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Not I they're animals like the animals we have on earth. Unless you're thinking they are intelligent like humans then they would have to be humans also since they would be created in the image of God.

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There are no aliens in our universe. Does God have other children, other worlds, other creations? Yes. Are they within our reach? No. That would totally confuse God's plan. I believe it was Orson Pratt that taught that when Christ isn't on our world during the Millenium, it's because He's on some other planet during their Millenium.

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I notice you like to discuss things in absolutes. Strange.

I believe there are people who live in other planets, I do not know whether they are within our reach or not. No OFFICIAL position was ever given into subject therefore all the rest of what was said by past or present authorities are pure speculation and opinion.

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Comments: A lot of interesting comments for this topic, some.. . Not so interesting. I do notice though that there are no scripture references, or references to comments made by church authorities. I'm not going to offer any clear answer, but if we were to look at say just one reference in the scriptures we could look in Moses Ch1:33-39.

This scripture reveals some very interesting facts for us, some very obvious, some I think are left to the reader to discern through study and prayer. As for me and my family I always think back to what my institute teacher would wisely say to questions such as these. .. . "

It's interesting, but knowing is not pertinent to your salvation. ". I have bigger things to worry about, like reading my scriptures daily, preparing for lessons, saying my prayers etc.. . I just don't have the need to worry about 'aliens'.

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I heard Chauncey Riddle, who used to be a Professor at BYU, speak at an Education Week, years ago. He said that he could imagine some of God's children on another planet, light years away, going to school and hearing the teacher say something like this: "Children, everybody be sure and bring notes from your parents tomorrow, because tomorrow we are going to take a field trip to planet earth, and we are going to see just how dirty, rotten, low down, and mean people can be."

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Though we know that these visitations and other forms of communications are not the extraterrestrial encounters some might envision, President Spencer W. Kimball affirmed they do happen in his book Faith Proceeds the Miracle. Source 8d.