What's to become of us?

I doubt there is no one who has not asked themselves the fundamental question of are we alone in this universe? It's kept scientists, philosophers, and the rest of us awake wondering what is out there. Sometimes it is hard to imagine us, a small blue dot on a black canvas of bright light and clouds as being the only thing in this universe. The idea is truely haunting and lonely, as is the reverse, a universe full of life and wonder of differant forms, most of which we can't possibly imagine.

If we are indeed not alone, then religion will surely be rocked to it's core. This is what bothers me the most. I am a believer in God and so I wonder what his word (if at all spoken) appears like in other worlds that we don't have the ability to communicate with. In heaven or hell, will we meet creatures beyond normal recognition? But then I think, why would God go to all the bother of creating such a vast and vibrant universe if the only living thing in it, was us? Why not make it smaller, to the point we can see the edge and then we would have more evidence of God, afterall we would be wondering what was on the otherside. But then as I write this, I also think, if he did that, the idea of believing in something we can't see would we not have such a strong stance, various things would become more probable than belief.

A number of scientists believe that it is impossible for us to not be alone. Given the vast size of the universe (and no I am not going to comprehend it, for we can't), it's hard to imagine that life somewhere else, maybe under differant conditions from what humans require on earth, have not formed. However, if you look at the probability of us being here it is sooo ridiculously small, with a ridiculously even smaller margin of error. Like if one lil thing was out of balance or whatever, we wouldn't be here, or if we were, we'd be very differant. There may be loads of places in the universe where the conditions are right, but doesn't mean life will start.

And so I wonder, when the Sun swells up and engulfs this beautiful planet, what will happen? If the universe becomes devoid of life in any form, there'll be no one around to give a shit. However, if we aren't alone, then will we have made contact before then? Will whoever witnesses this event record it down in some sort of universe history. Either way, no one will get to hear about the Earth and it's inhabitenats and it's history and beauty, and more importantly the people.