The Bible describes human beings falling early. We went wrong fast, according to it, no matter what anthropological view you hold to. We began killing each other immediately, with no peaceful break between our transition from ape to human being. We were fornicating and carving Venus of Willendorfs tens of thousands of years ago.
I'm thinking about that a lot lately. If Christianity is true AND intelligent life arose elsewhere, can we assume that that humanoid species underwent the same obstacles and pressures that we did? That means they contended with Satan, endured predation, disease, floods, etc. Or is it possible such a species wouldn't be exposed to God's enemy and natural evil and, thus, have an advantage?
I think that if intelligence evolved elsewhere and was exposed to qualitatively synonymous challenges that we faced, I think a fall would happen quickly. I don't mean literal "eating from a tree in Eden." I mean a fall more concordant with current evidence: hominids struggling on the earth warring over territory and stuff. If that was the fall, wouldn't that occur on all planets with a similar evolutionary pattern wherein a dumb species transitions into an intelligent species?
Falls seem to be inevitable so long as the exoplanetary species developed and interacted in the same environment. Genesis' putting the fall on the "first couple" seems to implicitly convey the inevitability of human beings expressing evil in some way. Why? Because even the first ones couldn't manage it. Does anyone find that part interesting?
Sometimes I feel like Dana Carvey when I talk about this. I'm actually thinking about it because my sister tells me about her UFO sightings. She sees them a lot, and it's making me think (I don't believe her in the traditional sense, but I don't think she's lying).
I'm thinking about that a lot lately. If Christianity is true AND intelligent life arose elsewhere, can we assume that that humanoid species underwent the same obstacles and pressures that we did? That means they contended with Satan, endured predation, disease, floods, etc. Or is it possible such a species wouldn't be exposed to God's enemy and natural evil and, thus, have an advantage?
I think that if intelligence evolved elsewhere and was exposed to qualitatively synonymous challenges that we faced, I think a fall would happen quickly. I don't mean literal "eating from a tree in Eden." I mean a fall more concordant with current evidence: hominids struggling on the earth warring over territory and stuff. If that was the fall, wouldn't that occur on all planets with a similar evolutionary pattern wherein a dumb species transitions into an intelligent species?
Falls seem to be inevitable so long as the exoplanetary species developed and interacted in the same environment. Genesis' putting the fall on the "first couple" seems to implicitly convey the inevitability of human beings expressing evil in some way. Why? Because even the first ones couldn't manage it. Does anyone find that part interesting?
Sometimes I feel like Dana Carvey when I talk about this. I'm actually thinking about it because my sister tells me about her UFO sightings. She sees them a lot, and it's making me think (I don't believe her in the traditional sense, but I don't think she's lying).
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