"Rob Dekker" <rob@verific.com> wrote in message news:<A0KRc.1998$QJ3.812@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>...

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Why would it be that creationism and the existence of ETI would be 
mutually exclusive? If God created us, why not also someone else ? 
Why would we be the only one ?

Hello, Rob. 

I understand the question people might have. If God created life on
Earth, why wouldn't He create life elsewhere?

I acknowledge that God is fully capable of creating life anywhere He
desires. However, I also believe that there is no reason to suspect
that He did so anywhere but Earth. A belief in ET is superfluous,
without any hint or reason to expect it. I have a bias against
superfluous beliefs.

I do not claim that my bias against a belief in the absence of
evidence is absolute. But, given the option of believing or not
believing, I side with the more direct explanation. Scripture gives no
account of creation of life anywhere apart from Earth. There is no
evidence, either empirical or historical, that I would consider
reliable to show there is life apart from Earth. So, until someone
provides a clear statement or other evidence showing there is life
apart from Earth, I discount the idea of ET. I feel full liberty to be
sceptical of this matter. I would rather be proven wrong when I don't
have any evidence against me, than to be proven wrong when I only have
wild imagination for me.