It is both annoying and amusing to see some atheist astronomers repeatedly claim that finding life on Mars or anywhere else in the universe proves that there is no God. It causes one to wonder if the institutions of higher learning of which these scientists are a product are doing their graduates a disservice by giving out doctorates without first making sure that their graduates can think.

It should be more than obvious that the same God who created life here on earth could just as easily created anywhere else he chooses to. Yet these so-called great minds seem somehow incapable of considering that possibility.

How come?

It is both annoying and amusing to see some atheist astronomers repeatedly claim that finding life on Mars or anywhere else in the universe proves that there is no God.

I don't hear this much. Are there reputable scientists claiming this?

Yeah I haven't heard that, either. As always, my position is why can't the two coexist? God and science, I mean.