Comments on: Professor Quippy: The Vatican welcomes our alien brothers

By: Mark A. Rayner

Mark A. Rayner — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:09:20 +0000

Thanks Chris. I wish I could say it was totally original. It really is right out of The Sparrow — in a nutshell, SETI discovers music emanating from a nearby planetary system, and the Jesuits send the first spaceship. The results are not disconnected from the history of the Jesuits — a great read, btw.

By: Chris C

Chris C — Fri, 16 May 2008 04:50:22 +0000

I love your angle on this. Man, it is so obvious, like Central and South America all over again.

By: Mark A. Rayner

Mark A. Rayner — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:14:50 +0000

I’d go with the second guess, Mark. But it would be very cool if it was the first.

I for one will welcome our new alien overlords!

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:59:51 +0000

When I first heard the comments from the Vatican’s astronomer-priest yesterday my instant reaction was: “They know something. Those gits know something. Or some news is about to break and they want to cover themselves beforehand.”

Sadly, I think it’s just wishful thinking on my behalf. I bet they don’t really know anything at all and they just wanted to tie in a press release with the new X-Files movie.