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Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Humanity has long been curious about its origins and whether it is alone in the universe. Some researchers funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are looking for clues at the junction of science and religion.<\/p>\n

Between 2016 and 2017, NASA partially funded a survey on alien life, inviting a group of religious experts to explore how believers from various religious groups might react to the identification of extraterrestrial life.<\/p>\n

The research included 24 experts gathered at Princeton University’s Center for Theological Inquiry. Among the group was the Reverend Dr. Andrew Davison of the University of Cambridge, who revealed to The Times that he had participated in the discussions.<\/p>\n

According to the report, NASA, when it provided funds for the study, was seeking to see \u201cserious scholarship being published in books and journals\u201d addressing the \u201cprofound wonder and mystery and implication of finding microbial life on another planet.”<\/p>\n

In his upcoming book \u201cAstrobiology and Christian Doctrine” to be published in 2022 and obtained by The Times, the theologist suggested that more people will seek solace in religious tradition if alien life is identified.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for NASA told The Hill that in providing an astrobiology program grant to CTI, the space agency did not itself pick the researchers for the study.<\/p>\n

In 2017, the journal “Motivation and Emotion” published an article titled “We Are Not Alone”, in which North Dakota State University psychologist Clay Routledge and his team suggested that those who have low levels of religious belief but strive to find meaning in life tend to have a greater belief in the existence of any form of extraterrestrial intelligence. Researchers observed that the thought of some kind of alien life could make religious adherents “feel like they are part of a larger and more meaningful cosmic drama.”<\/p>\n

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