re: SETI and Religion and Society go hand-in-hand
prthapd that should read "God's only "chosen ones" for God's "chosen ones".
I once heard the Rev. Billy Graham comment on this - he thought it would be fine if ET were found within his lifetime, as he would be able to preadh the word of the Gospel to them. Apparently the Rev. never considered that perhaps they may have recieved their own prophets. The only thing that is certain here is that the comparison is going to be extremely interesting.