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Originally Posted by Guest
ABSOLUTELY. Cherry pick your Bible all you want, but don't cram it down our throats. When was the last time you wore cotton & polyester, sold a house, or trimmed your beard, which is also "forbidden by God"? The arrogance of claiming to speak for God. We know less about God than an ant knows about nuclear fusion. There are 60 billion stars in the observable universe, and trillions of earth-like planets. Since our star is in a remote corner of the universe, it's possible God placed us there because we are the greediest and most destructive of all the creatures ever created. So claiming to know what God thinks is laughable. http://www.basicknowledge101.com/pho...-of-galaxy.png |
Not arguing...just showing that you were conservative...
"How many stars are there in our galaxy?
100 billion stars
In one calculation, the Milky Way has a mass of about 100 billion solar masses, so it is easiest to translate that to 100 billion stars. This accounts for the stars that would be bigger or smaller than our sun, and averages them out. Other mass estimates bring the number up to 400 billion.May 21, 2014"
"Kornreich used a very rough estimate of 10 trillion galaxies in the universe. Multiplying that by the Milky Way's estimated 100 billion stars results in a large number indeed: 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars, or a "1" with 24 zeros after it.May 17, 2017"
That's a LOT of stars...a pretty big waste of space if we're the ONLY planet with life...IF making life is the purpose and it's not just random.
Maybe our universe is a "science lab" and all the "God" students (a STEM major for sure) have to create a self sustaining "terrarium" (planet) to pass the course and move on. Like when you made hydrogen and oxygen in chemistry lab. Part of "Getting your "God" degree".
I have another question for the "believers". Why is it...God did a whole lot of communicating with people way back when...giving them stuff, talking to them, giving them orders...but has been completely silent ever since Jesus over 2,000 years ago. How come God doesn't "do anything" any more? No plagues, no destroyed cities, no burning bushes, nobody becoming salt. I'm just curious if you've thought about that at all. Jesus was SUPPOSED to have returned with his kingdom...even before Paul started his campaign to spread "Christianity". What happened? What's the official word on the delay? Mechanical? Weather?