But I thought you mentioned this that's why I mentioned 'religion'. There's no meaning in that section for the term.

why can't you just think of a world where all these light years and stuff have no meaning whatsoever?

Either you (or the aliens) accept the fact that there is lightyears of distance from planets and galaxies apart...or screw science and let the aliens go to their own holy books...

"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach