Not all religions insist that humanity is the point; but that intelligence is the point. There is a curious gemara asserting that we are not G-d's first try, and we may not be His last. This can be construed to mean that He has experiments running on multiple planets.
Well, I'd take that as read anyway. if you're funded for a whole universe, use all of it, or they'll cut the budget next financial aeon. Any scientist knows that.
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