ancient Greek poet Homer, scholars think they have determined the date when King Odysseus returned from the Trojan War and slaughtered a group of suitors who had been pressing his wife to marry one of them.
Homer's possible reference to a solar eclipse helped scholars date Odysseus' return from the Trojan War.
It was on April 16, 1178 B.C. that the great warrior struck with arrows, swords and spears, killing those who sought to replace him, a pair of researchers say in Monday's online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.
Experts have long debated whether the books of Homer reflect the actual history of the Trojan War and its aftermath.
Marcelo O. Magnasco of Rockefeller University in New York and Constantino Baikouzis of the Astronomical Observatory in La Plata, Argentina, acknowledge they had to make some assumptions to determine the date Odysseus returned to his kingdom of Ithaca.
But interpreting clues in Homer's "Odyssey" as references to the positions of stars and a total eclipse of the sun allowed them to determine when a particular set of conditions would have occurred.
"What we'd like to achieve is to get the reader to pick up the "Odyssey," and read it again, and ponder," said Magnasco. "And to realize that our understanding of these texts is quite imperfect, and even when entire libraries have been written about Homeric studies, there is still room for further investigation."
Their study potentially adds support to the accuracy of Homer's writing.
"Under the assumption that our work turns out to be correct, it adds to the evidence that he knew what he was talking about," Magnasco said. "It still does not prove the historicity of the return of Odysseus," he said. "It only proves that Homer knew about certain astronomical phenomena that happened much before his time."
Homer reports that on the day of the slaughter the sun is blotted from the sky, possibly a reference to an eclipse. In addition, he mentions more than once that it is the time of a new moon, which is necessary for a total eclipse, the researchers say.
Other clues include:
• Six days before the slaughter, Venus is visible and high in the sky.
• Twenty-nine days before, two constellations -- the Pleiades and Bootes -- are simultaneously visible at sunset.
• And 33 days before, Mercury is high at dawn and near the western end of its trajectory. This is the researchers' interpretation, anyway. Homer wrote that Hermes, the Greek name for Mercury, traveled far west to deliver a message.
"Of course we believe it's amply justified, otherwise we would not commit it to print. However we do recognize there's less ammunition to defend this interpretation than the others," Magnasco said.
"Even though the other astronomical references are much clearer, our interpretation of them as allusions to astronomical phenomena is an assumption," he added in an interview via e-mail.
For example, Magnasco said, Homer writes that as Odysseus spread his sails out of Ogygia, "sleep did not weigh on his eyelids as he watched the Pleiades, and late-setting Bootes, and the Bear."
"We assume he means that as Odysseus set sail shortly after sunset, at nautical twilight the Pleiades and Bootes were simultaneously visible, and that Bootes would be the later-setting of the two," Magnasco explained.
"It is a good assumption because every member of his audience would know what was being discussed, as the Pleiades and Bootes were important to them to know the passage of the seasons and would be very familiar with which times of the year they were visible. Remember the only calendar they had was the sky."
Since the occurrence of an eclipse and the various star positions repeat over different periods of time, Magnasco and Baikouzis set out to calculate when they would all occur in the order mentioned in the "Odyssey." Using clues from star and sun positions mentioned by the ancient Greek poet Homer, scholars think they have determined the date when K... more -
"We Are All Just Star Dust"-Scientific Proof of Indigenous Teaching ...
Indigenous spiritual leaders have long taught that we are all related, not only to two-leggeds of all colors, human beings, but to all beings in the sacred universe including the four-leggeds, bird people, burrowing and swimming animals, insects, plant and fungi people, and the star people.
We are all related. Ho! Mitakuye Oayasin. All my relations say the Lakotah when they pray to Wakan Takan, the Great Mystery.
Lakotah teachers say we are Star People, who are also our relations, and that we originate from the Pleiades.
Now Western scientists have "discovered" that human beings very substance is related to other beings in the animal, plant, the fungi families and even the stardust from exploding stars is part of the miracle of the origin or human life on earth.
Scientists have also discovered that we are light beings and that the life energy that connects us is light energy, as indigenous and ancient healers have taught for centuries as long ago as the Ayuvedic healers in India 5,000 years ago, the Buddhist and Zen teachers of Asia, the Kabbalists and other Middle Eastern mystics, as well as European tribal healers, and witches, and Christian mystics and back to our indigenous ancestors on each continent who moved energy through the body and cleared blockages to its flow through their hands like Reiki and Western practioners of energy medicine do today.
*Check out the link to - WNYC - The Leonard Lopate Show: We’re All Just Star Dust
Thursday, September 27, 2007
A robotic spacecraft has been in Saturn’s orbit for three years, studying the planet and its moons. On today’s Underreported, two members of the mission explain how their discoveries provide insight into our own origins on Earth."
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from Charleen Touchette at TouchArt.net and OneEarthBlog.blogspot.com., who asks, if we are all related, can we start being kinder to one another and all the beings with whom we share the earth?
"If can forgive us, than why can't we forgive one another?" The Gladiators. Indigenous spiritual leaders have long taught that we are all related, not only to two-leggeds of all colors, human beings, but to all... more -
This Man Claims to be an Alien
He says he's a humanoid alien from the Pleiades star system, he lives here on earth as do many extra-terrestrials. He warns us that our corrupt governments are lying to us and we must wake up to the truth.
Listen to what he has to say. He says he's a humanoid alien from the Pleiades star system, he lives here on earth as do many extra-terrestrials. He warns us th... more -
Pleiadian Being Communicates via Youtube
"The Universes are naturally full of living beings on different dimensions, but this is kept as a secret on your planet. Your dark government ridicule the topics about Extra Terrestrials and developing your consciousness.
"Mother Earth is changing frequencies. She is sensing different vibrations and is starting to expand and move with these new energies. This is impacting on the natural elemental environment.
"Subsequently, a great universal and personal shift is needed.
A shift in collective thought and collective consciousness." "The Universes are naturally full of living beings on different dimensions, but this is kept as a secret on your planet. Your dar... more -
Most complex crop circle ever discovered in British fields
The most complex, "mind-boggling" crop circle ever to be seen in Britain has been discovered in a barley field in Wiltshire.
The formation, measuring 150ft in diameter, is apparently a coded image representing the first 10 digits, 3.141592654, of pi.
It is has appeared in a field near Barbury Castle, an iron-age hill fort above Wroughton, Wilts, and has been described by astrophysicists as "mind-boggling".
Michael Reed, an astrophysicist, said: "The tenth digit has even been correctly rounded up. The little dot near the centre is the decimal point. The most complex, "mind-boggling" crop circle ever to be seen in Britain has been discovered in a barley field in Wiltshire.... more -
'The world will end in 2012' - Many Dutch prepare for 2012 apocalypse
The world will end in 2012 - or so say thousands in the Netherlands preparing for the apocalypse in four years, the Dutch-language newspaper de Volkskrant reported Tuesday... The world will end in 2012 - or so say thousands in the Netherlands preparing for the apocalypse in four years, the Dutch-language new... more
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