Well are God is a creative God. I'm not against the idea there could be other life forms out there. 

Evolution & Chaos Theory: Statistically speaking... we shouldn't exist.
Creation: Sure, it's possible. The problem is that if we fell and we were made in God's image, what chance does the alien have at not sinning? That would require either interstellar space travel for us to share the Gospel with them OR... Jesus to die again for their sins... or at least to show up and tell them what he has already done, but they'd probably kill him for saying that just like us.

Bottom line: We're it. Period. Logically, it doesn't follow that there's other life out there.

So... the questions are: What were those lights? Are we sure it wasn't faked? Does it even matter?

But... that's the folly. His sacrifice HERE was to be the FINAL sacrifice. It wasn't for "our" sins, it was for ALL sin. So, if he did the same thing ANYWHERE else, then our faith is a lie.


Free will and human nature is the reason for our sin. We didn't need a snake or Satan. Satan was given free will and he too found a way to sin w/o someone tempting him.

Don't give Satan more credit than he deserves.

Aliens, if given free will could/would fall just like us and just like the 1/3 of the angles who followed Satan and are now demons.


Here's the problem, in having your open mind, you are putting God in a smaller box that doesn't even hold his true nature. You are in effect making your own god rather than understanding God's true nature.

The fact that every type of intelligent being (humans and angels) created by God chooses to disobey God at some point shows me that it's basically us and the angels, otherwise God starts having to go against his own nature and word.

I seriously want a bumper sticker that says something to the effect of "An open mind is incapable of comprehending the Truth."

OH... don't get me WRONG... I'm not saying God couldn't create other life or isn't creative. He's proven that he could. No doubt. There may even be alien "dogs" but not thinking, rational, intelligent, free willing creatures like us.

I'm also not saying we were the FIRST intelligent creatures who have lived on this planet either A LOT could have happened between verses 1 & 2 of Genesis 1 and that would explain the 6 day creation AND the million year old dino bones

Word!

And i feel ya Dave... but i have to stick with the thought that an Open mind is NOT making God smaller. He gets bigger to me every day.

I'm simply saying that just because its not in the bible doesn't mean its not out there.
Now if the Bible said "there is nothing beyond this planet. you are it!" i would have to say... well... theres nothing out there. BUT its does not say that.

My thought is this. It didn't matter then and it really doesn't matter now. But some things had to be left out... were the only society in History with the knowledge that we have now about the Galaxy and its vastness and so forth. Is anything in the bible about that... no. People in the time before us could not have comprehended that. Imaging going back 2 thousand years and trying to tell someone about all of that... they would think you lost it!

I'm just saying that ANYTHING is possible with GOD and to not think that limits you in mind and in spirit.

We cant even begin to wrap out mind around him.

The problem with what you are saying though is that the Bible is very clear about God's nature and that's one of the main things it exists to teach us about. You can say God is beyond our imagination and that is 100% correct. However, you cannot suggest that God would do something that is against his nature. Both have to be consistent.

In this case, are avoiding the main facts I am providing:

1) Jesus only has to die once.
2) Every type of intelligent beings created by God have chosen things other than him and therefore have sinned.

So... unless you have a way to combat this argument, your open mind is supporting things against God's nature.

Another thing is are minds cant even begin to comprehend all of God's power. We can argue about this all we want but it wont get any where...When we die and go to heaven only then we will know the past the present and the future.