[backwoods-engineer]

Ward & Brownlee's Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe weighed in on this in the 90's (latest edition from 2003). They make a very good case that we are the only civilization in the galaxy, and that if we could travel to other star systems, we would only find the lowest forms of life, if any. The critics HOWLED at them at the beginning, having been raised on Star Trek and Buck Rogers. I was a fan of Rare Earthfrom the get-go. Comports with the Christian worldview. And now, it looks like they might be right.

[chesley]

Whether God created the universe and all in it in 7 days, or random forces created the universe and life; and then evolved in toward intelligence, it's all the same: We have 1 and only 1 data point to extrapolate from.

Although I tend to agree with you about only one planet being with life comporting with the Christian world-view, it is just my opinion. The Bible says God created man on this planet. It speaks not at all on what He may have done elsewhere.