Either scientists DO find that ape ancestor or flat out, indisputable proof that evolution if true? Or if we make contact with extraterrestrial life?
How will the religions of the world stand up to that pressure? No doubt some would be fulfilling some ancient prophecy by talking to aliens, but what about the major Yahweh religons: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam...built on the ideas that the universe was created by a single diety. Would there be an enormous backlash immediately or would they struggle on in some obsolete existence? Further than that, what if aliens came with their own religious beliefs that THEY were in fact created by a single God, therefore the sole creatures in the universe. Certainly a single god did not create both human and alien life in his image. Personally, I think the outcome of this event would be devastating to human kind (and possibly alien kind
). In the case of proof of evolution, I think the church would refute and preach against the scientist's findings enough to make it cause little impact in the religious community. That would be a sad, sad day indeed. *Prays for the aliens to take me with them!*
What does the philosophy board think about this?