How Would World Religions Respond To Extraterrestrial Life?

Theologians, philosophers and scientists have been having the faith vs. aliens conversation for centuries.

Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about what's out there and the idea of life beyond our world.  "We don't know if it's extraterrestrial. We don't know if it's an enemy. We don't know if it's an optical phenomenon. We don't think so, because of the characteristics that those Navy jet pilots described as they saw it move around. ... And so the bottom line is, we want to know," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.  Scientists, philosophers and theologians have been having this conversation for centuries and often mused, if something really is out there, how does it impact the world’s major religions, especially those that see themselves as a special creation from a higher being? Turns out, not all that much.