conditions for life on earth...?

Question

why do believers point to the conditions of earth which sustain life as evidence of god? given that god can do anything, why can he not make life that can exist in any condition? it would seem like a much better use of the rest of the universe, wouldn't it? if i were to ever see life on pluto which defied the logic which states that life can't exist on pluto, then i think i would be a little more open to the idea of god existing than making life only possible on planets that have similar conditions to earth.

Answer 1

The Earth would be more habitable if there were no telemarketers, so that notion that "God" made the Earth "just right for life" is obviously false.

Answer 2

Christians who argue this point, have been refuted so many times, that I find it odd that the argument is still used anymore. It wasn’t convincing when St. Thomas Aquinas promulgated the teleological argument (i.e. argument from design), it wasn’t convincing when William Paley elaborated on the argument using his watchmaker analogy, and it lacks cogency to this day.

All one has to do to show silliness of this argument is to demonstrate how inimical much of the earth, and the universe, is to the flourishing of life. Does all the waste and dead space that surrounds us, especially when considering the paucity of life in our vast universe, attest to an “intelligent” design? NO, NO, and a hundred times NO! The very scarcity of life in the universe, and the fact that only one out of the trillions of planets that exist in our universe can support life, attests to the fact that we are more than likely the product of blind forces, that happened to at one time have life giving consequences, then there to be some divine contrivance behind our existence.

The lottery is an example that I have used before when debunking the whole design “theory”, and I think it is appropriate here. Several million people can play the lottery in a large state, and yet only one person or two ever wins. The chances of you winning are astronomically low, precisely because the entire process is random. One would figure that the lottery is rigged, and therefore NOT random, if a large percentage of the participants were to win the jackpot. The same principles that apply to the lottery apply to our universe. Our status, on earth, as the only planet, among the millions that we know about, where life can exist, attests to the fact that our existence can be attributed to blind pitiless forces, and not some benevolent super intelligence.

Answer 3

Only he knew who created us , in which environment would we live , and how it will be created , So he created Earth's atmosphere , which suits Human ,

You are just like saying that God made Most Tree Leaf GREEN because he was not able to make it BLUE ,

To deny Satan may lead you to 101 reasons ,

But one reason to believe ,

Name the scientist Who Designed and Physically made the ATOM , including the material , and similarly the Universes , and Human design and Human brain ,
Who designed and made all that ??? if not "the one creator" ,

THE QURAN ,

1. By the Fig and the Olive,

2. And the Mount of Sinai,

3. And this City of security,-

4. We have indeed created man in the best of molds,

5. Then do We abase him (to be) the lowest of the low,-

6. Except such as believe and do righteous deeds: For they shall have a reward unfailing.

7. Then what can, after this, contradict thee, as to the judgment (to come)?

8. Is not Allah the wisest of judges?

Answer 4

Rather than argue that God made man this way or that way..what about the fact that we have existence at all. In all the vastness of space. With all the empty hostile conditions. We are conscious and aware and feel all the emotions that humans do. That we have formed in spite of all the harshness nature can throw at us.

Answer 5

There can be no life on the third planet! It is so cold that water liquifies and becomes a solvent to all organic life. The atmosphere is filled with poisonous free oxygen. No Zarkulig could survive and certainly no cellular life could evolve there.

Answer 6

Good point. Honestly, I don't think there is anything in the Bible that precludes the idea of life on another planet - life, in whatever form it takes.

But if there is life in another world someplace, that part of creation would indeed be part of God's creation. It would only add to the wonder and splendor of the truth of the bible.

god bless

Answer 7

If God made the Earth he really could have done a better job. Considering he's supposed to be perfect, he does a great impression of someone cutting corners.

Answer 8

You are asking something that truly, only God knows!