Does God value Earth above other planets?

[Godlovesmetwo]

Since He revealed Himself to earthlings by sending His only Son.
Why build such a big universe then.

 

[Nithavela]

Since He revealed Himself to earthlings by sending His only Son.
Why build such a big universe then.

There's no reason to believe that if there is alien life "out there", the god of the bible isn't interested in it. Maybe he did a similiar thing over there, too. Maybe it wasn't neccessary because those aliens are better at following basic instructions like "do not murder each other".

He isn't oblidged to tell you, and revealing such a thing during the time the bible was set in would have caused nothing but confusion.

 

[John Hyperspace]

Since He revealed Himself to earthlings by sending His only Son.
Why build such a big universe then.

If it's as big as they say, I would hypothesize that at some point in the future we're meant to fill it, and this old earth is the launching pad and, home base, of humanity. Maybe after the second coming?

 

[Godlovesmetwo]

He isn't oblidged to tell you

Oh I thought he was. Just to tell me only that is.

 

[Nithavela]

If it's as big as they say, I would hypothesize that at some point in the future we're meant to fill it, and this old earth is the launching pad and, home base, of humanity. Maybe after the second coming?

I truly hope for a better fate for the universe.

 

[PanDeVida]

Since He revealed Himself to earthlings by sending His only Son.
Why build such a big universe then.

Better,

Don't believe anything about what NASA has to say about the Universe.

 

[Maddox]

Don't believe anything about what NASA has to say about the Universe.

So are we going for something like flat earth and stars are LED lights in the canopy of earth and everything is a conspiracy theory to hide this great truth for whatever reasons?

Hope you have some original crazy instead of the usual - do Reveal this truth to us.

 

[archer75]

Who knows what any of the rest of the (visible) universe really "is" or means? And by that I don't mean anything about NASA fooling us. I just mean we can hardly interpret what's going on right under our noses -- how on earth can we even guess at other planets, other star systems, other galaxies? Sure, certain things about them are observable from here, but unless you're "in the system" (know the language, the context, etc.) things are just about meaningless.

I think of Job 38 at times like this.

 

[Nithavela]

Who knows what any of the rest of the (visible) universe really "is" or means? And by that I don't mean anything about NASA fooling us. I just mean we can hardly interpret what's going on right under our noses -- how on earth can we even guess at other planets, other star systems, other galaxies? Sure, certain things about them are observable from here, but unless you're "in the system" (know the language, the context, etc.) things are just about meaningless.

I think of Job 38 at times like this.

We actually learn a lot of things day by day.

Man has indeed reached the deepest depths of the sea and found out the "breadth" of the earth. (The first person to calculate the circumference of the earth and the tilt of it's axis actually lived hundreds of years before Jesus)

I'm sure that if such a thing as in Job 38 would happen in our modern times, the questions asked would be far more specific, which shows how far we have come, and how far we can still go.

 

[hedrick]

Whatever the limitations of modern cosmology, it's obvious that the universe is large enough to justify the question in the OP.

Unfortunately we don't know enough to answer that question. As others have pointed out, it's certainly possible that there are many other worlds with intelligent beings, and Christ might well have come to them. But we don't know.

 

[JackRT]

Hope you have some original crazy instead of the usual - do Reveal this truth to us.

The usual crazy is getting somewhat boring but just hang out in a forum like this for a few weeks and you will encounter new and improved crazy. There must be a law that the best crazy almost always involves religion, politics or science or some bizaar mixture thereof.

 

[Godlovesmetwo]

The usual crazy is getting somewhat boring but just hang out in a forum like this for a few weeks and you will encounter new and improved crazy. There must be a law that the best crazy almost always involves religion, politics or science or some bizaar mixture thereof.

I don't mind the label "crazy". Have you seen that movie "One Catholic flew over the Rest" ?

 

[JackRT]

I don't mind the label "crazy". Have you seen that movie "One Catholic flew over the Rest" ?

I plead ignorance.

 

[PloverWing]

Since He revealed Himself to earthlings by sending His only Son.
Why build such a big universe then.

I think God may have created such a big universe because it's amazing and wonderful and God delights in its beauty. God delights in us humans, and came to earth for our redemption when that was necessary; but why not also delight in the stars and galaxies and empty stretches of space that have nothing to do with us, just because they're there? I know I delight in those things, insofar as I've been able to observe them and learn about them.

 

[pescador]

Since He revealed Himself to earthlings by sending His only Son.
Why build such a big universe then.

How do you know to whom He revealed Himself? Do you think that He is limited to just one planet?

 

[gerbilwoman]

I guess that depends on whether or not you believe there is life on other planets. I belief other planets have plant life and fungi but not animals, aliens, or anything similar to humans.

 

[mcarmichael]

Why not?

 

[dysert]

I guess that depends on whether or not you believe there is life on other planets. I belief other planets have plant life and fungi but not animals, aliens, or anything similar to humans.

I agree, gerbilwoman. If there were "soul" life on other planets, it would mean that they too fell (since no one is perfect); it would mean that Christ came and died for them, too; it would mean God would likely convey the message of the cross to the aliens (since He wants no one to perish), but I don't think it would make any sense to them. Imagine reading the Christmas story or the Crucifixion account if you were from another planet and had no concept of Bethlehem, Golgotha, governors, crucifixion, resurrection, etc. That's why I don't believe there's "soul" life anywhere else. The whole story of Christ would have no context to them and therefore not be understandable.

 

[mcarmichael]

I'll bet the Universe isn't nearly as big as all of the empty space surrounding it.

 

[mcarmichael]

Or, perhaps as a lesson to 20-ish century Astronomers?