Do you think God will let humans move to Outer Space?

Question

I heard on the news today of a new "eathlike planet" called Gliese 581C. It made me wonder, would God let humans move to other planets? And what would it do to your faith if it happened?

I know we've gone to the moon, but that's not what I mean. I mean to colonize other planets

Answer 1

That's a very good question. I saw this on the news too. I believe there are many other other planets with people like us. We have been commanded not to try to contact them. There may be inhabitants of this new planet, but I do not think we would be allowed to get there to discover them.

Answer 2

There will be new scrolls opened after Armageddon. One of the things I have often wanted to do is see other planets. We'll have to wait and see what Jehovah God has in store for us after Armageddon but we will be able to think with the full ability of our brains at that time. We will know so much more than we know now.

By the way, about the cross, The Christian apostle Paul says: “Christ by purchase released us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse instead of us, because it is written: ‘Accursed is every man hanged upon a stake.’” (Galatians 3:13) His quotation was from Deuteronomy, which mentions placing the corpse of an executed person on a “stake,” then adds: “His dead body should not stay all night on the stake; but you should by all means bury him on that day, because something accursed of God is the one hung up; and you must not defile your soil.”—Deuteronomy 21:22, 23

Was this “stake” a cross? No. In fact, the Hebrews had no word for the traditional cross. To designate such an implement, they used “warp and woof,” alluding to yarns running lengthwise in a fabric and others going across it on a loom. At Deuteronomy 21:22, 23, the Hebrew word translated “stake” is 'ets, meaning primarily a tree or wood, specifically a wooden post. Executional crosses were not used by the Hebrews. The Aramaic word ’a‘, corresponding to the Hebrew term 'ets, appears at Ezra 6:11, where it is said regarding violators of a Persian king’s decree: “A timber will be pulled out of his house and he will be impaled upon it.” Obviously, a single timber would have no crossbeam.

Answer 3

My question would be WHY would he want to stop it? If there was a planet out there that we could live on, then, in my eyes, he created it.. and so.. he knew it was usable for us (and maybe has it planned that way?)..

I don't see how it would do anything specific to ones faith. My faith is not based on the idea of "Earth".. it is based on an all-encompassing God.. a God that created the universe.. not just the Earth.

In fact.. Maybe it would even strengthen some faiths.. because... while some may believe that some 'big bang' just "happened" to create Earth.. with no God.. etc.. what are the odds that it would have happened twice? heh.. I think that the second one might just bring some people to realize.. 'Wow.. there is no other way for this to be.. except that God created it'..

:)

Answer 4

Depends upon what you mean by "within our reach." I believe that there are advanced alien races in outer space, but outer space is a rather large area--and ever growing. Do I have proof? Nope. Just the idea that the universe is humongous and the natural laws that allowed life to begin and evolve on earth can easily occur on any of the trillions of other worlds in the universe.

Answer 5

If that came to pass it wouldnt affect my faith at all. Dont think that will happen Revelation says that the new city Jerusalem will come down from Heaven and that there will be a new earth and Heaven . So i think there would of been other clues in scripture if we were to be living on other planets.

Answer 6

let us? I don't think it's really a problem. I heard that the heavens are for our benefit, so....

but I doubt we'd ever make it. all planets they've claimed to be earth-like tend to have some overlooked flaw that would not allow that planet to support human life, such as atmospheric composition or the compostion of the soil (no plants, no humans).

How could that affect my faith? check the Scriptures: God so loved the world (mankind), not God so loved the Earth. It'd be nice to see if they could do it though.

Answer 7

This has to be one of the strangest questions I have ever heard! I am not a God worshipper, but I am going to venture to say that your god wouldn't have much to say about it. Did your god allow people to move to other countries? To kill millions of people during the Holocaust? To enslave Africans? To destroy the planet? I really think what humans do, is what humans do and that has little or nothing to do with any one god. One of my good friends is a reverand and he would tell you that we have free will and that's it.

Answer 8

I am trying to think of how God may stop that

surely if God created many planets .... he knew one day we would go out there

Answer 9

Wow, isn't it cool! Finally more evidence for the creative powers of God. I love it.

IMHO, I seem to remember Jesus saying, "Other sheep I have which are not of this fold, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold and one shepherd". (I hope I got that right.)

It confirms my faith as a Mormon that there are more than one habitable planet in the Universe (I always knew there was) and that God's works are indeed infinite and eternal.

Added: Yes, I agree that he wouldn't let us go there, because he creates worlds and puts people on them - the people already there would need it for themselves. We need to care for our own Earth Mother (Adam came from her dust, so in a way she is our mother).

Lol, Grist, you are funny. :)

Answer 10

If God would "let" a college student murder 32 people at Va Tech, then I'm sure he wouldn't have a problem with us colonizing another planet. He created it, right?