(May 24, 2014 at 11:49 pm)LostLocke Wrote: OK, gonna go back to my JW years for this one.
The idea is that the universe is so vast for 2 possible (and very likely both) reasons....
First, in the original perfect world, man would live forever, giving him enough time to eventually develop the technology needed to reach far into space.
Second, there would be more life created on other worlds throughout the universe. But this creative process was put on hold till the debacle of Satan, Adam and Eve right on earth was sorted out first.
The idea here being that earth would set a 'legal precedent' for any other future life created: Rebel and things go south. Listen to Jehovah and all goes well.
That might sound reasonable but from a Biblical pov it's nonsense. The Biblical fairy tale clearly states that man was given dominion over Earth so it seems that we will be stuck here. It also says that Jews will be stuck in the area known as Israel and that all of the Gentiles will become their slaves. So if you want to make a case for humanity going to other planets you're going to have to dump the fairy tale.
