The extraterrestrial is my brother

Vatican: It's OK to Believe in Aliens

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican's chief astronomer says that believing in aliens does not contradict faith in God.

The Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, the Jesuit director of the Vatican Observatory, says that the vastness of the universe means it is possible there could be other forms of life outside Earth, even intelligent ones.

In an interview published Tuesday by Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Funes says that such a notion "doesn't contradict our faith" because aliens would still be God's creatures.

The interview was headlined "The extraterrestrial is my brother." Funes said that ruling out the existence of aliens would be like "putting limits" on God's creative freedom.

I guess Larry Norman was right after all.

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U.F.O.

He's an unidentified flying object,
You will see him in the air,
He's an unidentified flying object,
You will drop your hands and stare,

You will be afraid to tell your neighbors,
They might think that it's untrue,
But when they open up the morning paper,
They will know they've seen Him too.

He will come back like he promised,
with the price already paid,
He will gather up his followers,
and take them all away.

He's an unidentified flying object,
He will sweep down from the sky,
He's an unidentified flying object,
and some will sleep, but will not die,

He's an unidentified flying object,
coming back to take you home,
He's an unidentified flying object,
He will roll away your stone.

And if there's life on other planets,
then I'm sure that He must know,
And He's been there once already,
And has died to save their souls.

He's an unidentified flying object,
you will see him in the air,
He's an unidentified flying object,
you will drop your hands and stare,

He's an unidentified flying object,
coming back to take you home,
He's an unidentified flying object,
He will roll away your stone.