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Discovery Of Life In Outer Space Will Not Kill World Religions
January 29, 2010 at 8:53 AM
General Health News
According to a report in New Scientist, the survey was designed by Ted Peters, a professor of Systematic Theology at the Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California.
The surveyors asked 1300 people - both religious and non-religious - whether they thought the discovery of extraterrestrial intelligence would shake their individual belief, the strength of their religion as a whole or would adversely affect the beliefs of other religions.
None of the 70 Buddhists questioned thought that the discovery of ET would undercut their belief systems, although 40 per cent thought it could pose problems for other religions.
More Roman Catholics believed ET could pose a problem for their faith.
Only 8 per cent of the 120 surveyed thought that their individual beliefs would be shaken, but nearly a quarter - 22 per cent - said it could adversely affect their religion.
Even more - 30 per cent - thought it could threaten the beliefs of other religious people.
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