Darwin, Dawkins, and Deep Space

Sorry, I haven't had coffee today, so I decided to write about Charles Darwin, Richard Dawkins, and E.T. in one setting. The connection between Charles Darwin and Richard Dawkins is clear enough (Dawkins being a famous atheist of our time, and Darwin providing the framework for a scientific worldview that can support intellectual atheism). But you may wonder how E.T. fits into the picture. E.T. is one of my favorite sci-fi characters. He's just a little wrinkly alien trying to find his way home and eating a few Reece's Pieces along the way. So what does E.T. have to do with Atheism?
I asked myself that question when I realized one day that atheistic propaganda is saturated with alien talk. I thought to myself, "Here are people who insist that we can only believe what we can prove scientifically, yet they are obsessed with aliens." So why are intellectual atheists or naturalists obsessed with aliens?
Here's the problem: the more advanced science has become, the more we have realized that the universe is absolutely enourmous (seemingly infinite). Our planet is a microscopic spec in comparison to some stars, and the number of stars and planets in the universe is innumerable. So why is this a problem? It's a problem because as far as we know (have evidence), life exists only on planet earth. If aliens do not exist, then we have to be alarmed at the uniqueness of our world. If aliens do not exist then atheists must admit that the bang that produced millions of stars and planets only produced one spec of a planet that was suitable for evolution to work its magic and produce life. The probability is so small that it is mind boggling. This is the reason that naturalists are passionate about aliens. In essence, if aliens do not exists, then the sheer uniqueness of our planet is evidence for a creator. So atheists embrace the existence of aliens in faith. Some even believe that aliens are the creators of our world (the latest Indiana Jones). So I guess we could say that E.T. is becoming the new religion. A group of people that cannot have faith in a spiritual God will have faith in a natural god.