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'''Exotheology''', or UFO religion, refers to the (imaginary) theology of (imaginary) extraterrestrial beings.  This requires a strong form of belief in life in outer space:  it implies not only that life in outer space somehow exists, but that it is intelligent and even has a theology of its own.

'''Exotheology''', or UFO religion, refers to the hypothetical theology of hypothetical intelligent extraterrestrial beings.

Exotheology was pursued by [[liberals]] in the 1960s through 1970s.  Most scientists in the late 1970s, such as President [[Jimmy Carter]]'s [[Carl Sagan]], believed in intelligent life in outer space.  "Scientists today generally assume, and the mathematical probabilities favor, the existence of intelligent life among the myriad planets wheeling through the cosmos."<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,916129,00.html Time magazine Apr. 24, 1978]</ref>

This is a liberal Christian reaction to the widespread modern belief in extraterrestrial life, which has become predominant among liberals since the 1970s: "Scientists today generally assume, and the mathematical probabilities favor, the existence of intelligent life among the myriad planets wheeling through the cosmos."<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,916129,00.html Time magazine Apr. 24, 1978]</ref> [[Atheism|Atheist]]s believe that the existence of life on other planets would disprove Christianity: some liberal Christians, such as the British writer C. S. Lewis, have therefore tried to consider ways in which the existence of aliens could be harmonized with religion, such as suggesting that aliens might not have experienced a Fall in the way humans did.

 

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