# How would world religions deal with discovery of sapient alien life?

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**Created:** [December 28, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-world-religions-deal-with-discovery-of-sapient-alien-life/645401 "2012-12-28T17:48:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![MsBatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@MsBatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsBatt)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-world-religions-deal-with-discovery-of-sapient-alien-life/645401/61 "2013-01-18T01:00:58Z")

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In the late 1950s, James Blish wrote a really interesting short story dealing with this question, called “A Case of Conscience”. I imagine it’s available to read on-line somewhere, but the smell from the kitchen tells me I don’t have time to find it right now.

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