Description

• Title:
  Extraterrestrial Soteriology
• Creator:
  Slagle, Jim
• Description:
  One scientific objection to religion is that the discovery of extraterrestrial life would show that our religions are not veridical, with Christianity being the most common target. I will first look at a parallel issue, the ancient and medieval controversy over antipodes. This raises two problematic Christian doctrines that would apply equally to extraterrestrials: the transmission of original sin and the cosmic fall. These issues raise questions about their spiritual status, but I conclude that not having such answers does not amount to an objection to Christianity’s credibility.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0 ;
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2023 Jim Slagle
• Date:
  2023.02.13
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Scientia et Fides; Vol. 11 No. 1 (2023); 63-78;
  Scientia et Fides; Tom 11 Nr 1 (2023); 63-78;
  2353-5636;
  2300-7648
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu
• Relation: https://apcz.umk.pl/SetF/article/view/39314/34795
• Subject:
  extraterrestrials;
  incarnation;
  atonement;
  original sin;
  fall of humanity;
  antipodes
• Identifier: https://apcz.umk.pl/SetF/article/view/39314
• Data provider:
  Akademicka Platforma Czasopism
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  text