If God is real, why would He make stars that we can't see?
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I believe it is because God did not make everything ultimately for us, as though we are his greatest affection. Ultimately he made everything because his infinite joy in his own majestic greatness overflowed like a fountain. He didn't make us becuase he needed us or somehow could not stand to go on without a people who would worship him. He didnt create to fulfill a need. He created to express his joy. He is the happiest being that exists and what you see when you find stars beyond our visual range or beautiful deep sea plant and animal life yet to be even discovered is a God of pure joy enjoying his own ability to create wonderous things. From a practical standpoint it does seem pointless to have stars so far away their light will probably not reach us before we're all dead. But I dont think there has to be a practical purpose for something you create. We do it all the time. Its called art. There is a Psalm which says 'the heavens declare the glory of God.' That is their purpose. For the happiest being in the universe to enjoy his own creative greatness, and for us to enjoy him as well.
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God won't be mocked. Even the most faithful who believe in God have not seen him, and just because you can't see him does not mean he doesn't exist. \nYou want proof of his existance but can you prove that he doesn't?\nLook around you, his proof is in all the beauty that you see in his creations. There also are many quiet miracles to behold. I know science would have us all believe that we were developed in a test tube, along with every animal,plant,bug or living thing. That is not the case. Besides the bigger question is WHY? There has to be a purpose for all this madness.
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Because we don't nor can we see through the eyes of a perfect God.
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God reveals himself all the time.  Maybe GOD is the UNIVERSE.  That's kinda how I see it.... to put it simply.
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With over 300 billion stars in our own  Milky Way Galaxy and over 300 billion galaxies in the visible universe that leaves us with 40 trillion stars in our universe.  Considering that 80% of all stars are sun like and the possibility that most stars will have their own solar system as we do, then we could come to the conclusion that there are indeed millions or more other places within our own universe where the possibility for4 life exists.  For which god they may pray to......Well us wait and ask them.   Wouldn't it be cool if we all prayed to the SAME god?????
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Creation is proof of God.  You can't see the wind either, but you know its there by the effects it has.
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God is the creator of all things seen and unseen.
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Let's take the religious aspect away from this question first. Even if we assume that there is no God, then the probability of other lifeforms existing elsewhere in the universe is extremely high.\n\nEven in our "visible" universe taking the number of stars with the ratio that are expected to have planets, with the ratio of those that should have planets capable of supporting life, with the ratio of those where life has actually started, we still come out with a significant number. When we start thinking about the concept of the "multiverse" with the existence of other dimensions, then this becomes mind-boggling.\n\nComing back to religion, it is a natural aspect of the human mind that we should see ourselves as central to the importance of the universe. So it was when we thought ourselves to be the centre of the solar system and, no doubt, so it will be as and when we discover something outside the currently visible universe.\n\nI think most people (other than creationists) see the story of Genesis as an allegory. I personally see no clash at all between my scientific views and my beliefs as a Christian. If God created life, why should he have not created it elsewhere as well as on Earth.\n\nSo the answer to your question is, yes.........there has to be other planets (or indeed moons) with life on them, may be even within our own solar system !
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Scientist thinks that God is not Real, that he is only an Invention of the Humans to make people Believe and to control all this Society ... So, you are never going to see him!
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You are right.  When we get to heaven,faith will no longer be needed because we will know God.\nTell me, do you know about the big bang and black holes or do you believe in them.  The evidence for Black Holes is infered, its the absence of background information that indicates something is sucking the light the light away and bending the light of one star so we see two images of the same star on earth.\nBelief in God is infered by the universe and the order we see.  Neither of us have knowledge of that wich is beyond us.
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Because religion is what is used to explain what we do not understand.  From the beginning of time people have created religions and Gods to compensate for the unknown.  \n\nOriginally, eclipses, stars, and pregnancy were all seen as works of a God.  Now we understand these sciences and can rationalize them in our common knowledge.  If you expand this to today, we have a whole belief system setup to explain what we don't understand in today's world.  And it doesn't take a genius to think, "Well, these seems to be a process... ...I wonder what happens when we know a bit more, and a bit more, and...".  \n\nSo to me, a belief in God or a religion is nothing more then an acceptance of intellectual laziness. It's an excuse to look at something you don't understand and say "God did it" instead of "Let's find out how that came to be and why".\n\nDo I think that there could be a God?  Sure.  But I also believe that there could be life on another planet.  Which one do you think we will have quantifiable proof of first?
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In the begining...(sorry, couldn't help myself) God decided that he wanted to see if he could create a rock so big he couldn't lift it. Since God was self-eternal, he knew he that what was directly "created" could never be truly equal to a being that was self-eternal, so he thought to himself "how about a place where they might be more likely to arise"?\nHaving pondered the logistics he finally decided that the best approach was to compact everything into a "ball", and then detonate said ball with such force that matter would be seperated from energy. He knew that certain elements would naturally bond together in the aftermath, forming chunks here and pieces there. Eventually forming more and more complex entities. Even to the point of being able to temporarily trap some of the free flowing energy that tried to pass through the material. \nThis trapped energy would, in it's attempt to move out of said material, give the appearance of animation. Some of this "animating energy", depending in part on the length of time it was trapped and the complexity of the matter it was in, would come to realize it's situation of separation. Perhaps then, if the animating energy accepted it's separation as not necessarily a bad thing, it could organize itself in such a way as to keep itself intact once it left the host material.\nOn a large scale this can be seen when some stars evolve into a black hole, with a "singularity" inside. On a small scale it can be seen in Jesus or Buddha or a few others who have organized their animating energy into a permanent consciousness.\nThus fufilling God's original experiment as to whether he could make a rock so heavy he couldn't lift it. A universe where separated energy can indeed become self-eternal. \n"In the image of God", but on a smaller scale.
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God Himself is watching your every move, your every thought ,word & deed.  \n\nBetter believe it cause it's real & you'll find out someday.  I never for one second have disbelieved it.   never will.
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Is it intelligent to deny the possibility of something simply because it is beyond the grasp of our puny little minds. Do you know what is at 3.3 degrees lattitude 2.7 degrees longitude on the most distant planet in the universe? I'm pretty sure such a place exists, but you'll never see it. There was a time when humans could not detect atoms or microbes. Did they not exist? Do you think you can know every fact of the universe? Is there something that you don't know? The truth is that human intellect is extremely limited, this is obvious. The Bible says to not depend on your own understanding. In the Bible, Job tried to figure out things which were beyond him, so God quizzed him on simple things, just like I did you, to show him how limited his ability to know and understand really is. We humans think we're so smart, but in fact we're so tiny, so finite in an infinite reality. If one mistakes  their ignorance for evidence and limits reality to their puny intellect then they live in a very very small place. Ever heard of Albert Einstein? He believed in God. Was he dumb or ignorant, or did he think a little bigger than you? There are things that I know from science that are mind boggling, I have no problem with the concept of God. The very first thing that you need to decide is do you really want to know the truth no matter what it may cost you. Those that are blinded to the truth don't want it in the first place. God offers it to those who truly want it. This includes you if you humble yourself and seek with an open heart and mind. Pride, arrogance, and a hard heart will blind you quicker than anything. You must have the faith and humility of a little child to see the ultimate reality. This is not a matter of the head, but a matter of the heart. It is the human heart that is the problem. Our hearts are polluted and our minds darkened by evil, but God sent a great light into the world to cleanse the human heart and enlighten the mind. This light is The Son of God, Jesus Christ. He was innocent yet He was put to death to satisfy the just demands that a righteous and holy God had AGAINST YOU. Now if you can humble yourself before Him and in faith, gratefully accept this unspeakable and FREE GIFT from a kind and merciful God, then you will be born again by His Holy Spirit and given eternal life. Your first birth is physical, your second birth will be spiritual. Now you are capable of grasping only physical concepts and thinking and living only in the physical realm of reality, which as I have pointed out is a very very small place, but then you will become spiritually alive and able to live in the spiritual realm of reality where their is truth and wisdom, and not just knowledge. Well, you say you want to be enlightened. I have given you the truth. What are you going to do with it?><>Sir Brian
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That's a great question. Very succinctly stated, as well.  I wish I could come up with an eloquent and convincing answer but I'm afraid I can't... How can we ever know the answer to a question like this? It's like asking what the meaning of life is....\nIf God truly and unequivocally existed, I would say that he/she would definitely be limited by our perception of him/her. However, considering there's no way to know if there even is a god, I'd say that the idea is limitless and therefore all-encompassing and in no way limited or susceptible to limitations since it's all imagination anyway.
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God is full of surprises to us.  In our 3 dimensional world, we can't begin to fathom the wonders and surprises of God.  Maybe billions of years in the future, after we have travelled the universe, we will have enough knowledge of God to predict  God's intentions.   I doubt if we'll ever know enough to predict God's actions.
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god is real and he sees all