The Write Jerry asks:

Putting science and television aside for a moment, is there anything in the Bible, Judeo-Christian theology or Islamic belief that precludes the possibility of planetary-sustained (i.e., non-artificial) life, especially intelligent communal life, existing somewhere other than Earth?


And don't pick nits - you know what I mean here. I'm not talking about humans going to a terraformed world. I'm talking aliens, not little bits of random plant-life, but alien life forms akin to what we commonly refer to as "science fiction."

If you're a C.S. Lewis reader, the question might make you think about Out of the Silent Planet, and the other books in Jack's sci-fi trilogy. Of course, the stories in the Silent Planet trilogy are really just analogies or "suppositions" about salvation and redemption as it might have been, had our race not fallen into original sin. Or, had it not fallen in quite the way that it did. Lewis's books on the topic are a fun premise... an entertaining distraction, nothing more.

At least, it's an entertaining premise for people of a certain type. Like me. Read the conversation and jump in, if you're of a mind to.

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There's also a good conversation going on at the Hidden Blog today about a far more serious matter: Adoption. As an adoptive father, this is a topic that really matters to me, and I encourage anyone with any input to join in.

The impetus for the discussion was the following comment that the Unseen Blogger read at another blog: "Giving up a child for adoption is indeed a sin and evil against him."

Ya justs gotta love polemics. Unseen has some interesting ideas, observations, and input... and so do his readers.

Anyway, read the discussions and chime in. I'm sure that both Unseen and Jerry would welcome your comments.