Yes, because the first thing we're gonna do when find other lifeforms is try to convert them.
( I know I'm being sarcastic but now that I think about it some people might want to try that like what the romans did )
Well, one or two popes ago the Holy See took position regarding aliens and the need to spread the Gospel among them. So all Christians somehow seem to be loonies.
This just goes to show how little he understands the space program. NASA doesn't actually look for life. They look for the signs of it, (past & present) and the conditions amenable for it as we presently understand it.
These are the kind of people that give Christians bad reputations. Its always the loud ones never the Christians who aren't crazy and except everyone for who they are.
( I know I'm being sarcastic but now that I think about it some people might want to try that like what the romans did )