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The Judeo-Christian religion teaches that human beings are special in God’s sight, the core of God’s purpose for creating the universe. What then if intelligent aliens are discovered? How would theologians explain them? Some say that the more intelligent life in the universe, the more we see God’s love for life. But there are other problems.

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Ernan McMullin was a philosopher who last served as the O’Hara Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame.

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