"BTW, do you believe that those things up in the night sky are suns similar to ours. Why do you accept that (assuming you do) when no-one has ever been there and seen them? A literal reading of the bible would indicate that they aren't anything like our sun."
There is no evidence that is credible to believe otherwise. The evidence states this to be true.
Where in the Bible does it state that "reading of the bible would indicate that they aren't anything like our sun." Could you provide the book and verse on that?
All available scientific evidence supports evolution too. Yet you reject that because your preacher tells you to.
Where in the Bible does it state that "reading of the bible would indicate that they aren't anything like our sun." Could you provide the book and verse on that?
From my instant memory at least 3 that I can quote. You'll know the passages well enough to know where they are. I suspect that many other biblical references exist that imply that our sun is not a star:
a. The sun and the stars were created different days. But the sun is just a star like the others. Why on separate days?
b. The bible speaks of Satan's tail knocking 1/3 of the stars from the heavens to the earth. Whoever wrote this had no idea of the nature of stars and was clearly thinking of little lights a few miles up in the sky. They probably thought that meteors really were "shooting stars".
c. Jesus speaks of all the stars falling to the earth on judgement day. Same problem as (b)