Honestly, I agree with Capt Ahab and Allen. I don't believe in Bigfoot. Between cameras everywhere (top of the highest mountain, bottom of the deepest ocean), we'd have seen something by now. Also, if we can find dinosaur bones, we should have found some definitive bigfoot bones by now.
Regarding aliens, I'm more on the fence, if for no other reason, it's hard to (mathematically) believe they DON'T exist. I've never seen anything. Never found crop circles, etc.
I guess, to speak to the religious aspect of aliens, I don't see why they couldn't exist in God's creation. There are plenty of critters we've discovered since the Bible was written, that weren't mentioned in the good book. Why would a living creature from outer space be heresy?
Why they would/could visit us is really no mystery. They could be millions of years behind or in front of us. Or, they could have no interest in us, mirroring my feelings about the Kardashians.
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Aliens are a bit of a different story. There is a good possibility that we are not the sole planet with intelligent(arguably) life out there. The part I struggle with is if they have come to visit as many times a people claim over the years, why they wouldn't have made some sort of communication with us. They would have to be arguably WAY more advanced/intelligent than us being they figured out advanced space travel and entering/leaving our atmosphere so well. The first few dumb ones should have crashed because of a difference in gravity on their planet(doubtful we'd have the exact same gravity level). If they were that advanced, they would likely know our dumb arses haven't got the ability to get to their planet. If we were in the same boat, we would have tried to talk to them at some point over a 50 plus year period. We can't leave well enough alone, but maybe they can? Maybe they are watching us like we do a fish aquarium. Who knows. At some point, you think they would get bored and mess with us enough to get recognized large scale.