I used to believe that is was likely that there was extraterrestrial life. I thought there was a lot of wasted space if there wasn't and that God had revealed, in Scripture, only what needed to be known to redeem earthlings.
These days I lean heavily against the presence of ET for three reasons:
1. Gen. 1:14ff tells us why the heavenly lights were created and there is no mention of sustaining life apart from earth. In fact these verses seem to indicate that the heavenly lights are earth centric in their purpose.
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14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. 16 And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. 17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
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2. Psalm 115 again seems to speak of man (earthlings) as the center of God's creation.
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Ps. 115:16 The heavens are the Lord's heavens,
but the earth he has given to the children of man.
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3. Finally, it is only the pragmatist that sees the universe as a lot of wasted space. Psalm 19 tells us that it is not wasted at all but the palette on which the Creator displays his infinite weightiness.
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19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
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