Spooky coincidences.

[A Theist]

. To find life forms on another world (potentially sapient) I wonder how that would affect religion as a whole here?

The shock will cause the holy trinity to undergo parthenogenesis, resulting in holy quadranity - the father, the son, the holy ghost, and the holy silicon based green octopus.

Isn't your celebrating a little premature at this point? While scientists seem excited over finding a planet that may 'potentially' support some sort of lifeform, the best they're hoping to find is bacteria akin to here on earth. Scientists don't have enough data yet to make any definitive conclusions. Everything about the planet, its atmosphere, whether or not conditions there can support life, whether or not it has liquid water, at this point is just speculation. Nevertheless, it would be interesting to compare the conditions of a planet from another solar system with our own earth, or even with planets in our own solar system. I think what ever is found will be exciting.

Why are you restricting it to bacteria?
If you'd read the original post one of the things seen was lasers eminating from that system. Highly advanced bacteria then.
There could be nothing or there could be something really cool.
What we need are better telescopes. 20 light years showed be no problem for a next gen space based telescope.

Why are you restricting it to bacteria?

See the video in post#33.