Fundamentalist christians, what if god also created intelligent life on other planets?

Question

...........and their versions of Adam & Eve refused to eat the apple?

Would that make us the black sheep of the family in the eyes of god?

Would he favour those who never had the arrogance to defy him by eating from the tree of knowledge?

dbinmo...........isn't the whole god concept a bit of a "what if"?

Amy............thanks, anthropology would be interesting, but I'm lucky enough to work in a creative field which I thoroughly enjoy.

Answer 1

"Jesus answered....."what is that to you? You must follow me." "
John 21:22

Answer 2

Let us hope God did create intelligent life on other planets since it was not a good job on this one. But then maybe God used this planet as a test case and improved with time.

Checking on what is seen in today's society it is hard to believe Adam and Eve ate from the tree of knowledge.

Answer 3

Very good question. You speak the truth in some respects, but I would say it is actually sort of the opposite when it comes to the black sheep part. We are one of many planets that were given the chance to accept God's government or believe Satan's lie. The plan of salvation was a contingency plan not just for earth, but for all other planets in the universe. We are the only ones to fall. Unfallen beings on other planets and even the angels didn't fully know Satan's true character until Jesus died on the cross. It was then that the debate was over. God was shown to be merciful beyond reason and Satan was shown to be the fraud and liar that he is. In spite of the fact that we are the rebellious planet, Jesus still died for us. That act actually brought us closer to the Godhead than we were before we sinned. Jesus forever has the form of a human and will always be a reminder of the victory over sin. God loves all of his children the same, but he had to take special measures for us to ensure as many as possible would be saved. It makes us sort of special actually. Don't worry the other beings don't feel jealous. I am providing a link below if you are interested in the formation of sin in the universe and what went on in Satan's mind.

Answer 4

Three crucial things God created.
The Heavens
The Earth
The spirit of man within him.
We see this in the Book of Zechariah.

The whole universe with all the many planets in the heavens and the earth in particular was created for man. The heavens are for the earth and the earth is for man to express God in His image and likeness and also to have dominion over the whole earth.
If you can see this then you can rest in your thinking that there are other planets with other adams and eves eating other fruit.
There is an interesting little booklet that i find really helpful..

http://www.ministrybooks.org/books.cfm?id=%22%28N%24%20%0A

Its quite good and very clear in what the purpose of man is. Its called the mystery of human life.

Answer 5

There are many ways to find favor in God's eyes. For example:

Proverbs 3:3 Don't let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
3:4 So you will find favor, And good understanding in the sight of God and man

We wouldn't be the black sheep because all who follow Jesus are washed clean by His Atonement. We are saved by His grace, not by our efforts. We also become His children.

Finding favor is not to be confused with doing good works to get into heaven. There's no good deed we can do to get into heaven. Jesus laid down his life for us so that we might enter the kingdom of Heaven.

Answer 6

What if He did? It wouldn't affect what His word says to us--nothing would change. Nor would we be "black sheep", as God loves purely and equally. I personally don't believe He created intelligent life on other planets, as it's not mentioned in the Bible.

Answer 7

What human beings have faith is their decision. while it comes all the way down to it, everybody is going to have faith regardless of is clever to them. If human beings prefer to have faith that there are trillions of planets and purely one has existence they are able to pass surprising forward. To me that in basic terms does not seem logical. i do no longer think of we are some particular, magical planet. i think of that there is in all risk numerous existence different places in the universe that we don't understand approximately. in actuality, i think of existence in all risk can ensue on any planet with the properly suited situations. i'm an atheist. i think we developed. we are created from the same development blocks that make stars and different planets. The development blocks that make existence here exist on different planets so it could make experience that over the years the climate could substitute. this might advise that molecules collect to style RNA and DNA that steadily evolves into existence. we've got here across existence modern-day everywhere on our planet regardless of how warm or chilly. there may well be existence on planets that seems impossible to us. because of the fact i do no longer think in sin, i do no longer think that any god is ruling over our planet or the different. i think of that Jesus existed yet i think he grow to be purely a popular guy who grow to be a instructor. If smart existence exists on different planets they in all risk had instructors and massive minds in the previous too. this is how intelligence evolves. A species has a want and that they adapt to that want. human beings have a large techniques so that they can USE IT! We developed to think of, learn and reason. If we in no way questioned something we does not be smarter than different animals. regardless of you think keep in mind which you do no longer understand each and every thing. If there's a god i think of he needs us to be clever and not stupid. Being closed minded is comparable to being stupid because of the fact you in no way learn something. So have faith in regardless of you prefer. No harm or punishment will befall you. stable, clever human beings are available each and every race and faith. the quicker we settle for our fellow human beings the quicker we can evolve and grow to be a greater non violent, progressed civilization. possibly THEN we can be waiting to earnings approximately existence on different planets. because it stands now, we are nevertheless to primitive as a society to have the potential to deal with the certainty of this thought. i wish this solutions your question! superb of luck!

Answer 8

Hey, what's a nice Darwinist like you doing reading a "fundamentalist" like CS Lewis? He wrote a sci-fi trilogy about this very same subject...whaddya know!!!

Answer 9

This is what we know:

God did create us in his image
god created everything else including all the stars and universes and any other things or "life" he cared to create.

But if you dont believe in god, it doesn't really matter, because you will never see his kingdom anyway.

Answer 10

lol awsome question. Only problem with that is the Bible thumping will keep some of these hard core christians from seeing the logic in the question.

Answer 11

God clearly states that he views all creation equally. There is no black sheep because God does not favor one over the other.