Ever since Copernicus and Pope Paul III fiasco, the world was divided into two.
Physics and the Metaphysics.
Christianity and Atheism.
Which is really weird, because the early scientists were monks and priests.
But, anyway, we have atheists, being a group that call Christians stupid, because they believe in an invisible sky god. Which there is no proof of. And then pointing out all the errors and contradictions in the Bible.
Of course, the Christians shout back that the atheists do not know belief, and will burn forever in hell.
And, weirdly, we have scientific theories lately, that seems to be proving the Bible correct. But mainstream "atheist" science won't even look at them, and they go out of their way to think of theories that don't involve any God. Often making theories that are really, really complicated, to explain what the Bible does in two lines.
But we all know the shtupid arguments between Christianity and atheism, and this blog isn't really about that. It is about what happens to religion (including atheism) when we start having conversations with aliens.
When the aliens show up, we can't help but talk about the shape of the Earth
These are going to be some of the most interesting conversations. And i says conversations, plural, because we will have to talk about dimensionality, and new shapes, getting a full education about hypercubes, and then hyperspheres, before we can even talk about what the earth really looks like.
Look forward to flat-spheres. Or toroids without a hole in the middle.
Many people say they have seen flying saucers go into the ground. So, are the saucers able to phase through solid objects? More likely is there is a portal there and the saucer is going through that. But then, if that is true, what is a portal? Does our earth really look like Swiss cheese? Too bad flat earthers AND ball earthers!
But, seriously, we are going to find out so much, or hinted at things, just by talking to the aliens.
Unless the aliens put on a "straight face" and say, in a monotone, "of course the Earth is a big ball of earth floating in a sea of nothing". And if anyone questions why they are talking like that, they may get a repeat, or a conspiratorial wink.
When the aliens show up, they will gift us with our past
They have been watching us for a very long time. And they have taken holographic recordings of us on our planet. And the aliens will gift us with these recordings. And we will see what really took place on Earth.
Who built the pyramids
How aliens mucked with our DNA
What wiped out the third world-wide, advanced, civilization
How the moon got here.
and many other things
Darwin-ites be prepared to have your theories crushed. Christians too. But, afterwards we will have a much better understanding of what happened to Earth and to us. And we will comprehend what it means to be "in his image".
When the aliens show up, they will be surprised that we do not know God.
One of the most special thing about Earth is that we were given so much free-will that we can choose to believe in God or not. That we can choose to seek God, to know God. Or that we could choose to be atheists.
And the aliens will come to Earth and will ask questions like, "you really do not know God exists?" And then we learn that all of them KNOW God exists.
Sorry atheists, God truly exists.
And the atheists won't be able to deny it… this is hard to put into words. It is not like Christians will win and atheists will lose. It is that the veil hiding God will thin, and more and more people will seek out a relationship with God. And they overwhelming majority will start to know God exists. It will not be a question of belief anymore. (at least the way most people use "belief" these days)
We will find out that the Bible is badly interpreted. After we fix that, we will comprehend much more about what was written (and what is). And, there will be many things that the atheists are closer to the truth on. It will be seriously weird.
Aliens are not going to come and dump all their knowledge upon us. They understand that the most fun thing in this universe is those "Ah ha!" moments, and they wouldn't want to deny any of those.
However, just talking about things with the aliens will hint at things and understandings. It can't not.
Like that one episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation where the alien is told the cat's name is Schrodinger, and why that is meaningful. And the alien responds, "Oh yes, we used to believe that way" (not accurate quote). We can't help but drop hints about relationships of things when we communicate. And so, do not be surprised if the aliens you are talking to just, suddenly, decide to stop talking on a subject.
Also, do not worry about looking stupid, or sounding stupid to the aliens. They went through the similar experiences growing as a planet, and will look upon us/you fondly as they remember their follies. It is truly about learning. And truly, many of their questions will be about how we do not KNOW God exists.