Created Aliens

The Bible Affirms the Existence of Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence

When riding past an unusually spacious residence, we may reasonably assume that a large family lives there. When we see a huge office complex, we tend to picture a large number of people working there. It’s no wonder, then, that the universe’s vast expansiveness stirs us to question how many other physical, intelligent, civilized beings may reside there. Nor is it any wonder that E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg’s 1982 film) has been named one of the top family movies of all time.¹

As an astronomer, and a human, I understand this inclination to believe we must have distant, as-yet-unseen neighbors. However, I also understand, based on tested laws of physics, that looking out in...