Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: kday@dtoa1.dt.navy.mil (Day) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Extra-terrestrial worlds Message-ID: Date: 7 Oct 90 03:05:16 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: David Taylor Research Center, Bethesda, MD Lines: 40 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article vvrcd@mars.lerc.nasa.gov (Robert C. Dibacco (SVER)) writes: >I have a question that I would like an opinion on. May be no one wants to but >that is OK too. I have always been interested in the stars and science fiction >and also am a Christian. My knowledge of what the Churches in general preach >is that we are unique in the Universe. I have always found this hard to >swallow because the Universe is so vast. In fact I believe there is other world >s >out there that have life (no doubt humans) that are far far away. I feel that >God put them so far away so we can not get to them. I do not find it hard to >believe that God in his omnipotence did not create other live worlds. Possibly >they did not even "fall into sin" like we did. I really would like some >opinions and NO I never had a contact with UFOS nor do I believe in them or >have been taken alive by any. > This is something I have often thought about. I remember when the movie E.T. came out. Pat Robertson, on the 700 Club, advised people not to take their children to see it. I respect Pat very much and appreciate his ministry, but I had to disagree strongly with him. He said the reason for not going was, because it advocated life on other planets. I thought, and thought and I could not come up with any scriptural basis for saying it was an impossibility. The Bible doesn't deal with the subject. I agree with you, why would God make the universe so immense but only have living beings on one tiny planet. Could it be just so we could enjoy the beauty of a starlit summer evening? Maybe. The point is, the Bible doesn't talk about life on other planets. Does this mean there is none? Not necessarily. If someone out there in netland has some scriptural reference either way, please feel free to share it. K. Scott Day David Taylor Research Center Bethesda, Maryland All thoughts expressed are strictly my own, though it's amazing this brain is still capable of having any. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "The more one comes to know men, the more one comes to admire the dog." -Joussenel ------------------------------------------------------------------------