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Would Intelligent Aliens Undermine God? | Episode 407 | Closer To Truth

2021-01-11 Education
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Donate to Closer To Truth and help us keep our content free and without paywalls: https://shorturl.at/OnyRq Whether extra-terrestrial intelligences exist has profound implications for human religion. We are either alone or not alone in the universe, but no matter the ultimate answer, theists and atheists will each mold that answer, alone or not alone, to fit their opposing worldviews. Featuring interviews with Steven Dick, Russell Stannard, Paul Davies, Robin Collins, and Douglas Vakoch. Season 4, Episode 7 - #CloserToTruth ▶Register for free at CTT.com for subscriber-only exclusives: http://bit.ly/2GXmFsP Closer To Truth host Robert Lawrence Kuhn takes viewers on an intriguing global journey into cutting-edge labs, magnificent libraries, hidden gardens, and revered sanctuaries in order to discover state-of-the-art ideas and make them real and relevant. ▶Free access to Closer to Truth's library of 5,000 videos: http://bit.ly/376lkKN Closer to Truth presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers. #Religion #Aliens

Top Comments (10)

@CosasCotidianas 2021-01-12

I've found this channel a couple of weeks ago and.. I'm amazed. Thank you for this awesome work.

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@Seahawks916 2021-02-06

I think you'd have to be able to demonstrate the existence of god(s) before you can posit whether the existence of aliens would undermine it/them first.

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@steppahouse 2021-11-09

If there are intelligent aliens, there's always the possibility that they show up and are already members of something very much like one of the existing religions on Earth. Sure, even if that happened there are bound to be differences, but I don't see much speculative writing on this particular angle and I find the concept fascinating.

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@somethingyousaid5059 2021-01-11

Turns out I'm an alien in my own world. (And not a particularly intelligent one at that.)

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@HouseofRecordsTacoma 2021-01-12

Thank you Mr. Russell for pointing out the dichotomy between religion & spirituality. Ya gotta serve somebody - Bob Dylan

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@jayjayn007 2021-09-28

Surely everything depends on what the aliens we meet have got to say for themselves. Say for instance If they know much better our universe's history, and if so a God/s creation theory to the universe as well.

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@fredlettuce7962 2021-01-19

I don’t believe this series has me closer to any universal truth, but it’s certainly thought provoking....

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@chyxz757 2021-11-23

great and informative video!

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@My_Alchemical_Romance 2022-08-28

Great job on this!

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@TheBackyardProfessor 2024-10-27

One of your best programs. Fantastic information. Thank you so much for doing this!

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