Father Dan Reehil

I mean, we know Russia has missiles that we are not caught up on, hypersonic stuff that can get, I think it's 20,000 miles an hour or something.

That's going to look different in the sky than a plane.

But with regard to extraterrestrial beings, so creatures that have an intelligence and a will, there's not a big argument for that in the Bible.

When God created everything, everything means everything.

So to have a creature...

that has an intellect and a will would put them on the level of man, because we're the only ones who have an intellect and a will that are created.

What do I mean by that?

So we have an intelligence that can make deductions and come to conclusions that no other species can do.

Dogs can learn something by habit, but they're not deducing

Well, if I move the dog bowl three feet to the left in the morning, maybe they'll put more food in it.

They're not thinking like that.

They're just going by habit.

But if there's a created being out there that is not talked about in the scriptures, that would be bizarre that God would leave that out for who knows what reason.

And in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, it makes a clear and definitive statement that only man is a creature that was endowed with this ability to know God and choose him.

of the created order.

The angels would be in the same boat, but they don't have material bodies.

So once you say that, it rules out all other life forms that would have an intelligence.

Sure, there can be bacteria on the moon or something that can grow, but it's not thinking about growing, nor is it trying to take over the moon.

So there's a difference there.

That's my opinion.