On space popes

I had to use this picture of Mork not
because it's another Happy Days
reference but because it came up
when I Google image searched
Jesus alien.

First off I apologize for the lack of updates this month. I have no excuse. I'm sorry. And I missed you too.

But let's get straight into the greatest headline I've read during the absence.

Pope's Astronomer Would Baptize Aliens

Ok hold on. The pope still has an astronomer?! Why do I picture some dude standing on top of the Vatican with a telescope hollering down every hour; "Nope, don't see God yet! No, no angels either. Yes sir I'll look harder!" 

I wonder if that guy's still pissed off about the Galileo thing? You know like as a professional courtesy. Like how I stopped eating Kellog's cereal after they dropped Michael Phelps because I enjoy swimming (or something like that). Of course what's most interesting about the article is the latter half of the headline.

Guy Consolmagno, the papal astronomer in question, states that he would gladly baptize any intelligent alien we may come in contact with so long as they ask to be baptized. Now there's something the Catholic church is known for - asking permission.

All kidding aside the reason I found this article so fascinating is the idea that there's not only a rational intelligent human being inside the Vatican but he's also a man of science. Now I'm not a Catholic (I'm an agnostic aka 'Atheism LE') and I don't support the Catholic church. However I do know a lot of Catholics and it bugs me that a lot of good people are lumped in with pedophiles and a crazy old man who thinks the Nazis are still a threat and also hides aforementioned pedophiles. It's nice to see there's at least one person at the Vatican who comes off as someone people can actually relate to.

Then again if it takes the Catholic church to baptize an alien before I get behind them that may say a lot more about me than them. But they would immediately lose me if they started hiding pedophile aliens.