I would love to see the community of theologians get serious about what we are learning from science. All too often however, what I come away from an article like this, is the impression that theologians are really focused on putting rules and limits on scientists, rather than truly reexamining what we believe.

I was taught that the Church believes mankind to be at the top of God's creation. The only "chink" in that position seemed be the existence of angels ( sort of a "safety valve?") 

Today, we're told that even the most restricted/conservative set of numbers and assumptions would suggest the existence of rational, intelligent life on millions of planets. So what might "only son of God" mean in that context? Was the physical assumption the first stage of the teleportation of Jesus to a planet circling a star in the Galaxy MX-352 (made up name here...)

I continue to believe that the fate of religion as we know it hinges on the ability of theologians to pivot, and not build fences.