Aliens And UFO's?

[Ranger Kat]

What do you guys believe concerning the existence of life somewhere besides Earth? A friend and I are having a debate about it currently, and I'd like to know what you guys think.
I'll post my views once I've got some replies.

[Queen Esther]

Is it possible God created other universes with different beings? Yes. Does the Bible state anything specifically? Not that I recall...

[ToGodBeTheGlory]

Originally Posted by Queen Esther

Is it possible God created other universes with different beings? Yes. Does the Bible state anything specifically? Not that I recall...

I agree with Esther on this.

I'd hate to say "God didn't make other universes" and then when I get to heaven see that he really did.
However, the Bible mentiones nothing about it.
Let's pretend God did create another universe. If those "people" could interact with us in any way at all, or would effect humanity, then God would have included the sunject in his word.

So even if God did, it's not something we need to worry about because we know they wouldn't interact with us.

Personally I believe God created this universe and this one alone.
This univers glorifies him and is his great creation and we his people.

[Brandi]

personally i think God mostlikly did. I mean we failed the test we sinned... so why would God stop at just creating us, creating something that failed. It seems logical to me that he would try again somewhere else. But maybe he didnt. It doesnt seem like a big deal one way or another to me tho so il find out when i get to see him face to face.

[Ranger Kat]

I agree with all of you guys. Why wouldn't God create another world/life forms? I mean, there's so much space that hasn't even been explored yet, so I think it's entirely possible that there are "aliens" out there.

[Damaris]

It appears to me that the Bible gives some indications against the possibility of aliens on other planets.

Genesis 1:14-18:

And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so. God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.

So God quite literally made the sun, the moon, and all the stars for the express purpose of giving light on the earth. It doesn't make sense from a secular viewpoint - those stars are so many light years away, so far out there, that earth is just an insignificant little speck of dust compared to the sheer volume of suns and galaxies and open space. But God's word says differently: those stars and galaxies and such were put carefully in place on the behalf of earth, and ultimately for us.

Originally Posted by Brandi

personally i think God mostlikly did. I mean we failed the test we sinned... so why would God stop at just creating us, creating something that failed. It seems logical to me that he would try again somewhere else.

If Jesus' atonement for our sins was a 'Plan B' or some other sort of attempt to make the best out of a bad situation (the fall) then I would be inclined to agree with you. But Scripture indicates that the Gospel was God's plan from the very beginning:

1 Peter 1:18-21

For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God. (emphasis mine)

So if Jesus was chosen as the perfect lamb to die for us before the earth was even created, then everything happened right on schedule - God did not create something that failed, rather, he created something that He knew would fail for the purpose of bringing the utmost glory to Himself.

In light of this passage God was not disappointed with how the first batch turned out, salvaged it as best he could, and then tried again on another planet. No, for that philosophy to work we'd have to believe that we're somehow second-rate, and that God has other images of Himself that are more perfect and glorious and righteous in His sight than us. But the whole message of the Gospel is that we are completely restored by His grace and Christ's atonement. We are referred to in Scripture as the "righteousness of God" (2 Corinthians 5:21) and as the people God chose for His own inheritance (Psalm 33:12, Psalm 82:8 ). So basically, by God's grace we've been raised up, fully restored to be to the Lord all that He created us to be; to fulfill our original purpose that we were created to do. This good news is the Gospel of Christ, and the only way to make it work with this particular alien theory is to diminish its affect on us and to diminish its affect on God.

I didn't set out to make such a strong post; I actually was of the attitude that this topic isn't much of a big deal either way. But then I started writing. I hope and pray that it is edifying to all and that you'll forgive me, Brandi, for appearing to pick on you.

[Queen Esther]

I don't think if God created another species on a different planet that it would be because we "made a mistake" but like all other things to glorify Him. God may have created another galaxy where they live after He created the earth. I don't know how they would fit into the Millennial but God would know if He did create "aliens". I just don't know by those verses alone that it would disprove God creating other species...it disproves that Jesus' sacrifice would not cover them and that they were not a result of us screwing things up. However God does everything ultimately so that He will get glory so for that it may be that He created a different race on another planet.

[Damaris]

Originally Posted by Queen Esther

I just don't know by those verses alone that it would disprove God creating other species...

They don't.

For that first part of my post, all I was saying was that there is a slight indication against it: the fact that God created the rest of the universe for the purpose of bringing light to the earth. So if we want to take this verse completely literally, then at the time of creation all the other galaxies and planets and stars were made because of their effect on earth. Life on other planets would have no effect on earth, so there would be no reason for life to exist on other planets.

Now, I can punch holes in my own argument to save everyone else the trouble. God would then have no reason to make all the other planets so unique and rich in detail, but He did. And He would have no reason to create all those wonders we can see only through the hubble telescope, since they don't really "give light on the earth" but He did.

So I fully agree that this is not proof. It's just a hint in that direction.

[Kinga]

I have been curious about aliens also but this is the conclusion I came upon:
It is possible that God made "aliens" on another planet, but this is unimportant; meaningless to us. If God wanted us to know, then the information would be in the bible. I think its just one of those things that we should trust in God about, because he is so great, that I think if we even had a pinch of his intelligence, our brains would explode lol.

[Kmstreet64]

i agree with statements above. i do not claim to know whether or not God created foreign life, but i do tend to think he has. whether extraterrestrials exist or not, we shouldn't have to worry, because God would've told us in some way.