The discovery of alien life may be close. How will religion survive it? | Santhosh Mathew
by Santhosh Mathew from on (#2MC5K)
Encounters with new worlds and new life will present religions with the ultimate theological conundrum. But they will adapt, as they have done before
About two decades ago, it was quite uncertain whether stars other than our own sun even hosted their own planets. However, according to Nasa, the latest count of confirmed exoplanets stands at around 3,500 - and at least six of them are potential Earths. This count will definitely go up and many researchers believe that the advancement of technology will enable humans to discover some form of life on another planet in the coming years.
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