my big concern about the "alien" belief is that... all believers have a star trek picture of aliens. meaning, all aliens look just like humans, except their eyes are a little bigger. or their bodies are a little frailer. bottom line, they all have 2 arms, 2 legs, a face, a neck... they're all humanoid!
look at our own planet -- there's SO many variations of life! first and foremost, there are humans. but, humans look nothing like, say, elephants. elephants look nothing like, say, squids. squids look nothing like, say, eagles. eagles look nothign like, say, ants. our own planet has SUCH a variety, such a wide and broad definition of life... why would other planet's be reduced to just having humanoid aliens?
so, do i think there are other life forms out there? yes. definitely. be it in the form of mold or humanoids or even elephish... or something.
but, do i think we've ever encountered these beings? no, probably not.
