It interesting to see some passages tying the discovery with the faith in general. This is 1700s after all. And how the approach taken is in contrast to what a lot of fundamentalist or conservative Christians believe today. Talking about a deep resentment towards science and how they see it as an attack on their faith.<p>And it is funny that here is someone from 1700s, quoting an Orthodox Christian writer from more than 1500 years before who seems to be pretty ok with aliens living on Venus:<p>---<p>&quot;St. Basil the  Great considered the possibility of multiple worlds and said: &quot;
As a potter, who made thousands of  water pots  with  the  same  skill and exhausted no art and no power, the  Creator of the  universe has  enough  creative  power  not  only  for  a  single  world,  but 
for  as  many  as  [He]  wants  to  create  in  a  single  moment alone.
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