Earth is like a precious jewel on a sheet of black velvet! No matter how
many other life-bearing planets there are in the Universe there is
certainly no other exactly like it. That makes us rather precious as
well. Too bad we can't see the forest for the trees. @:|>
Gary VanderMolen wrote:
I'd like to think that if God is real he made the Universe into a
giant petri dish just to see what would result and I seriously doubt
he gives a Rat's ass about you and me personally. On the level of
species he might find the Human Race mildly interesting. @:D>
Looking at the universe, it's pretty clear that it's random and
arbitrary.
Perhaps. We don't know enough about the universe to declare that
it's truly random. We also don't know what lies outside the known
universe, or what existed prior to the start of the current universe.
I think it's reasonable to conclude that if there is an intelligent
force that created it/guides it, then it's worldview is also random
and arbitrary (at least by our standards.)
One doesn't follow from the other. Randomness in the universe may
be required by some gravitational law or string theory that we're not
aware of yet. This would not prevent God from selecting one planet
(Earth) for some special purpose. So far scientists haven't found a
shred of evidence that life exists on other planets. Earth sounds
pretty special to me.
Gary VanderMolen
