Kansas City Faith Blogger Contemplates Religious Beliefs Of Extraterrestrials

Mr. Tammeus imagines that we'd try to convert our future overlords.

Meanwhile, most of us will just be worried that they aren't space foodies traveling the Universe in search of new snacks. 

Take a peek at a faith-based consideration just as valid as all of the other imaginary concerns about where God will allow consenting adults to stick it . . .

"The question, of course, is what we should do if we happen to encounter such life -- either here or out in space. Again, our faith traditions suggest that any life has within it a divine spark, what some of us call the imago dei, the image of God. So we would be called to treat such life with respect even as we cautiously make sure that such creatures don't have our destruction at the top of their to-do list for today."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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