Favored or Forsaken: Aliens
Pull out your telescopes and search for some UFOs because in this Favored or Forsaken episode we’re talking about aliens. Join Knox, Jamie, and Erin as they discuss how the discovery of life on other planets would impact their faith. Along the way, they’ll explore whether or not aliens are currently among us appropriating human culture and if Jamie is part of NASA’s long con to cover up extraterrestrials. All this and more awaits you in our most intergalactic episode yet!
Pull out your telescopes and search for some UFOs because in this Favored or Forsaken episode we’re talking about aliens. Join Knox, Jamie, and Erin as they discuss how the discovery of life on other planets would impact their faith. Along the way, they’ll explore whether or not aliens are currently among us appropriating human culture and if Jamie is part of NASA’s long con to cover up extraterrestrials. All this and more awaits you in our most intergalactic episode yet!
Mentions
- Reference Article: How Would Humans Respond to the Discovery of Aliens?
- Space Tracker: Where is the Webb Telescope?
- Listen: Faith Adjacent: Extraterrestrials
- Vatican Astronomer? Learn more about the Vatican ObservatoryÂ
- Read: Religion and Rocketry by C.S. LewisÂ
- Adult Space Camp: Learn More Here
- Gallup Poll: Do Americans Believe in UFOs?
- Learn: The Great Filter
- SNL Close Encounter: Part 1 | Part 2
- Join us for The Faith Adjacent Book Club on January 25 | Buy Art and Faith by Makoto Fujimura
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Favored of the Month
Knox
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Books
The Book of Strange New Things by Michael Faber -
Movies
Don’t Look Up
Jamie
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Books
Sacred Questions: A Transformative Journey Through the Bible by Kellye Fabian
Erin
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Books
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
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