Quick questions for Christians

[Ser vivo]

Hi, I just wanted to ask a couple of questions and I'm hoping someone will be able to answer


1. There are so many other planets, galaxies, why did God create all of this?

2. There is a possibility that there is other intelligent life out there, I mean come on, there's billions of galaxies out there, how could it not be possible that there is more intelligent life? Now, did God create those civilizations too? Are they able to go to heaven?

3. Let's say that there is a tribesman in an isolated area of the Amazon, and he dies without ever knowing of Jesus Christ. Will he go to heaven since he had no knowledge of Jesus? I mean, I can't see why he wouldn't, he had no way of knowing!


I appreciate anyone who answers, thanks!

 

[Sketcher]

1. There are so many other planets, galaxies, why did God create all of this?

I dunno. I don't really know why he made the koala bear have such a big nose or why he decided to make deep sea fish either. He's creative, we do know that. It could just be that he likes exercising his creativity.

2. There is a possibility that there is other intelligent life out there, I mean come on, there's billions of galaxies out there, how could it not be possible that there is more intelligent life? Now, did God create those civilizations too? Are they able to go to heaven?

It's possible that there's other intelligent life out there. And if there is, it's also possible that he made a way to redeem the fallen of those races. But that's for God and them to worry about.

3. Let's say that there is a tribesman in an isolated area of the Amazon, and he dies without ever knowing of Jesus Christ. Will he go to heaven since he had no knowledge of Jesus? I mean, I can't see why he wouldn't, he had no way of knowing!

Probably not, being as he probably sinned. It's in human nature to sin, whether your list of dos and don'ts is 7 or 700. God makes ways for people in those corners of the world to find out about Jesus. Missionaries, visions, etc. And really, if that person in the Amazon never found out and did go to hell, it's more God's loss than yours or mine - neither of us made this person, neither of us died to save this person. But God did. And so I trust that it's in God's interest to give as many people a chance to believe and be saved as possible.

 

[Tahoenite]

1) General idea is that the stars and the heavens are supposed to give glory to God. which I know sounds preachy. The contrast between the limited knowledge we have of our own planet and the theoretical guess work of outer space I believe is supposed to reflect how Christians should feel about what we think we understand and what God actually knows.

2) I am not sure, whether they are preached to or not and God receives them is up to the Lord. Only think I can attest to is what I have heard and seen and how I have learned from it.

3) 1 Peter 4:66For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged according to men in regard to the body, but live according to God in regard to the spirit.

This verse is debatable of whether it means those that have died, or those living with spiritual death. I believe the Lord is going to judge everyone through there heart, if they would have been willing to accept Jesus/God if they heard the Gospel they will go to Heaven. Everyone will have a chance to choose to go to Heaven if they wish.

 

[Adoniram]

Hi, I just wanted to ask a couple of questions and I'm hoping someone will be able to answer


1. There are so many other planets, galaxies, why did God create all of this?

To show us His majesty and His greatness.

Job 38
31 “Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades,
Or loose the belt of Orion? 32 Can you bring out Mazzaroth [constellations] in its season?
Or can you guide the Great Bear with its cubs?
33 Do you know the ordinances of the heavens?
Can you set their dominion over the earth?

2. There is a possibility that there is other intelligent life out there, I mean come on, there's billions of galaxies out there, how could it not be possible that there is more intelligent life? Now, did God create those civilizations too? Are they able to go to heaven?

There is intelligent life, but in the form of angels and demons, and they reside in spiritual realms, not physical, and yes, God created them. Life like you are referring to will never be found on other planets.

Gen. 1
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

And it is on earth that He created life like you're talking about.

3. Let's say that there is a tribesman in an isolated area of the Amazon, and he dies without ever knowing of Jesus Christ. Will he go to heaven since he had no knowledge of Jesus? I mean, I can't see why he wouldn't, he had no way of knowing!

John 14
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

John 6
44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him;

God will find a way to draw those whom He chooses to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.

 

[drich0150]

1. There are so many other planets, galaxies, why did God create all of this?

Because He had the desire to do so.

2. There is a possibility that there is other intelligent life out there, I mean come on, there's billions of galaxies out there, how could it not be possible that there is more intelligent life?

Perhaps what you describe as billions of galaxies is just the "Back 40" of Heaven, and that's what we get to do for eternity (Explore)

Now, did God create those civilizations too?

If there are then I should say so.

Are they able to go to heaven?

The bible doesn't say. If the rest of the universe is just the back 40 of Heaven then they are already there. Their is much presumption in the thinking just because Man fell out of the grace of God the entire universe did as well. The known universe does not revolve around us and what we have or have not done as a people.

3. Let's say that there is a tribesman in an isolated area of the Amazon, and he dies without ever knowing of Jesus Christ. Will he go to heaven since he had no knowledge of Jesus? I mean, I can't see why he wouldn't, he had no way of knowing!

God will judge that person according to His good will, and what that person has been exposed to. Our judgment will be the most fair and complete version of a trial we will ever get.

 

[silence_dogood]

1. There are so many other planets, galaxies, why did God create all of this?

For His glory.

2. There is a possibility that there is other intelligent life out there, I mean come on, there's billions of galaxies out there, how could it not be possible that there is more intelligent life? Now, did God create those civilizations too? Are they able to go to heaven?

God created everything. That means the Universe and everything/everyone in it.

The Bible says that all of creation is fallen and is under the curse of sin. That includes ET and the little green men.

3. Let's say that there is a tribesman in an isolated area of the Amazon, and he dies without ever knowing of Jesus Christ. Will he go to heaven since he had no knowledge of Jesus?

Didn't he have a conscience? Didn't he have the external witness of creation?

I mean, I can't see why he wouldn't, he had no way of knowing!

Again, are you saying that tribesmen in the Amazon don't have consciences? They can't look up at night and see the stars?

 

[ebia]

Hi, I just wanted to ask a couple of questions and I'm hoping someone will be able to answer


1. There are so many other planets, galaxies, why did God create all of this?

Because he is extravagantly generous, not a utilitarian minimalist.

2. There is a possibility that there is other intelligent life out there, I mean come on, there's billions of galaxies out there, how could it not be possible that there is more intelligent life? Now, did God create those civilizations too? Are they able to go to heaven?

Why do you need to know, are you an alien?

3. Let's say that there is a tribesman in an isolated area of the Amazon, and he dies without ever knowing of Jesus Christ. Will he go to heaven since he had no knowledge of Jesus? I mean, I can't see why he wouldn't, he had no way of knowing!

Again, why do you need to know how such a person fits into God's plan for the salvation of his creation?


Setting up and answering such academically interesting but irrelevant questions isn't how God works.

 

[beforHim]

Man, I was scared of what the answers would be, but I really like them (not as if you guys needed my approval anyway )

Read "The Space Trilogy" by C.S. Lewis, specifically the first two books, to get some good philosophy via fictional novels about the first two questions.

 

[Bible2]

There are so many other planets, galaxies, why did God create all of this?

The reason God created everything was for his pleasure (Revelation 4:11).

There is a possibility that there is other intelligent life out there, I mean come on, there's billions of galaxies out there, how could it not be possible that there is more intelligent life?

It's possible that there's a lot of other intelligent life out there. For there are something like 100 billion different galaxies in the universe, each containing something like 100 billion different stars. So even if only one out of 10 billion stars has a planet with intelligent life on it, this would still mean that there are 1 trillion other inhabited planets out there.

Now, did God create those civilizations too?

If there are other intelligent life-forms on other planets in other star systems, then God created them too, because he's the Creator of everything that exists (John 1:3).

Are they able to go to heaven?

If there are other intelligent life-forms on other planets in other star systems, there's no reason why God wouldn't deal with them in the same way that he deals with us: some individuals could go to heaven when they die while others could go to hell. Or, some other intelligent life-forms on other planets in other star systems may have never fallen into sin, like Adam and Eve did, so that those other intelligent life-forms may have never become mortal like Adam and Eve did. Those other, unfallen, intelligent life-forms could be living in sinless, immortal bliss on their planets like Adam and Eve lived in sinless, immortal bliss in the Garden of Eden before they fell into sin. Ultimately, the destiny of saved people on this planet is not to live forever in heaven like ghosts strumming harps on clouds, but to live forever in resurrected, immortal, physical bodies (1 Corinthians 15:52-53, Romans 8:23-25, Philippians 3:21, Luke 24:39) on this earth with God himself after this earth has been completely renewed at some point in the future (Revelation 21).

Let's say that there is a tribesman in an isolated area of the Amazon, and he dies without ever knowing of Jesus Christ. Will he go to heaven since he had no knowledge of Jesus? I mean, I can't see why he wouldn't, he had no way of knowing!

Believing in Jesus Christ, and his sacrifice for our sins and his rising from the dead on the third day, is the only way for anyone to have their sins forgiven so they can avoid having to go to hell when they die (John 3:16, John 3:36, Romans 3:25, 1 Corinthians 15:1-4).

 

[salida]

1. There are so many other planets, galaxies, why did God create all of this?
Romans 1:20, and so men can navigate at night.

2. There is a possibility that there is other intelligent life out there, I mean come on, there's billions of galaxies out there, how could it not be possible that there is more intelligent life? Now, did God create those civilizations too? Are they able to go to heaven? I don't believe in other life because other galaxies can't support it.

3. Let's say that there is a tribesman in an isolated area of the Amazon, and he dies without ever knowing of Jesus Christ. Will he go to heaven since he had no knowledge of Jesus? I mean, I can't see why he wouldn't, he had no way of knowing!
Romans 2:15, Romans 1:20 and Acts 17:6-27.

 

[ciaphas]

So according to Romans 2:15 and 1:20 these people automatically know of god. How can these people have known of Jesus and his sacrifice. As Bible2 pointed out, that is the only way into heaven. God gives them no way to enter heaven which is entirely unfair. It is absurd to think that they have a knowlege of the execution of a man 2000 years ago and understand what it means without reading of it or having it explained to them.

 

[solarwave]

1. There are so many other planets, galaxies, why did God create all of this?

Creativity maybe. To show us something of what He is like. Because He wanted to create the world with its own laws and that is how many stars,etc, come from a big bang.

2. There is a possibility that there is other intelligent life out there, I mean come on, there's billions of galaxies out there, how could it not be possible that there is more intelligent life? Now, did God create those civilizations too? Are they able to go to heaven?

It is possible and I think they could go to heaven.

3. Let's say that there is a tribesman in an isolated area of the Amazon, and he dies without ever knowing of Jesus Christ. Will he go to heaven since he had no knowledge of Jesus? I mean, I can't see why he wouldn't, he had no way of knowing!

I think he could go to heaven depending of how he reacts to the amount of revelation of God he does have.

 

[98cwitr]

Hi, I just wanted to ask a couple of questions and I'm hoping someone will be able to answer


1. There are so many other planets, galaxies, why did God create all of this?

2. There is a possibility that there is other intelligent life out there, I mean come on, there's billions of galaxies out there, how could it not be possible that there is more intelligent life? Now, did God create those civilizations too? Are they able to go to heaven?

3. Let's say that there is a tribesman in an isolated area of the Amazon, and he dies without ever knowing of Jesus Christ. Will he go to heaven since he had no knowledge of Jesus? I mean, I can't see why he wouldn't, he had no way of knowing!


I appreciate anyone who answers, thanks!

1. I have always asked this. Maybe to support more life than just Earth

2. God created all things, so obviously the answer is yes.

3. I believe that even after death we will have the ability to repent and be saved (see 1 Peter 3-4). Guy in the amazon will know the Gospel before the "second death." Yet, "blessed is he who has not seen, yet believed."

 

[razeontherock]

So according to Romans 2:15 and 1:20 these people automatically know of god. How can these people have known of Jesus and his sacrifice. As Bible2 pointed out, that is the only way into heaven. God gives them no way to enter heaven which is entirely unfair. It is absurd to think that they have a knowlege of the execution of a man 2000 years ago and understand what it means without reading of it or having it explained to them.

So it would seem. Please explain how missionaries wind up being told by previously uncontacted tribes they had all the facts revealed to them already, only did not know His Name.

Feel free to ask questions, but please don't delve into making stuff up and projecting it upon what you don't know. Your 'absurd' accusation is not so much offensive to me, as it is heaping further Judgment and wrath upon your own head. You will have the chance to level such accusations face-to-face some day. I'm sure the Creator of all that is, seen and unseen, will be duly impressed with your great wit and make many pleadings to you for your acceptance of Him despite His errant ways.

 

[Rao]

Here are my personal beliefs...

1. There are so many other planets, galaxies, why did God create all of this?

I don't know "why" he made a choice rather than another, but if He has, then it must be because it was good and fair. Personally, I love physics and astronomy and I think the universe in its immensity, variety and infinite source of discoveries (for us) is supercool!

2. There is a possibility that there is other intelligent life out there, I mean come on, there's billions of galaxies out there, how could it not be possible that there is more intelligent life? Now, did God create those civilizations too? Are they able to go to heaven?

I am almost certain that there are others. If they are intelligent enough to be capable of discerning good from evil, they surely are able to go to heaven.

3. Let's say that there is a tribesman in an isolated area of the Amazon, and he dies without ever knowing of Jesus Christ. Will he go to heaven since he had no knowledge of Jesus? I mean, I can't see why he wouldn't, he had no way of knowing!

Of course he can. Good (God) is universal, there is no "outside coverage area", that would be pretty lame. If he couldn't be reached by Jesus, he is undoubtedly still within reach of the Holy Spirit.

 

[Sir Wilshire]

Hi, I just wanted to ask a couple of questions and I'm hoping someone will be able to answer


1. There are so many other planets, galaxies, why did God create all of this?

2. There is a possibility that there is other intelligent life out there, I mean come on, there's billions of galaxies out there, how could it not be possible that there is more intelligent life? Now, did God create those civilizations too? Are they able to go to heaven?

3. Let's say that there is a tribesman in an isolated area of the Amazon, and he dies without ever knowing of Jesus Christ. Will he go to heaven since he had no knowledge of Jesus? I mean, I can't see why he wouldn't, he had no way of knowing!


I appreciate anyone who answers, thanks!

Before I get to answering these, are these questions keeping you from Christ?

 

[Sir Wilshire]

So according to Romans 2:15 and 1:20 these people automatically know of god. How can these people have known of Jesus and his sacrifice. As Bible2 pointed out, that is the only way into heaven. God gives them no way to enter heaven which is entirely unfair. It is absurd to think that they have a knowlege of the execution of a man 2000 years ago and understand what it means without reading of it or having it explained to them.

Romans 1 teaches that he has given them enough revelation to respond to. If they respond positively to it, the book of Acts teaches that God tends to bring them a person to preach the Gospel to them. If they respond negatively to it, they are obviously in sin, and will continue to sin. They will be condemned for their sins, not their lack of knowledge.