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In the twenty-first century, the debate about life on other worlds is quickly changing from the realm of speculation to the domain of hard science. Within a few years, as a consequence of the rapid discovery by astronomers of planets around other stars, astronomers very likely will have discovered clear evidence of life beyond the Earth. Such a discovery of extraterrestrial life will change everything. Knowing the answer as to whether humanity has company in the universe will trigger one of the greatest intellectual revolutions in history, not the least of which will be a challenge for at least some terrestrial religions. Which religions will handle the discovery of extraterrestrial life with ease and which will struggle to assimilate this new knowledge about our place in the universe? Some religions as currently practiced appear to only be viable on Earth. Other religions could be practiced on distant worlds but nevertheless identify both Earth as a place and humankind as a species of singular spiritual religious importance, while some religions could be practiced equally well anywhere in the universe by any sentient beings. Weintraub guides readers on an invigorating tour of the world's most widely practiced religions. It reveals what, if anything, each religion has to say about the possibility that extraterrestrial life exists and how, or if, a particular religion would work on other planets in distant parts of the universe.… (altro)
I pulled a thread from a post I saw and eventually drilled down to this book by Weintraub. Be warned: the first word in the title really doesn't come into play until 2/5 into the book. Weintraub spends that time talking mostly about detection of extraterrestrial life. Then he dives into religion in general and individual religions in specific.
Well, not exactly individual religions. Given that there are so many flavors of Christianity, he addresses many of the different sects in discrete chapters. And then he goes off in to the non-Christian religions. I was surprised to see Jainism and the Bahá'í Faith!
There is a lot of information packed into this book. Weintraub did his research, and this is rather academic. His conclusions might actually work in theory, but I suspect for the common practitioners of the different religions - most of whom that I'm encountered seem to not really know that much about their faiths that isn't told to them from the pulpit or dais - might not agree with the doctrines. ( )
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Were there men, he was asked, living elsewhere in the universe? “Other beings, perhaps, but not men,” he answered. Did science and religion conflict? Not really, he said, “though it depends, of course, on your religious views.”
Albert Einstein Upon his arrival in San Diego on December 31, 1930
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To My California family, the Kennedys and Holberts: Doris, Janelle, June, Allen, Suzy, David, Juliana, and Greg
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Once upon a time, almost two-and-a-half thousand years ago, the great Greek natural philosopher Aristotle offered nearly unassailable arguments that the Earth was the center of the celestial spheres and therefore of the entire universe
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Including the smaller, planets in short-period orbits as well as planets of all types on longer-period orbits, these results seem to suggest that we would find as many or more planets per 100 stars as the number of stars.
In the twenty-first century, the debate about life on other worlds is quickly changing from the realm of speculation to the domain of hard science. Within a few years, as a consequence of the rapid discovery by astronomers of planets around other stars, astronomers very likely will have discovered clear evidence of life beyond the Earth. Such a discovery of extraterrestrial life will change everything. Knowing the answer as to whether humanity has company in the universe will trigger one of the greatest intellectual revolutions in history, not the least of which will be a challenge for at least some terrestrial religions. Which religions will handle the discovery of extraterrestrial life with ease and which will struggle to assimilate this new knowledge about our place in the universe? Some religions as currently practiced appear to only be viable on Earth. Other religions could be practiced on distant worlds but nevertheless identify both Earth as a place and humankind as a species of singular spiritual religious importance, while some religions could be practiced equally well anywhere in the universe by any sentient beings. Weintraub guides readers on an invigorating tour of the world's most widely practiced religions. It reveals what, if anything, each religion has to say about the possibility that extraterrestrial life exists and how, or if, a particular religion would work on other planets in distant parts of the universe.
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Well, not exactly individual religions. Given that there are so many flavors of Christianity, he addresses many of the different sects in discrete chapters. And then he goes off in to the non-Christian religions. I was surprised to see Jainism and the Bahá'í Faith!
There is a lot of information packed into this book. Weintraub did his research, and this is rather academic. His conclusions might actually work in theory, but I suspect for the common practitioners of the different religions - most of whom that I'm encountered seem to not really know that much about their faiths that isn't told to them from the pulpit or dais - might not agree with the doctrines. (