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Originally Posted by Sparrow
The Catholic church is prepared to baptise aliens.
"The discovery of aliens would raise huge theological problems for the Roman Catholic church that would make the debate over women priests, clerical abstinence and contraception pale into insignificance. " 
I've often wondered if an advanced alien species would be deemed to have been made in the image of God, as mankind is supposed to be. 
I guess 'made in the image of' is open to a range of interpretations.
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Have you read
The Sparrow and
Children of God by Mary Doria Russell. I didn't much like them(*), but they are normally given fairly high praise, addressing just such as the above.
Cheers,
Marc
(* My dislike is more subjective than based on "quality" issues)