We've all seen movies offering fictional takes on extraterrestrial life—from the popular "Alien" trilogy to the kid-friendly "E.T." Just recently, an initiative was launched to gather more scientific data on alien life in outer space.
The planetarium at the Creation Museum in Kentucky will offer next month a show that will endeavour to tackle a different take on extraterrestrial life: What does the Bible say about aliens?
In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Creation Museum chief executive officer and president Ken Ham announced that "Answers in Genesis" astronomer Danny Faulkner will be overseeing the production of the new planetarium show.
"Answers in Genesis is thrilled to announce that another exciting and spectacular planetarium program, 'Aliens—Fact or Fiction?' has been produced by our talented team and will be available for viewing at the Creation Museum starting from Labor Day, Sept. 4," Ham said.
"Our state-of-the-art Stargazer's Planetarium has been one of the most popular features at the Creation Museum. The other popular planetarium programs will also continue to be shown," he added.
In a short teaser video, Faulkner explained that new planetarium show will take on Biblical principles behind extraterrestrial life.
"We like to look at the Bible for all sorts of questions like this. But when we go to Scripture, we don't find any direct evidence of extraterrestrial aliens. However, there are some biblical principles we can apply to this very important and interesting question," Faulkner said.
The Vatican earlier said that the possible existence of alien life does not contradict the Bible.
"Just as there is a multiplicity of creatures on Earth, there can be other beings, even intelligent, created by God. This is not in contrast with our faith because we can't put limits on God's creative freedom," Argentinean Jesuit Father José Gabriel Funes of the Vatican's space program said earlier.
Ham, however, believes that the Scriptures do not seem to indicate the existence of extraterrestrial life.
