Re: [BULK] - Re: ICR's ACTS AND FACTS

On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 13:31:04 -0600 douglas.hayworth@perbio.com writes:
>
>
> "Therefore it must not be imagined that Christ died and was
> resurrected
> more
> often, nor must it be thought that in any other world without the
> knowledge
> of the Son of God, that men would be restored to eternal life."
>
> I take this objection quite seriously, as I do the theological (not
> the
> scientific) objections to evolution that YECs make. I do think this
> is up
> to God, whether or not to make other creatures in communion with
> God, and
> whether or not to redeem them if necessary. This does seem to be a
> case of
> idolatrous reason erecting a doctrine that goes well past the Bible.
> But
> I'd like to hear from George Murphy (and anyone else) on this one.
>
> My Reply:
>
> If C.S. Lewis's Narnia and Space Trilogy books are any indication of
> his
> general views on this point, one would have to admit that he did not
> have a
> problem with the notion that God might repeat redemptive acts and
> other
> form of communication with other realms of his creation. I doubt
> that he
> would have written these stories if he had a major hangup with this
> possibility.
>
> Douglas
>
The infinite One has revealed himself to this planet as a Trinity. Is
this to be understood as a strict limitation on his being? God is the
deity to be worshipped by human beings on earth, as well as by angelic
beings of various orders wherever (if there is a where for them) they may
be. Since this already gives us more than the one category of intelligent
beings under the deity, why may there not be others not related to us? To
be sure, we have no evidence of the existence of other rational
creatures, but this does not prove that they either exist or do not
exist.

I seem to recall "proofs" that human beings were confined to earth and
could never leave it. I understand that we are not going to colonize
Venus or Mercury, both of which are hotter than our ovens. But our
fellows have been to the moon, and there seems no reason except money
that colonization is out. There seem to be no more compelling reasons
relative to Mars. Voyage time and energy requirements seem to exclude
trips to earthlike planets circling other stars. But this may be a
divinely ordained quarantine. However, my guesses are not evidence, and I
know that the Almighty has not called me to consult on the matter. Why do
I have the strong feeling that the same limitations apply to those who
are making their confident assertions?
Dave
Received on Thu Mar 4 16:26:31 2004