A recent study conducted by Pew Research Center, surprisingly found that 85% of atheists believe there’s a good possibility there could be life on other planets, as compared to only 40% of “white evangelicals.” That said, most atheists expressed doubt that aliens have actually attempted to make "meaningful contact” with us.
I can definitely see their point. I mean, the thought of aliens coming all the way from outer space, just to abduct a few rednecks from their trailers and conduct anal probes on them, can hardly be considered "meaningful contact.” That said, I’m sure most rednecks would strongly disagree and argue that you can’t seriously talk about “meaningful contact,” if you’re not gonna include any “anal probing!”
The thing is, even if there were intelligent life on planets like those circling our closest star Proxima Centauri, its doubtful they’d want to make contact yet, as they’d probably wanna finish binge-watching all those “I Love Lucy” shows we’ve been transmitting to space since the 1950s, before making contact. No doubt, their first communication with us would be something to the effect of “Lucy, you got some splain’in to do!”
Anyway, the study found most “white evangelicals” don’t believe there’s “intelligent life” on other planets. Now, I’m not the least bit religious, but if I were, I’d probably think “Why the hell would God even try and put intelligent life on other planets, when he messed it all up so badly here on Earth?” If you think that’s far-fetched, just listen to any white evangelical babble on for a while, and you’ll understand exactly what the hell I’m talking about.
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