If God created the Heavens and the Earth, and put man and other creatures upon the Earth, how do we know that God didn’t go to some other part of his Heavens and create some other planet and deposit life on it? How do we know he didn’t do that 10, 100, or 1000 times over in different parts of his Heavens?

Life may be rare in the universe, but it’s hard to think we could be the only island.

orange

I agree with you, we don't know that we are alone! I don't think it says anywhere in the Bible either (someone correct me if I'm wrong), that we are alone in the universe. And if G-d did create the universe, I'm sure He'd find it more interesting if He created lots of different places.

I took an Astronomy / Physics class when I was in first year university. Our professor taught us about a mathematical formula (I think it was attributed to Einstein, but I can't recall) that calculates the probability of planets similar to earth existing in the Milky Way Galaxy, based on distance from a star like our sun, as well as some other factors. According to the formula's calculations, there are approximately 13,000 planets like ours just in this galaxy alone!! And we know of several galaxies. So I figure there has to be life out there, and probably similar to ours too.

DrJizzle

I agree... what would be the purpose of those other galaxies if there wasnt life out there? If this IS all part of God's plan, why would he bother creating them?

DrJizzle

I had come up with a theory a while back....

We have gone thru many eras in life... 1700s was the Frontier Era, 1800s was the Industrial Era, 1900s was the Technological Era, and many believe the 2000s will be the Biological Era. Suppose, as we grow in each, we find the technology to travel further into space, we create the industry to bring us to the new frontiers.... maybe these places wont support life as we know it. So we "evolve" ourselves into superior beings... skin that will sustain a different atmosphere, larger skulls to contain a larger, more capable brain, large black eyes that can withstand the Sun, etc. Basically, creating the typical "alien" as we know it.

So as we travel further into life, we are able to reconstrust beings, evolve lifeforms... everything BUT the actual creation of life, that which seperates us from God. We even learn how to cross the Space/Time continuum.

So we search our history traveling back to Ancient Life as we know it. We, the new evolution of Humans, are the Hyrogliphic pictures depicted in the Egyptian Ruins, the Angels and Chariots as seen in the Old Testement Times, possibly even the Gods in early Greek Mythology.

I dont know... it was a stretch. But it was an interesting study for a while there lol

Fr_Chuck

Yes, there is nothing that would make other life mean that the bible and Christianity could not be correct also. The Old Testement has been the history of the Hewbrew nation that arose from Adam, it does not talk about the Americas which was unknown to them at that time.

A UFO landing at my nearest trailer park would not shake my faith at all.

Nez

A UFO landing at my nearest trailer park would not shake my faith at all.

Fr_Chuck,as a baptist it would scare the hell out of me though.

phillysteakandcheese

I strongly believe that at some point in our future, our understanding of science and technology will converge with our religious beliefs and faith. Once we understand that link, we’ll open an entire new era of understanding our place in the universe.

Maybe some of our UFO visitors already understand that link?

Fr_Chuck

Well I have always thought that some of the posters on here must be from some other world than earth, since I can't beleive people recomend others to do some of the things that they do.

But as a Chrsitian, UFO or people from another world is just another area that we have to spread our faith ( unless they are already Christian)
Of course we would worry about the miliatry issues and security of earth, but why should anything shake our faith, death is the extreme result here on earth and it is not to shake our faith. And if Elvis impersonators can not shake my faith, nothing can.

DrJizzle

(Father, you crack me UP sometimes!!! lol)

Anyway, Christians on other planets... Hmmmmm. That would be interesting. The thing about THAT is that we (Earthlings, that is) are Christians because we believe that God sent His Son, Jesus to Earth to die for our sins.

If I am a Christian from Mars, would I believe that God sent His Son, Jesus to MARS to die for OUR (Martians, that is) sins?? If so, then one of the main arguments in the reincarnation theory would be blown out of the water. (I cant find the post... but it quoted the Bible in saying that "Man can only die once and be judged." ...or something along those lines)

31pumpkin

A Christian from Mars! LOL! But the point's true though. According to the Word. Consider Genesis; " God made the Heavens & the Earth". I don't see any plural there like "Earths". So I don't think there are clones like us out there. I think NASA would like to find life somewhere out there, but one of the purposes of the space endeavor is to get evidence that people can live out there if the earth becomes too populated (& to get nice pix of nebulae & comets & stuff) But we still enjoy a good Sci-Fi movie here.