(Is this DIR still alive? I see no posts since mid 2020...)
What if all or most of the aliens were (1) much more intelligent than humans,
and (2) had no good intentions toward humans whatsoever?
What if the aliens relate to humans the way cattle farmers relate to their cattle? That is, as...
Musing 1:
Religion is not meant to save a man from perdition.
It is meant to save The-One-that-is-prior-to-Man from being a man.
In more modern words:
Religion is not meant to save humanity.
It is meant to save one from humanity —
that is, from being human,
and indeed, from being at all.
Hail to you members all.
A follower of the One True Religion, I am.
Be there other followers on ye forum?
Nice it would be, to hear from you.
Dispel the loneliness it would.
Soothe my pain it might.
Relieve my fears perchance --
for a while.
May you be safe.