Fwd: [asa] ET's (Invitation to participate in survey)

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From: David Opderbeck <dopderbeck@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, May 12, 2008 at 2:27 PM
Subject: Re: [asa] ET's (Invitation to participate in survey)
To: Ted Davis <TDavis@messiah.edu>

I took the survey. It was interesting, but I'm not sure it's possible to
answer questions about whether the discovery of extraterrestrial life would
cause a crisis in traditional religious beliefs on earth without knowing who
they are or what they would say. Say, for example, that they arrived with
their own copies of the Bible and detailed explanations for every problem
passage -- it might strengthen religious belief.

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 1:43 PM, Ted Davis <TDavis@messiah.edu> wrote:

> Theologian Ted Peters (CTNS) has asked me to announce the following.
>
> He has designed a survey to test the following hypothesis: if we should
> confirm contact with extraterrestrial intelligent life, then traditional
> religious beliefs would confront a crisis and collapse. He is soliciting
> opinions on this matter from individuals in various religious traditions,
> and he is inviting ASA members to participate.
>
> Below is the link to the website for the survey:
>
> http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=CQf3FdGC36qvI8lbsS2Sfg_3d_3d
> <http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=CQf3FdGC36qvI8lbsS2Sfg_3d_3d>
>
> All one needs to do is click on the link, answer the 10 questions, and
> click on "done." He will tabulate the results.
>
> Ted Davis (ASA council member)
>
>
>
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-- 
David W. Opderbeck
Associate Professor of Law
Seton Hall University Law School
Gibbons Institute of Law, Science & Technology
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David W. Opderbeck
Associate Professor of Law
Seton Hall University Law School
Gibbons Institute of Law, Science & Technology
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