“It does no seuch thing. The Bible is completely devoid of any such references.”
Your faith is obviously extra-Biblical. You have to go beyond the Bible for your sci-fi kind of faith. Though the Bible is the book of God, apparently it isn’t good enough for you. God is the one who created all these galaxies and planets, yet, per my post, it is planet earth that the Bible tells us God has chosen as his cosmic stage.
Creating a universe is no great thing to God, if he so chooses, he could vaporize this one, and start over with another one. Truth is, all these galaxies, etc. that astronomers see with their latest and greatest technology, are nothing but lifeless gas and rock. Which is there to test people’s faith here on this third rock from the sun.
Which are we going to place our faith in, the Bible or ET’s from other planets? Faith, Gingis Khan, faith, that is what this is all about.
Do you know that statement is exactly equivalent to "Which are you going to place your faith in, the Bible or Orientals from China"?
God created the whole thing, ETs included. I don't imagine ETs to be God, but merely people of another race from "out there". It is just weird that religious people always equate the acceptance of the existence of ETs as equivalent to accepting them as some sort of God. They aren't. They just don't drive Fords.
Is it OK if I use a physics book to solve physics problems, a chemistry book to solve chemistry problems, or a biology book to study biology? Is "Windows for Dummies" an evil object?
The Bible doesn't really serve as an all-in-one reference, does it? It serves to describe our own relationship with God, thus providing a means of Salvation; and, through Grace at that. The emphasis is on Grace. We come to Him through a Gift of God, not by what we think or understand. Relax, enjoy the fullness of His Creation.