A statement from within orthodox Christianity about this (http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/248/are_god_and_aliens_compatible http://www.religiondispatc

A statement from within orthodox Christianity about this (http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/248/are_god_and_aliens_compatible http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/248/are_god_and_al...): God became man in Jesus in order to save us. So if there are also other intelligent beings, it’s not a given that they need redemption. They might have remained in full friendship with their creator. The article also includes an interesting quote from C. S. Lewis on the subject: I look forward with horror to contact with the other inhabited planets, if there are such. We would only transport to them all of our sin and our acquisitiveness, and establish a new colonialism. I can’t bear to think of it. But if we on Earth were to get right with God, of course, all would be changed. Once we find ourselves spiritually awakened, we can go to outer space and take the good things with us. That is quite a different matter.