Okay...let me see if I got this straight...according to Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, the director of the Vatican Observatory, believing in the possibility of extraterrestrial life does not contradict one's faith. Funes also says in a recent interview that the Bible "is not a science book," and that science, especially astronomy, does not contradict religion.
Huh? When the hell did this happen? From most outward appearances, at least in the mainstream, science and religion are presented as the cobra and the mongoose, but now it's all good? I'm sure there's some kind of motive in here somewhere on down the road. Oh...I'm sorry. I guess I should say I believe in the possibility of ulterior motives somewhere in this mess.
What I would like to know is just how arrogant is the Catholic church gonna get? You can believe in alien life forms, but not in condoms? While I'm no doubt sure one could, if they really applied their minds, come up with at least a hundred or so "sci-fi or science geeks not having to worry much about birth control in the first place" punchlines, could someone sit me down, whether from the Vatican Observatory (nothing touchy feely), or NASA, or some other big-time science concern or major organized religion, and explain to me exactly how this is supposed to make sense again?
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