there is no doubt to me that life on earth is nothing less than a creation of god. but look up in the sky at night... do you think he made us and all the other stars out there dont have their own systems with other life supporting planets? i know its said we are made in his image but what if there are many planets like this and it is a never ending way for god to keep buisy or something like that? or maybe he made the stars just for us to look at for this one special planet and the other planets are for our enjoyment and his creation... what do you think?
2007-06-04 22:12:08 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
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2007-06-04 22:20:19 · answer #1 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really don't think that God made the entire universe, which is so huge that we can barely fathom it, just so that we petty little humans would have something pretty to look at.
But if there truly is a God, and it does turn out to be the Christian version of God, (because there is a WHOLE WORLD full of differing beliefs out there, and you can't truly say 'well my religion is better than yours') then what an awful sense of humor he must have to place us all alone in this mind-blowingly huge universe.
To TRY to illustrate the estimated size of our universe picture this: There are billions of galaxies. In our own galaxy alone there are more stars than there are grains of sand on every beach on earth. Can you rationally say that we're probably alone in the middle of all that?
It's safe to say that we probably aren't the first intelligent beings in the universe. Humanity is relatively young on a cosmic scale, so it's quite possible that we will find civilizations that may predate us, or we could find less developed species as well. But just with the shear number of stars in our galaxy alone, and the growing number of worlds being spotted we just can't be the only civilization.
This question is more theological than philosophical though since it's phrased in a way to imply that the universe actually exists according to the current interpretation of the Christian Bible. When I think about the vastness of space and the hundreds, if not thousands of different religions here on earth there's no way I can only see it all through Christian eyes. Who's to say which religion is right over another? We can see space with our eyes. We can go there, and hopefully answer the question of whether there is life but only with an open mind.
2007-06-05 13:04:30 · answer #2 · answered by Nunna Yorz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With the billions of suns in our universe, it is highly likely that there are other sentient creatures. Whether earth's humanity is the first, in the middle, or what cannot be determined until more evidence is collected. Being in the image of God refers to our spiritual nature, not our appearance. God is a spiritual being without form, shape, or gender. Our physical appearance is a consequence of the planet we inhabit. It works here; it serves our survival well. It might not work on another planet. Physical appearance in another galaxy or planet would be what works there.
2007-06-05 05:32:02 · answer #3 · answered by jaicee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some say no...... If there are other lives out there, and evidence seems to point to it as being so, then, we cannot be the only ones God made. That would mean that there are other "kinds" of life. to believe not, is to think along the lines that God could not expand the universe to include lesser human forms. We cannot know otherwise unless we venture to distant places. But, why do we demand proof for anything to exist. though the wind is stilled, does not mean it is not there.
Your sister,
Ginger
2007-06-05 06:07:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the Bible, God gave birth first to planet earth and the sky. But it was dark, therefore, the decide to preduce the light. He noticed the light, however, decide to separate the light from dark, thus he created day and night. After that, God though to make a difernces between the sky line and water. Then, he made the sand under the water and called it land. After that, God deceded to to make our planet more green and vivid, therfore, he created nature. But he still wasn't satisfied, so the almight created animals ans spices and called them to reproduce. And only then he made his first person and named it Adam (in hebrow- adama is land, and god made him from the earth), in order that there will be some alive creatures to enjoy all the good it made before.
2007-06-05 06:54:43 · answer #5 · answered by Maria D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, we might be the first that made a god, since all of the many gods that have been imagined on our planet are the creation of man, but I really don't know. There might be aliens on some distant planet who were also afraid of living and dying and so created some god, but I hope not.
2007-06-05 05:19:20 · answer #6 · answered by LodiTX 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is of course no 100% certainty that we are. However, it seems logical that if other similarly intelligent made-in-God's-image beings had been created, that the legal contest now being brought to a finish here finally, would have happened there first.
Thus by logic, if other natural paradise earths exist may not be ruled out, but other MIGI beings would be ruled out by this logic. (MIGIBs will it catch on?)
Does that prove anything categorically? No. So again we are left with was the best conclusion leaves us.
2007-06-05 05:43:47 · answer #7 · answered by Fuzzy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mysteries of creation are hidden to creatures only known to the creator. the knowledge we have and that which generations after us will have is enough for our survival. who knows may be what is visible to us is invisible from habitants of other planets and vice-versa. look at the turmoil that we make as habitants of this planet, hate, wars, lies, robbery, killings etc. how much more if there habitants of other planets known to us. Perhaps it is good that God did not reveal everything, not even the angels.
2007-06-05 05:35:36 · answer #8 · answered by Shuki 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there exists a god,(I'm assuming you believe in the perfect all powerful god of the bible) then there would be no reason for such a being to keep busy, or be entertained in any way. A perfect being would lack nothing; a want of entertainment, or a want of something to do, is a lacking. A truly perfect being would want nor need anything it didn't already have.
So to answer your question; no, I don't think we are the first god made.
2007-06-05 05:20:47 · answer #9 · answered by Kaze 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, God made many other beings..many other solar systems, many other planets, etc...
it states this somewhere in the 3 major religious books...If he created the Universe...he created all things within it. There is already proof of life on Mars (albeit microscopic organisms).
2007-06-05 05:22:01 · answer #10 · answered by kapitalist 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God with a small "g"??? well if you read the bible book of genesis, you get a clear picture, first Adam then us his descendants no mention of aliens or any other form of life elsewhere apart from earth.if there were he would have had no reason to keep that from us and if there is then we do not have a right to know and should only concentrate on our earthly affairs
2007-06-05 05:48:03 · answer #11 · answered by Royal 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋