Religion is a byproduct of fear.
A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.
How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.
I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.
One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all.
In the long run, there are no secrets. in science. The universe will not cooperate in a cover-up.