Interesting. I would say most of the responses here were from people who are Agnostic, Atheist, or have some other form spriituality than the traditional religions. I was hoping to here from more of the die-hard believers.
Asaris, I would like to follow up on one thing that you mentioned.
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...It's possible that we would need to preach Christianity to them...
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Do you really think that we have a right to preach our world's version of Christianity to another life form? This immediately brought to mind the old Earth centric view of the universe. Who's to say our version is better than their version?
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...It's possible there was an alien-Jesus...
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I found myself wondering the same thing, wouldn't that be interesting. Say there was another Jesus and his/her teachings were similar but not quite the same as our Jesus. Again, who's to say which is correct? Thier beliefs, like ours, would have to be rooted in their history and culture. It probably wouldn't even closely resemble ours. What if it did though, what if their beliefs were actually closer to a Mohamed then a Jesus. Interesting.
Apply that same perspective to how Christianity views other religions and cultures throughout our history on this planet. What right do christians have to preach to anyone really...