I often think about how if we are the only “intelligent” life in the universe, what a pathetically failed petri dish we have been. We have some zippy fun technology but we seem to be on the verge of total self-destruction.
I know there are explanations for this theologically - fallen sin-filled humanity and such - but it’s still disillusioning as hell. A glance at the Drudge Report on any given day only confirms my viewpoint.
I’m obviously not an optimist! Ha!
Fundamentalists have to believe that we are the only intelligent beings in a vast universe in order to make certain that their stilted view of the Bible is 100% accurate.