More and more often, scientists are finding planets similar to Earth. At the moment, about two dozen such objects are known. Therefore, the question of when we will meet with another civilization is already there, the problem is only in time. But how will religion react if intelligent beings fly to us?
The number of atheists on the planet is approximately 11-15% of the total population of the Earth. It turns out that the rest are supporters of one of several major religions.
Christians
We will not pay attention to the time when religion burned scientists for their views, where Galileo was forced to renounce his beliefs in prison, etc.
Today's believers, the people are quite enlightened and well-read, so that the priests even bless the rockets before the flight.
The Vatican had already asked this question, and at the end of the 19th century decided to find out if the existence of other worlds contradicts the scriptures.
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And as a result, the Catholic Church declared that the presence of inhabited planets in the Universe in no way contradicts the Scriptures.
But some believers (particularly fundamentalists) are asking questions. For example, if aliens are outwardly different from humans. But God created people in his own image and likeness. Questions-questions.
Islam
Not everything is so difficult for Muslims. Even their holy book directly speaks of the existence of other civilizations. "Praise be to Allah, Creator and Keeper of the Worlds"; "He is the Lord of all such worlds."
Also, Eastern wisdom says that "we do not know all the secrets of the Universe. The question of the existence of other worlds has nothing to do with our fundamental faith."
Buddhists
Everything is very simple here, because these guys believe that there is a huge number of inhabited worlds, between which a person regularly travels in the process of reincarnation. If a Buddhist sees an alien from another planet, he will calmly greet him and move on.
Judaism
This belief is also inclined to assume the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations. Supporters of this belief even consider it offensive that God could not create life on other planets of the universe. In addition, their sacred book writes about an inhabited place called Maroz, which the Talmud defines as a star.
It turns out that almost all religions will take this quite calmly. And some even wrote that a meeting with extraterrestrial intelligence could give rise to new religions.
