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Bobzammel · 11-23-2002, 12:35 PM

One thing I've never heard a suitable answer from creationists is why God created the other planets. The other planets(as well as their moons) are for the most part lifeless hunks of rock and gas. There are only a few places in our solar system which could one day support life--Mars, the Jovian moons Europa and Ganymede, and also the Saturn moon of Titan.
So why would God create fairly useless planets?

RufusAtticus · 11-23-2002, 01:21 PM

It obvious isn't it.

To give the pagans something to worship.

Baloo · 11-23-2002, 01:39 PM

Um, because if they didn't exist, the universe might look like it was created just for us, which would be evidence for Jesus, which would defeat the whole point: faith in Jesus must be based on our love for Him, not on evidence. But I like Rufus' answer too.

Camaban · 11-23-2002, 01:55 PM

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Originally posted by Baloo:
Um, because if they didn't exist, the universe might look like it was created just for us, which would be evidence for Jesus, which would defeat the whole point: faith in Jesus must be based on our love for Him, not on evidence. But I like Rufus' answer too.

*not entirely related, but thinks of the Babel fish and its effect on religion*

PandaJoe · 11-23-2002, 04:53 PM

So we could all marvel at the sheer amount of random useless crap God made.

lunachick · 11-23-2002, 06:49 PM

So that Holst could write his magnus opus?

Nickle · 11-23-2002, 06:57 PM

Hammersmith?

cricket · 11-23-2002, 06:58 PM

He had to make other stars & planets because He realized: how else would we know our zodiac signs? <img src="confused.gif" border="0">

[ November 24, 2002: Message edited by: cricket ]

Gregg · 11-23-2002, 09:36 PM

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Originally posted by Bobzammel:
One thing I've never heard a suitable answer from creationists is why God created the other planets. The other planets(as well as their moons) are for the most part lifeless hunks of rock and gas. There are only a few places in our solar system which could one day support life--Mars, the Jovian moons Europa and Ganymede, and also the Saturn moon of Titan.
So why would God create fairly useless planets?

Actually, this isn't a very good argument if you run across a creationist who supports the idea of humankind colonizing/mining other planets in the solar system. He could simply say that God created the planets for our use when we eventually developed space travel.

Gregg

case · 11-24-2002, 01:12 AM

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Originally posted by Gregg:


Actually, this isn't a very good argument if you run across a creationist who supports the idea of humankind colonizing/mining other planets in the solar system. He could simply say that God created the planets for our use when we eventually developed space travel.

Gregg

Funny. He could have mentioned something about it in that book of his.

11-23-2002, 12:35 PM	#1
Bobzammel Regular Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Boston Posts: 276	Reason for other planets? One thing I've never heard a suitable answer from creationists is why God created the other planets. The other planets(as well as their moons) are for the most part lifeless hunks of rock and gas. There are only a few places in our solar system which could one day support life--Mars, the Jovian moons Europa and Ganymede, and also the Saturn moon of Titan. So why would God create fairly useless planets?

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cricket Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: St Louis MO USA Posts: 1,188	He had to make other stars & planets because He realized: how else would we know our zodiac signs? <img src="confused.gif" border="0"> [ November 24, 2002: Message edited by: cricket ]</p>

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11-23-2002, 01:21 PM	#2
RufusAtticus Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: NCSU Posts: 5,853	It obvious isn't it. To give the pagans something to worship.

11-23-2002, 01:39 PM	#3
Baloo Regular Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 417	Um, because if they didn't exist, the universe might look like it was created just for us, which would be evidence for Jesus, which would defeat the whole point: faith in Jesus must be based on our love for Him, not on evidence. But I like Rufus' answer too.

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PandaJoe Regular Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Bloomington, Indiana Posts: 188	So we could all marvel at the sheer amount of random useless crap God made.

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lunachick Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NZ Posts: 7,895	So that Holst could write his magnus opus?

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Nickle Regular Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Texas Posts: 385	Hammersmith?

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