Quote Originally Posted by angelhunter View Post
One of the things comes to mind, it seems that they can't find no real life on other planets, I mean not microbes.
So far they haven't found any life on any other planet in our Solar System, true. But then again, we've barely scratched the surface of the other planets. Current opinion is that conditions beneath the surface of Europa may permit some form of life to proliferate. Yes, it may only be microbes or other form of microscopic life, but the discovery of any life off Earth will be monumental.

And don't forget, they've already found several hundred extra-Solar planets in our galactic neighborhood. These planets are generally far too large to be Earth-like, but until relatively recently we could only assume there were other planets circling other stars. Since we now know that planets are relatively common, we can speculate with some confidence that somewhere out there is life.

Which raises some interesting questions for religion. If we should discover an intelligent life form elsewhere, especially one which doesn't look humanoid, how would the religious communities view it? Would they consider these beings as having souls? Would they accept them as God's children? Or would they think of them as nothing more than somewhat bright animals, since the gods "obviously" made humans in their own image.

And even more intriguing, what kinds of gods, if any, would these hypothetical beings have? And would they have any more evidence for their gods than we do for ours?