What would happen to faith (particuallly the book of Genesis in the Bible) if we made Alien Contact?

Would contact with Alien lifeforms topple established religion? Would new religions form around the Aliens? Would current religion be able to survive alongside the new discovery?

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Johnson212 · 61-69, M

They will explain it away somehow. We have seen evidence that we are not the first humans in this planet, ie the denesovians and neanderthals but that does not fit into Genesis either.

ShadowWolf · 31-35, M

@Johnson212 I feel that it's/would be an issue with people who take Genesis literally, rather than a metaphor. These are the same people who deny dinosaurs, and that the earth is 4.5 Billion years old because it doesn't fit Genesis. I'm Catholic, but even I know that Genesis just doesn't make any logical sense...literally speaking. Metaphorically, yes it works.