or extraterrestrial life, and that 3 percent even believe they've been . The “X" Files, dealing with the paranormal, has captured the imaginations of millions, convincing even the most skeptical of the “possibility" of extraterrestrial beings.
The cultural impact of extraterrestrial contact is the corpus of changes to terrestrial science, technology, religion, politics, and ecosystems resulting from contact with an extraterrestrial civilization. It is closely related to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), which attempts to locate intelligent life as opposed to
16 Dec 2016 In 2014, Nasa awarded $1.1M to the Center for Theological Inquiry, an ecumenical research institute in New Jersey, to study “the societal implications of astrobiology". Some were enraged. The Freedom From Religion Foundation, which promotes the division between Church and state, asked Nasa to
3 Aug 2017 These three claims purporting to show the existence of aliens haven't panned out. But what happens if some future claim does? What preparations are in place to deal with the discovery of a radio signal or a laser flash that would prove beyond doubt that we have cosmic compeers? Does the government
23 Oct 2017 How's this for authenticity: Soprano, Kim Sheehan, is playing a pregnant woman in a dance opera while in real life, Sheehan is seven months pregnant. However, the Cork-born singer, described by the Financial Times as having a “(a voice) that sets the pulse racing," is playing a woman who has been
13 May 2014 In a homily yesterday dedicated to the concepts of acceptance and inclusion, Francis recalled a Bible story about the conversion of the first pagans to Christianity, according to reports on Vatican Radio. He said Catholicism was a church of “open doors", and that it was up to Christians to accept the Holy
24 Jul 2014 The real threat would come from the discovery of extraterrestrial intelligence, because if there are beings elsewhere in the universe, then Christians, they're in this horrible bind. They believe that God became incarnate in the form of Jesus Christ in order to save humankind, not dolphins or chimpanzees or
26 Apr 2017 This is especially true for Christianity, which primarily focuses on humankind – and teaches us that God created man in his own image, and all other animals and plants were created for mankind. The interaction with alien life is not just being discussed in the domain of philosophy any more, it has entered
23 Feb 2017 the Church of the Peripheries. (Credit: Claire Giangrave.) Even if Pope Francis were able to keep his cool, anyone who has ever seen a sci-fi movie where aliens visit Earth knows that the general expectation is widespread panic, with religions being the first to crumble. Outside Hollywood, real believers

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