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To add to this rather fun, hypothetical conversation…I join most Christians to believe in angelic beings - creatures who exist in an invisible universe alongsid

To add to this rather fun, hypothetical conversation…I join most Christians to believe in angelic beings - creatures who exist in an invisible universe alongside us. I see no difference between the Christian understanding of an “angel” and what we call “invisible aliens” in culture. In fact, many religions accept a kind of shadow-world as part of their orthodoxy. Perhaps it’s all superstition emerging from our biology but it is at least possible that someone knew something meaningful about a shadow-world and encoded that knowledge into religion.

mistermann 4y ago
> In fact, many religions accept a kind of shadow-world as part of their orthodoxy. Consider pre-scientific times: little did people know at the time that there was a whole world or "level of reality" all around them that could be seen, but only to those who knew how (which had to be discovered and developed). Consider also some of the reactions (powered by intuition) people would have back then if someone from the future ran some of the things we now know and take for granted by them, and compare that to how modern people react when propositions regarding unknown matters are presented to them. It seems at least plausible that humanity in 2022 has not reached the pinnacle of potential knowledge and capability.