Did the gods (god) create us?

[angelhunter]

When I was atheist I did pray to no one and what I believed back then was, whatever happens and there will be good days and bad days. One of the things comes to mind, it seems that they can't find no real life on other planets, I mean not microbes. I read an article it was called comic coincidence, he spoke of our existence here and it seem like a coincidence proposing help from divine being. If you think of the dinosaurs that they got instinct at the right time, there is no way we could lived with the t-Rex. Even most people who believe in god believe in the 6 day theory, I know that is so whacked. I believe that religion thing is more of a business instead of the belief in God. In the history of the Gods or God, it seems it brings more death then good. I just wonder sometimes when I look at the stars and is totally amazed. Is it some bizarre event that means nothing. The ones who are not religious I salute you and for me I always loved it. It's just interesting. They say what makes us human and separate from the animals is that we wonder what is beyond our lives. When I heard that, just imagine, what if dogs had a god, the great dog god. Then again, they are ahead of us in a way. Just saying.

[Thorne]

One of the things comes to mind, it seems that they can't find no real life on other planets, I mean not microbes.

So far they haven't found any life on any other planet in our Solar System, true. But then again, we've barely scratched the surface of the other planets. Current opinion is that conditions beneath the surface of Europa may permit some form of life to proliferate. Yes, it may only be microbes or other form of microscopic life, but the discovery of any life off Earth will be monumental.

And don't forget, they've already found several hundred extra-Solar planets in our galactic neighborhood. These planets are generally far too large to be Earth-like, but until relatively recently we could only assume there were other planets circling other stars. Since we now know that planets are relatively common, we can speculate with some confidence that somewhere out there is life.

Which raises some interesting questions for religion. If we should discover an intelligent life form elsewhere, especially one which doesn't look humanoid, how would the religious communities view it? Would they consider these beings as having souls? Would they accept them as God's children? Or would they think of them as nothing more than somewhat bright animals, since the gods "obviously" made humans in their own image.

And even more intriguing, what kinds of gods, if any, would these hypothetical beings have? And would they have any more evidence for their gods than we do for ours?