[dudeman13]

>I don't think so [...] and therefore I reject it outright

That's not a problem. There can be insane theological and ethical consequences for everyone else.

[tjchear]

I don't think there will be any consequences of importance, for a different, simple reason: people generally resist changing their worldview and will do mental gymnastics to preserve it.

[goodthenandnow]

Exactly.

Not really the same thing, but if alien life was found on Europe or Enceladus, religions would resist to change their theologies.

[dudeman13]

That's an argument I think is valid for a possible lack of consequences of importance.

Unlike thinking there won't be consequences of importance because of a belief that < 1% of humanity even thought of maybe possibly having

[phkahler]

Not really. They'll just say a chemistry experiment isnt life.

[chess_buster]

Once the "chemical experiment" escapes its petri-dish and replicates in the laboratory's drain, taking over whole beach resorts and a third of the Pacific ocean, people will rethink!

[whimsicalism]

I think it's pretty optimistic (? or pessimistic) to assume that the "chemical experiment" would have a chance in hell against the bacterial super-predators that have spent billions of years evolving to adapt to this environment.