RE: Evidence for panspermia theory

--- Dick Fischer <dickfischer@verizon.net> wrote:

> Hi David, you wrote:
>
> It certainly takes astonishing faith to believe the panspermia theory!
>
> Leaving out the how or when, let's just say God created life - somehow,
> somewhere. Is there any problem with his having created life initially
> on an earlier planet circling an earlier sun? The universe is 13.7
> billion years old.
WEH: My understanding is that the universe is about 18 billion years old

Our sun is no more than 5 million years old. That's

I'd believe 5 billion, but the earth is ~4.5 billion years old, so the sun can
hardly be 5 million years old.

> a lot of time for lots to happen in between. Stars were born. Stars
> died. Stars have planets. Who can say life was created here on this
> planet for the first time? That's all.
>
> Dick Fischer
> ~Dick Fischer~ Genesis Proclaimed Association
> Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
> <http://www.genesisproclaimed.org> www.genesisproclaimed.org
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
> Behalf Of Bundrick, David
> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 1:36 PM
> To: Janice Matchett; drsyme@cablespeed.com; asa@calvin.edu
> Subject: RE: Evidence for panspermia theory
>
> "When Jesus heard this, he was astonished and said to those following
> him, 'I tell you the truth, I have not found anyone in Israel with such
> great faith'" (Matt. 8:10). It certainly takes astonishing faith to
> believe the panspermia theory!
>
> As an astronomer friend of mine has said, "One of the reasons that
> Anthony Flew rejected atheism a few years ago was because of the total
> failure of numerous scientists around the world to create life
> spontaneously in a laboratory, under the most ideal conditions. This
> quest, which has gone on for 24 hours each day for more than 50 years,
> has produced nothing. Flew was honest enough to see the handwriting on
> the wall. But, such a conclusion is simply too repugnant for the
> naturalist, because it necessitates a creator."
>
> David Bundrick
>
>

Bill Hamilton
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Received on Tue Mar 7 20:47:08 2006