On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Ashley Oviatt wrote: > Is this a good forum for theological (Mormon) discussion?
Probably not. Oh well! We'll go down in flames ... > These pix made me think of the following- Is Christ the redeemer for all > the worlds and galaxies that we (Hubble) can see, or just for our little > earth? I mean, with 1500 galaxies possible in the space of sky the > approximate size of this O, that seems like a lot of life to be > redeeming. Plus, a big reason He came to live amongst us is to be an > example. How could he be an example for people on other planets? (This > obviously assumes a lot of things, but just go with me...) According to McConkie's "Mormon Doctrine", 'our Lord's jurisdiction and power extend far beyond the limits of this one small earth on which we dwell. ... The atonement of Christ, being literally and truly infinite, applies to an infinite number of earths.' You can decide for yourself how authoritative "Mormon Doctrine" is, heh--but it was, so far as I can tell, quoted in "Doctrines of the Gospel: Student Manual," whatever additional authority that gives it. As for the issue of "how could he be an example", I haven't read them, but I've heard that C.S. Lewis kind of talks about it in his "Space Trilogy"--sort of an allegorical science fiction trilogy. Let's see, to tie this back into Unix Users somehow ... hmmm ... If God existed, and created universes innumerable, would He make them POSIX compliant? Would He make His designs Open-Source so that other gods could use them? Hmmm... ~ ross ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
