Alien Contact - Writing Prompt
Writing Prompt: We finally find extraterrestrial life in the universe: a lot of it in fact. However humans, raised on media constantly spouting how unique we are are struggling to grasp there is nothing special about them. Ironically, it was the Church who pushed for War first. 5 years ago, humanity finally made contact with an alien race. Contrary to expectations, humans were thousands of years away from discovering other populated planets. These aliens found us, and they made contact on December 25th of 2025. Immediately, a sect of Christianity broke off claiming the aliens were the return of their lord. The Church denounced them as heretics immediately and closed ranks against the foreign entities. However, these aliens were here only for peace and to spread knowledge. They offered us scientific aid to bring our civilization up to speed with the rest of the universe, if we accepted, we could have eliminated greenhouse gas emissions within 2 years. Light speed travel could have been