These may not be the only reasons more people believe in gods than aliens, but they’re the most obvious to me.
Since we have as much supporting evidence for the existence of aliens as we do gods, you’d think both would be equally embraced. Yet they aren’t, because…
…our interest in the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe is fairly recent. (Only in the last few hundred years have we come to better understand the requirements for life to exist. Only in the last century have we developed the means to explore the universe in such a way that the conditions that would permit life to exist might be detected. Within the last century we’ve come to accept that space flight is possible.)
…the reward for believing in gods is substantial while believing in aliens doesn’t have any pay-off. (Nearly every religion offers a reward for belief. Forgiveness for transgressions, eternal life, community with other believers, peace of mind, the belief you are loved and cared about. Belief in aliens doesn’t promise any benefit, temporal or eternal.)
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23 February 2009 at 1:06 pm
I do believe in Aliens and i reject the idea of Gods or any religion.
They don't show up because they probably care about us, they existed thousands of years before we did and they are hundreds of times more advanced than we are. They were here first than we did and they taught us how to think and explore. So my guess is that they are waiting for us to become more advanced and have more knowledge of the world beyond us. It could be drastic for many people if they the Aliens ever get feet onto the earth exclaiming that they were here first and that they really existed and religion was all bullshit. Our civilization needs to grow in mind before they ever appear. Many of us still believe that Gods( a belief that was truth for many in 3000 B.C) created the Earth and that's just irrational.
23 December 2008 at 2:26 am
If there are really aliens then why don't they show there selves in the public?
26 March 2008 at 6:26 pm
Oh there is a benefit! Aliens which can travell in flying sourcers certainly can prolong life! But the argument “My God is stronger than your alien!” is hard to reject.
26 March 2008 at 3:26 pm
Oh there is a benefit! Aliens which can travell in flying sourcers certainly can prolong life! But the argument “My God is stronger than your alien!” is hard to reject.