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>>>>> "Deckard" == Deckard  <rdeckard@venus.net> writes:

    >>
    >>> Can you imagine the ignorance of finding a Rock in the
    >>> antartic and we think it came from Mars.
    >>  The reaction from the scientific community has been of
    >> skepticism, as Bro Rich Brown reported.  Even Carl Sagan, who
    >> is an avid proponent of the possibility of E.T. life, doesn't
    >> believe the evidence points to life on Mars.
    >> 

    Deckard> Several years ago I was teaching a Bible Study in the
    Deckard> county jail and constantly had a prisoner bring up this
    Deckard> idea about life on other planets in the universe.  I
    Deckard> prayed about this and felt that, rather than argue for
    Deckard> against it, I should ignore it.  Plainly put, it is a
    Deckard> non-issue.  God created the universe, and God is the
    Deckard> source of all life- so if anything exists out there, God
    Deckard> made it.  However, only man was made in God's image, only
    Deckard> man sinned, and only man needed redemption.  Whether it
    Deckard> is moss on a rock in Africa, Asia or Mars it is totally
    Deckard> irrelevant.

I agree, but on a fine point, only man is *DOCUMENTED* scripturally to
have been made in God's image.  Any extra-terrestrial life forms that
may or may not exist are not mentioned in the Bible because they have
no effect upon our salvation.  This does not mean that such life does
not exist, nor does it mean that it does exist, but it is, as you
said, irrelevant.  

Because of this irrelevance, I feel that if extra-terrestrial life
does exist, humanity will not make contact with it until after the
church is taken home, so it will never have any effect on church
salvation.  If, say for instance, Klingons exist, God's plan for them
would be revealed to them by God, and we (the church) would not be
part of it!

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