I have met some Christians who hold the view that we should in no way attempt to live off the Earth, that it is in violation of Revelations and therefore a violation of God's will. I am a Christian and do not believe this, but I would be interested in hearing from both sides.
I checked the web and could find no further comments from this group, and I did a pretty thorough search
Again, let's try to keep the arguments down to a dull roar and not insult anybody.
Space and Science Ping!
God is God of the Universe.
They can't be serious.
Parody alert!
possible lunatic/parody alert
staggering abysmal idiocy.
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Can we insult Bush for this lame attempt at keeping the U.S. (government-sponsored) manned space program alive?
We have to remember that the Bible was written for peoples living in ancient times. They needed a simple message which related to the environment around them. Guess there are those that want to limit His sovereignty to this planet. What happened to the belief that he was the ORIGINAL CAUSE? There are good pious people who believe every letter of the Word. That's ok. There are other good pious people who are more selective. That's ok, too.
We shouldn't take offense if some people have to see things on a smaller scale. Even in the polytheistic societies, there was always ONE GOD more potent/revered than the others.
Hopefully in another incarnation we'll see things a bit more
clearly. Pity the poor individual who HAS to know all now!
God's domain is not limited to earth. People must remember that Christianity, as well as the other two Abrahamic religions, are REVEALED RELIGIONS. When revealed, they were written in a fashion suited to that time period; If the New Testament, for example, refered to extraterrestrial human life, nobody would understand it. God only reveals what needs to be reavealed, and people need to understand that.
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 2Pe 3:11
We need to get out there and find the new earth.
This is George Bush's fault (spoken in a dull roar tone of voice).
How little faith these people have...
God is god of all things.
Matthew 24:30-31
Mark 13:26-27
John 10:14-16
And He will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
God's elect will be everywhere. The last of these verses (John 10:14-16) even seems to allow the possibility for elect on other planets that we don't even know about.
Luther was a good egg. He pointed out that he could talk directly with God, and so could everybody. That ought to work anywhere in the universe. Nobody is going to escape from His mind just by moving to the Asteroid Belt.
This is actually the basis of Bush's illegal immigrant amnesty plan - those hard-working Mexicans can do the jobs that Americans don't want to do - on Mars. All of nasa's tests indicate that illegal Mexicans will work as hard in space, and on non-earth planets, as they do on earth. Let us reap this wonderful bounty of work and cheap labor.
