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Do any Theistic Evolutionists deny the possibility of (intelligent) life on other planets for Biblical reasons?

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I recall reading a book by Hugh Ross many years ago, in which he claimed that life, or at least intelligent life, on other planets was a Biblical impossibility. I believe the argument hinged on the Biblical claim that Humanity is the "crown of God's creation." Ross is an Old Earth Creationist; that is, he believes in an old earth (billions of years), but that humanity was a "special creation", not evolved from lower life forms. Theistic Evolutionists tend not to depend on a "special" intervention, which, at least on the surface, seems that it would lend itself to the possibility of life, possibly including intelligent life, having evolved in various places throughout the Universe. My question is: **Do any Theistic Evolutionists hold the view that life on Earth** (or at least intelligent life on Earth) **is unique in the universe, _for Biblical reasons_?** And if so, **what is their Biblical basis?** I stress _for Biblical reasons_, because I'm not interested in the types of arguments that might be made based on the [Fermi paradox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox) , or other views that are equally valid among non-theists. Naturally, Biblical reasons are bound to coincide with naturalistic and/or philosophical reasons, and that's fine. I'm not looking for the absence of naturalistic/philosophical reasons; I'm looking for the existence of a Biblical basis. And to scope the question away from "My uncle is a TE, and believes this", please focus on Theistic Evolutionists which have published their views in a book, magazine, or journal (peer review not required; self-published blogs and the like discouraged).
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Aug 13, 2017, 08:39 AM
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