Religious Perspectives on Extraterrestrial Life: From a 15th-Century Cardinal to the Idea of an "Alien Jesus"

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Religious thinkers have long debated whether life exists beyond Earth, from Cotton Mather to Ellen G. White, and today Paul Gutjahr, Tim Burchett, JD Vance, and Cardinal Robert McElroy weigh what alien life would mean for faith and salvation.

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Religious leaders have been talking about aliens for much longer than you think

God and aliens are having a moment. But what do Christianity and other faiths really teach about ETs?