Are you telling me you are a Carbonist. We have yet to explore 1% of %1 of our Galaxy. There are wonders beyond your dreams and you are to tell me that you will never call something alive b/c it does not have cells.The do not exhibit the characteristics of life (the first and foremost of which being made up of cells), therefore they are not alive. Honestly, I thought this was basic biology.
This is what is necessary for life
growth, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally. How can you deny life according to this definition?