How can there be no controversy between Christianity against extraterrestrial life? How about the 6 days creation?
If only intelligent ET lives and we can communicate with them, do we have to spread the "Good News" to them?
2007-06-07 06:37:28 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
If life exists on & inside the earth then why do we believe in the bible?
2007-06-07 06:38:48 · answer #1 · answered by Yohanes H 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't recall anything in the Bible that says that God created ONLY the earth and populated it with all the plants and animals...
The new testament 'commandment' to which you refer (spreading the news) refers only to the corners of this world. If ET or similar wanna come on down, then they are welcome hear, read, and believe what they wish. I doubt that our first act after reading an intelligent message from some distant world would be to send them missionaries or an embossed bible.
Also note that the "6 days creation" is the timing in the Creators world. A 'day' might have been millions of years.
2007-06-07 06:45:48 · answer #2 · answered by words_smith_4u 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First, not all Christians buy into the 6 literal days of creation. Moses was well educated but his counting system topped out at about 6.6 million, how do you explain 13.7 billion years to someone like that? Maybe preface it as a "day".
Second, so far, we can't exceed the speed of light which means that any life on another planet is completely out of our reach.
Third, While we are God's greatest creation on earth, that doesn't mean that he didn't spawn life on numerous other planets.
Fourth, they may have never have fallen from grace and may very well commune with God as Adam did and as such we would have nothing to teach them.
2007-06-07 06:51:39 · answer #3 · answered by Alan S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no mention in the Bible about God creating beings other than ourselves.. However, there is a passage or two that speak about "chariots of fire."
Isaiah 66:15-6 says "The Lord will come with fire, and his chariots are like a whirlwind; he will bring down his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. For with fire and with his sword the Lord will execute judgment on all men, and many will be those slain by the Lord."
I believe God's main purpose was to give us the good news about eternal love and life, not other life forms.
Some believe ET's are angels, while others belive they're working for Lucifer. Look it up online, there are many interesting websites with many different opinions.
2007-06-07 06:41:31 · answer #4 · answered by ☆Bombastic☆ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It really depends on how open your mind is.
(1) God could be the extraterrestrial life that created us. In fact, perhaps it is still watching us, observing us, like lab animal. Alternatively, we could be the offspring of its initial experiments.
(2) There is no passage said that God only created the earth. He could have created other life forms elsewhere, and also gave them a bible...
(3) Human were created by extraterrestrial, and bible was written by human...
...etc...etc.
The list goes on and on. However, regardless which one you choose to believe, it will certainly offend someone else.
2007-06-07 06:55:27 · answer #5 · answered by DeadManWalking 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Many people who believe in the bible do not believe that every word if it is incorruptible literal fact. I agree.
The main reason I don't believe in the literal truth of the bible is that the concept of "literal truth" is a product of modern scientific reasoning. Biblical scribes from the days of the early church were not concerned with maintaining the literal truth of the text because the concept simply did not exist in their world. For the writers of the bible, the power and beauty of the story was more important than it's factual reality.
2007-06-07 06:47:03 · answer #6 · answered by Clawndike 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The beings outside of earth are the ones who created the bible in order to control the humans.
2007-06-07 06:41:11 · answer #7 · answered by the_end_of_the_cons 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If one believes God created this earth, then one must not be so conceited and believe we are the only ones. Christians are taught to spread the word "good news"...the ET's may know more.
2007-06-07 06:44:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are many and many forms of life out side of this world, If someone is saying there's only us, I think that person is total nut case, why..? Coz universe is a place with no boundaries, its endless and unlimited, there's no end nor beginning. So in a place like that, there should be many other life forms.
And no offense to god, but if he says and claims that he created everything and everyone, i wonder who created him..?
2007-06-07 06:57:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible doesn't say that God only made human beings or that he only made Earth. It's always a good idea to read something before you start making assumptions about it.
2007-06-07 11:04:53 · answer #10 · answered by artsy_lovely_lady 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋