> I think if there were other intelligent beings
>in the universe, the Bible would mention this,
>since it seems to do a decent enough job at
>chronicling not just the creation of humankind
>but of angels before that, as well as
>chronicling the events that culminate in the
>*end* of the universe (such as Kangaroo Jack
>making $17 million) and the afterlife beyond
>that. I think if there were intelligent species
>elsewhere in the universe, at least one that God
>cared about roughly as much as he does for us,
>the Bible would make some mention of this.
>
> However, I don't see that the Bible *excludes*
>the possibility, either. Consequently, my
>disbelief in intelligent alien species is just
>matter of probability with me, not something I
>believe unequivocally.

Fair enough. Most of the reason why I even asked is because in your standard "alien invasion" or "first contact" SF novel, if the reactions of religious organizations are mentioned at all, it's almost invariably to point out how they either believe the aliens are not free willed beings and therefore inconsequential (or at least not on par with humans) or how they deny that the aliens are really aliens and are really demons trying to lead us astry (this is usually helped along by the fact that your standard pulp SF aliens generally *look* something like what we all imagine demons to look like) and I've always wondered why this 'cliche' was used.

-- Dave