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this sounds way off the map, but...
if we were to contact multiple alien civilizations, not finding one among them who had a concept of God. i would either have to discard much of what i believe or try to reason a way to synthesize this new knowledge with prior firm convictions.
there was once a time when people believed you couldn't be a Christian and still believe that the earth revolved around the sun. since then, that dogma has been discarded and we're left the realization that heliocentrism has absolutely nothing to do with a faith in Christ. i believe such a widening of horizons in religion is healthy, distilling it into the essential truth without man-made baggage. so, if such a discovery about alien life was ever made... it'd be fascinating to see how a worldview change as fundamental as that would play out in religion.
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If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
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