Post by fearnot on Nov 15, 2022 15:20:27 GMT -5
NASA Has a Theory for Why We Might Be Alone in the Universe
For thus says the Lord,
who created the heavens
(he is God!),
who formed the earth and made it
(he established it;
he did not create it empty,
he formed it to be inhabited!)
Isaiah 45:18
( I find it interesting, that in questions such as this
they do not contact Dr. Jason Lisle
he too is an astrophysicist...
albeit a Christian also.
but who better to ask, I wonder, in this type of question?)
Anyway:
Now a team based at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California
is revisiting an old theory
to explain why.
The “Great Filter” theory posits that other civilizations,
potentially many, have existed during the history of the universe,
but they all wiped themselves out before they got a chance to make contact with us
“The key to humanity successfully traversing such a universal filter is…
identifying those attributes in ourselves and neutralizing them in advance,”
JPL astrophysicist Jonathan Jiang
and his coauthors wrote in a new study
As it turns out,
astrophysicist Dr. Jason Lisle does have something to say about this
here are a few quotes from him:
"There are some pretty compelling reasons to conclude that extra-terrestrial life forms native to other planets do not exist.
But these reasons are worldview-dependent.
That is, whether we accept or reject such reasons depends greatly
on our other beliefs about the world and its origin".
Did I mention Dr. Lisle is a young earth creationist
but a super brainiac genius who is not only an astrophysicist,
he has degrees in mathematics,
( he does deep mathematical equations for FUN!)
He of course has a degree in astronomy ( for sure),
physics etc.
He goes on to say:
"Those who believe in neo-Darwinian evolution tend to think that life is an accident of nature.
Namely, evolutionists teach that life began when non-living chemicals
happened to assemble in such a way as to produce a self-replicating cell.
This cell then divided, and mutations produced slightly different versions.
Those with traits less suitable to survival tended to be supplanted by those with advantageous traits, eventually resulting in the variety of life we see on earth today.
If life is just something that happens given enough time and the right chemistry,
it stands to reason that it probably has happened elsewhere as well.
After all, it is a big universe with perhaps 100 billion times 100 billion planets.
It seems nearly certain that a few of them will have the right chemistry.
And if the universe really is 13.8 billion years old,
then life has had plenty of time to evolve on some of those planets.
Extra-terrestrial life is virtually a certainty
in the evolutionary worldview."
But the Bible gives us the actual recorded history of the universe,
including its creation.
It places the beginning a few thousand years ago,
and claims that the first forms of life were created supernaturally by God
according to their kinds.
On day 3 of the creation week, God created plants –
essentially self-replicating food for living creatures to eat.
The Bible mentions the creation of life in earth’s oceans and skies on day 5.
The Bible mentions the creation of land animals and humans on day 6.
But where are the creatures that live on other planets mentioned?
Of course, just because something isn’t mentioned doesn’t prove it didn’t happen.
But when we look at the creation week in Genesis 1,
we see that the earth is very different from the other planets.
The earth is made on the first day (Genesis 1:1-5),
whereas all the other planets are made on day 4 (Genesis 1:14-19).
God spent five of the six creation days working on earth,
making it right for life.
He takes only one day –
day 4 –
to create all the other planets.
Clearly, earth is very special and different from the other worlds.
Dr. Lisle has more to say...
but don't disregard the fact,
that he is every bit as smart as secular scientists!
In my personal opinion
he actually is smarter,
because not only did God bless him with a super high IQ
he has the added advantage of God's Word.
And so in my opinion this applies to him:
I have more understanding
than all my teachers,
for your testimonies are my meditation.
Psalm 119:99
He can do the same math etc. as all the rest of them
but he has an added advantage:
God!
He goes on to explain some of the theological problems with 'aliens'
but you can check him out yourself if interested.
But this 'news'
made me think immediately, of this Christian astrophysicist!
news.yahoo.com/nasa-theory-why-might-alone-010721240.html