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"I'd be delighted if we found life elsewhere and delighted if we found EXCLUSIVE VIDEO:
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Speaking just before last week's British Science Festival, Consolmagno, curator of Pope Benedict
XVI's meteorite collection, suggested that the odds of the human race finding and being able to
communicate with aliens are probably astronomical, but it's an idea that expands the concept of
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Speaking from his Endwell, N.Y., home, Downing, author of "The Bible and Flying WEIRD NEWS PHOTO GALLERIES
Saucers" (Marlowe), said the idea of baptizing aliens, from a biblical point of view, is a matter
that needs discussion.

"On the one hand, you could say, 'No, you shouldn't do it,' because in Matthew 28, Jesus gave a
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"So, the commandment is restrictive, and, therefore there's no need to worry about baptizing
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"The Christian message is, the spirit of God wishes to enter into you and be part of your life, and
when you're baptized, the promise is that that has happened," he said.

"The question I would ask is, If we've got some type of an extraterrestrial reality flying around
our skies in a universe that's 13 billion years old, don't we need to face the possibility that this
reality -- whatever it is -- might be millions of years ahead of us? And why would we suppose that
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they would not already have the Holy Spirit and therefore not need to be baptized by the
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"If we consider earthly creatures as brothers and sisters, why could we not speak of a brother
alien? He would also belong to the Creation," Funes speculated.

Whether or not our alien brothers and sisters decide to visit Earth, Downing isn't convinced they
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