[Physicist]

Yeah, perhaps there are many beings in this universe who don't suffer the effects of original sin. I sorta hope that's true! And you're right. The last place they'd want to come is here.

Or maybe they do suffer the effects of original sin. There they are, happy in their alien Eden, when one day God comes along and says, "Sorry, but you'll have to go. No, no, you didn't do anything wrong. I have to do this all over the universe, because some creatures called humans ate one of those fruits I told you not to. Eh? Yes, I told them not to, but did they listen? They're on a planet called Earth, Milky Way galaxy; maybe you can look them up someday, and inform them of your inconvenience. Tell you what...here, have a bite of this tree-of-knowledge fruit. The secret's out anyway, and you'll need it where you're going."

[yendu bwam]

Or maybe they do suffer the effects of original sin.

One would tend to think that God would cause those who disobey Him and distrust Him and distance themselves from Him to suffer the effects of original sin - and that He wouldn't cause races of beings who don't do those things to so suffer. But we are both in far out speculative mode, yes?

[MHGinTN]

There is an interesting underlying assumption in one of your earlier posts regarding the 'cost' to build an interstellar ship and the 'cultural implications' of losing touch with a significant amount of your parent civilization. We have several types of life forms here and in the insect kingdom, the cost is a 'whole hive' experience. Would a civilization arising from a hive mentality have the same cost-benefit reasoning as we mammals? It is not outlandish to propose an intelligent life form from some other niche in our own galaxy that arose to technical civilization along a very different path than ours, and such a civilization may actually ignore cost-benefit ratios in favor of pure exploration, for instance.