…with the James Web Telescope looking for sources of artificial light to identify potential intelligent life, and the news this week of Perseverance searching for microbial life on Mars it feels like we are getting closer to a major discovery. But what - if anything - would it mean for the religions on Earth if life is proven to exist out there?

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Right, but you also need the whole “we were saved by Jesus” or “we were God’s chosen people” or whatever from the various religions. You have to maintain that by saying there may be aliens, but we’re the ones that God favors.

    • curiosityLynx@kglitch.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      Not necessarily. Alternatively:

      • You can say that we’re the only ones who needed saving.
      • You can claim they’re angels or demons (if they’re older than humanity)