Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Are there such things as aliens or UFOs?

Q: Are there such things as aliens or UFOs?
Answer: The term "alien" suppose beings capable of making moral choices, having intellect, emotion and will. First, some scientific facts: + People have sent spacecraft to every planet in our solar system except Pluto. After observing these planets have disabled all except Mars and possibly a moon of Jupiter like planets capable of supporting life. + In 1976, the U.S. sent two spaceships to Mars. Each of them had instruments that could dig into the Martian sand and analyze each character for "life." They found absolutely nothing. If you dug in the desert of derelict land or you dig most frozen dirt in Antarctica and analyze soil there would be full of micro-organism life! In 1997, the U.S. sent "Pathfinder" on the surface of Mars. This ship took more samples and conducted many more experiments. He also found absolutely no sign of life. Since then, several more were launched missions to Mars. Expect the same results. + Astronomers are constantly discovering new "planets" in distant solar systems. Some suggest that the existence of so many "planets" proves that there must be life elsewhere in the universe. The fact is that none of these "planets" never proved to be anything close to a life-supporting planet. The vast distance between Earth and the planets makes it impossible to draw any conclusions with regard to their ability to support life. Knowing that only the Earth can support life in our solar system, evolutionists want very badly to find another planet in another solar system to argue that life must have evolved there somewhere. There may be other "planets" out there, but we do not know anything in detail certain of them to see if they could even remotely support "life." So what does the Bible say? Earth and humanity are unique in God's creation. Genesis 1 teaches that God created the earth, even before he created the sun, moon and stars. Acts 17:24, 26 states that "the God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth ... hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times in advance and the bounds of their habitation. " After creation, mankind was without sin and everything in the world was "very good" (Genesis 1:31). When the first man sinned (Genesis 3), this causes the downfall of mankind, leading to problems of any kind, sickness and death. Although animals have no personal sin before God (they are not moral beings), they nevertheless suffer and even die (Romans 8:19-22). Jesus Christ died to take away the punishment we deserve for our sin. When He returns, He will remove many aspects of the curse that has existed since Adam and in the end will remove all aspects of the curse (Revelation 21-22). Note that Romans 8:19-22 states that all creation eagerly waits for this time! It is also important to note that Christ came to earth to die, that He came to earth to die for mankind and that He died only once (Hebrews 7:27, 9:26-28, 10:10). Putting these truths together concludes: God created the earth and mankind unique. All creation suffers as a result of the fall of man. Christ came to earth to offer Himself once and only once to pay for our sins. Not only believers will be released, but also the whole creation will be released. Conclusion: If all of creation suffers, it means that any life apart from the land will suffer. If, for the sake of argument, moral beings on other planets, then they also suffer, and if not now, then someday they will surely suffer when everything will pass away with a great noise and the elements shall melt with fervent heat (2 Peter 3:10). If they have never sinned, then God would be unjust, punishing them, but if they have sinned, and Christ died only once (which he did on earth), then they are left in their sin, which would also be contrary to character of God (2 Peter 3:9). This leaves us with an unsolvable paradox ... unless, of course, there are moral beings outside the Earth. Well life forms on other planets which are not moral and sensitive? Can there be algae or even dogs and cats unknown planet? And it probably would not be contrary to any biblical text. But will surely arise in trying to answer questions like "Since all of creation suffers, what purpose would God have in creating suffering without moral and non-sentient creatures on distant planets? In conclusion, the Bible gives us no reason to believe that there is life elsewhere in the universe. In fact, the Bible gives several reasons why this can not be. Yes, there are many strange and unexplainable things happen. There is no reason, however, to attribute these phenomena to aliens or UFOs. If there is a notable cause of these alleged events, it might be spiritual, and in particular with demonic origin.

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