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To: DannyTN
There are some 300 billion stars in our galaxy - the Milky Way; there are some several hundreds of billions of galaxies, some smaller some larger; every time a new star gazing satellite goes up still more galaxies are found. So of these many trillions of stars in our universe, none but the insignificant star on the outskirts of an average galaxy in an average sized galactic cluster has intelligent life?

That seems a ridiculous stretch...

90 posted on 11/13/2009 2:21:49 PM PST by PIF
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To: PIF
"That seems a ridiculous stretch..."

That depends on your perspective. And "insignificant star on the outskirts of an average galaxy in an average sized galactic cluster" speaks volumes about your perspective.

If you take the evolutionist view that we are happenstance, and that somehow the odds of life occurring and evolving new functionality is more common and easier than it appears, because we are here, so it must be easier than we think, then yeah it does seem a stretch.

But if you take the Genesis view that the stars weren't created until Earth's 3rd day, implying that everything else in the Universe was for the benefit of earth. Then billions of galaxies each full of billions of stars is simply a reminder of how powerful our God really is. But then He would have to be.

To have personal relationships with each of the 2 billion Christians on a daily basis, not to mention the angels and the past saints, all simultaneously, He has to be a truly phenomenal God, with power that is just unimaginable.

We are still unraveling the complexity of the Universe, and we are still unraveling the complexity of the single cell. Both speak to the wonder of His skill.

93 posted on 11/13/2009 4:22:20 PM PST by DannyTN
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