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I have to say that with the universe being as incredibly vast as it is, there is more than likely other life out there. Will we ever come into contect with it? Doubtful.
As for religious beliefs - I see no reason for it to be a problem. One, if there is other life created by a god, our salvation/enlightenment/etc does not depend on our knowing of their existence or not. Just believing that god created the universe and <i>all</i> in it is enough. As for being created in the image of god part - it doens't necessarily have to be a physical image. It could be interpretted to say the image of god we are created with is our soul, or our elevated self-realization, etc, in which case other alien life could have this as well.
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"The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there’s little good evidence. Far better it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides"
-Carl Sagan
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