Guys, I really don't even care whether or not God made us above or below the angels. Angels are not present in this universe. (If you can demonstrate that they exist at all.) My question was: Why would a perfect, all-knowing being who never makes a mistake, go out of his way to create the universe, fill it with one hundred and fifty sextillion planets, create the earth, (9 billion years later) place humanity on one of them (more than 4 billion years later), fill that planet with such diverse life (99.8% of which is now extinct), create features on said animals that provide evidence that they evolved (giraffe's laryngeal nerve, immovable musculature on certain mammals/birds), and then expect people to interpret all of that as evidence of his existence? And if the only answer you can give me is "Well, the Lord works in mysterious ways, who are we to know the mind of God?", then this discussion is over.
I know this has kind of drifted away from my original topic, so I'll close with a point Lek never really responded to.
If God did create other life on other planets, it is probable that they also worship/serve God. But, that religious practice has nothing to do with Christianity. Christ did not die for their sins. (If they indeed have sins.) Christ's crucifixion was a planetary event, not a universal event. Unless you believe the Earth is the only planet with life on it, in which case "planet" and "universe" are essentially interchangeable, to which I would have you respond to my original question of 'Why?'".
By definition, Christianity is geocentric. If you don't live on Earth, then Jesus didn't die for you, and if you do live on Earth, don't think about other planets, they don't matter, just serve God.
Pretty straight-forward.
I know this has kind of drifted away from my original topic, so I'll close with a point Lek never really responded to.
If God did create other life on other planets, it is probable that they also worship/serve God. But, that religious practice has nothing to do with Christianity. Christ did not die for their sins. (If they indeed have sins.) Christ's crucifixion was a planetary event, not a universal event. Unless you believe the Earth is the only planet with life on it, in which case "planet" and "universe" are essentially interchangeable, to which I would have you respond to my original question of 'Why?'".
By definition, Christianity is geocentric. If you don't live on Earth, then Jesus didn't die for you, and if you do live on Earth, don't think about other planets, they don't matter, just serve God.
Pretty straight-forward.
“Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves.” - Carl Sagan, The Demon Haunted World: Science As A Candle In The Dark
