[emiller]

I like Art Bell because he always treats the nuts with respect. Never poo-poo's the loopiest theory.

[ncountylee]

I do too, but his replacement George has a leftist political agenda.

[GSlob]

Old habits of scholasticism die hard. Now, please remind me, how many angels could simultaneously dance on the point of a needle?

[Don Corleone]

Or would they have had their own version of Jesus and have already experienced his universal or galactic plan of salvation?

Why not???

[hispanichoosier]

Several orthodox theologians have considered this subject. I heard one theologian on Catholic radio state that if there are intelligent beings out there that we don't know about, it's quite possible that they do not have a fallen nature. In other words, unlike mankind, they were formed in the image & likeness of God and are sinless creatures.

If the creatures are sinless, we should leave them alone so that we don't inadvertently (or intentionally) tempt them into sin. This is where Roddenberry's Star Trek is most prescient: the Federation's Prime Directive was to leave developing planets to their own development without interference.