they all laughed can't fennecs davey reported in the paper as if it was some big vatican pronouncement about aliens. there it was. at least they got that part right. why that reaction? why did they ask that question in the first place? it is a popular question because we figure it will sell head. but why? why do people ask us to that question so often? i think in the case of the journalists, it is presented to the trick question. consider the context. they're looking for ways to make the pope looked bad. has the pope tried to suppress your work? the reporters were looking for a juicy story, ways to make me look stupid or take my church look stupid. for them with you baptize an extraterrestrial was a trick question. if i had said yes, i will baptize the tea i would have looked cosmically naive. and would have been saying for public human being and a backwater planet as something to tell people bright enough that they can send space ships across space and time. on the other hand if i said no i wouldn't baptize et, i would be admitting christianity has no universal significance. i would b