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1) Don't know the mind of 'God' myself so can't say.

2) Can't even prove 'God' exists, I'm just pointing out one of a whole series of highly improbable things that had to break our way in order to show up. The moon forming event is only the most improbable. And total probability is all of the individual probability's multiplied the MFE tends to skew the numbers from the already highly improbable into the silly. A pit boss in Las Vegas once told me that he doesn't have to know how a guy is cheating, or even prove that he is. If he saw something that defied the laws of random chance you were asked to leave.

3) While higher life appears to be highly improbable, even given the enormous number of stars in the galaxy, 'Life' in its simplest forms appears to be able to exist and develop almost anywhere. Perhaps God, Fate, or the Bookies in Vegas just prefer bacteria over higher forms.

4) While fundamental physics does prevent FTL it does not stop us from reaching the stars. A starship using a Helium 3 fusion drive and magnetic ram scoop breaking could reach some of the nearer stars that we know to have planets. It would have to be a giant ship and the generation that departs Sol would not be the one that arrives in their new home. Humanity can reach the stars, just not commute back and forth like Star Trek.