Is it sinful to believe in life on other planets?

[rocklobster]

I was listening to a Talk Radio program where a commentator said that the reason there is only one planet with life on it is that God only needed one planet to prove to Satan and his ilk how wrong he is. This seems to imply that believing that there is life on other planets is sinful, if not blasphemous. I don’t like this idea, because I happen to be a science fiction fan, and I don’t want to think that science fiction is a sin.

 

[Reginald_Plum]

rocklobster,

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