even the renowned...and to the best of my knowledge "Non-Marxist"...Carl Sagan...had some thoughts on this...read a few of his notes from the link.
A bit early in the game for any one religion to be staking out "BFF" status with God when so many people of different faiths - or no faith - would qualify as "Saints" had they been baptized in the Catholic Church.
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1816628-pale-blue-dot-a-vision-of-the-human-future-in-space