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I suppose, maybe it's their insistence they're obviously in the right, not that they just believe.

Points:

1. We have yet to discover any life form from anywhere other than earth. The mars fossils have some "similar features" to bacteria but "this does not prove definitively that the meteorite features are fossilised organisms".

2. All the number of earth like planets does is show that the odds of life relatively similar to that existing on earth (carbon based, possibiliy of our perception of intelligence etc) existing elsewhere is greater than zero.......as far as we know, for now.
(Also, some new research it may require asteroid belts similar to ours for life to survive for any length of time, in which case only 96% of earth like planets wouldn't quallify for anything beyond microscopic life....we really don't know much).

3. We have no real idea how (if???) abiogenesis came about, let alone the odds of it occurring, or even if it did it occurred on earth to start with.

4. We have absolutely no idea on the odds of life being supported/originating on non-earth like objects.

Actually, I'm fine with people believing. Not so much the claims that the odds are obviously in your favour when no-one has a clue.

Unless there's new research I haven't heard about, which I would be delighted to read about (and talk about?) if anyone has any interesting links. Genuinely.