CS Lewis wrote a short essay on this question. From memory, he
suggests that the discovery of life on other planets would only be a
problem for Christian theology if we discovered that these other
life-forms (i) were rational and morally responsible, (ii) had fallen,
(iii) had not been provided with some way of salvation. I’m with Scot in thinking we should have the humility to acknowledge that existence is stranger than we imagine.
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David Opderbeck writes this post... Christian Theology and Life on Other Planets How would your theology change if scientists discover life on other planets? Astronomers have made remarkable progress in recent years in identifying exoplanets – planets orbiting stars other than the Sun. Now, it seems...
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