Could Life exist on Mars?

[Yeshua1]

Where exactly in Scripture do you base this on?

Basing it upon the fact of God creating man in his own image, and sending Himself to earth in the person of jesus to die and atone for our sins...

Think that IF he had created other sentient races, would have them discussed in bible regarding the eternal state, but no one else there!

 

[Arbo]

Basing it upon the fact of God creating man in his own image, and sending Himself to earth in the person of jesus to die and atone for our sins...

Think that IF he had created other sentient races, would have them discussed in bible regarding the eternal state, but no one else there!

Perhaps it is not mentioned because He did not deem it necessary to tell us.

Yes, man is created in His image; but the earth is populated by other forms of life. Why would the fact that man is on earth negate the possibility of a different form of life elsewhere?

Side question: Is not Heaven described as a physical place?

 

[Yeshua1]

Perhaps it is not mentioned because He did not deem it necessary to tell us.

Yes, man is created in His image; but the earth is populated by other forms of life. Why would the fact that man is on earth negate the possibility of a different form of life elsewhere?

Side question: Is not Heaven described as a physical place?

Not that I am aware of!

Its a realm/different dimension to ours, and we enter into it once dead...

 

[Benjamin]

Yes, man is created in His image; but the earth is populated by other forms of life. Why would the fact that man is on earth negate the possibility of a different form of life elsewhere?

Could be because on Earth man's life and his enviroment is supported by a large complex system of life. I see no reason for life to support us on other planets...but unless of course God knew we'd wreck this planet and be needing another fresh start some day. :smilewinkgrin:

 

[Yeshua1]

Could be because on Earth man's life and his enviroment is supported by a large complex system of life. I see no reason for life to support us on other planets...but unless of course God knew we'd wreck this planet and be needing another fresh start some day. :smilewinkgrin:

Could it be that our World ONLY one God created with this complex set of "everything coming together", as he knew that earth would be the world he created life only on, and created condition right to nurture and substain it?

 

[Arbo]

Not that I am aware of!

Its a realm/different dimension to ours, and we enter into it once dead...

"I go to prepare a place for you..." -Jesus.

 

[Arbo]

Could be because on Earth man's life and his enviroment is supported by a large complex system of life. I see no reason for life to support us on other planets...but unless of course God knew we'd wreck this planet and be needing another fresh start some day. :smilewinkgrin:

Does it necessarily need to support man?

 

[Arbo]

Could it be that our World ONLY one God created with this complex set of "everything coming together", as he knew that earth would be the world he created life only on, and created condition right to nurture and substain it?

Can that be found in the Bible? No.

You very well could be right...or not. The point is, because Scripture is silent on the subject (if I'm wrong, I'd really like to know) of life elsewhere it's anybody's guess.

 

[humblethinker]

"I go to prepare a place for you..." -Jesus.

Wait a minute Arbo... not so fast! Next thing we know you'll be claiming that Jesus is human and has a temporal existence!

 

[Arbo]

Wait a minute Arbo... not so fast! Next thing we know you'll be claiming that Jesus is human and has a temporal existence!

Well, He was on earth for 30ish years.

 

[Yeshua1]

Well, He was on earth for 30ish years.

And right now back to having the fullness of his glory back in heaven again...

And in heaven, in a reality above and beyond what we are able to know as reality right now!

 

[Benjamin]

Does it necessarily need to support man?

It seems to me God created life with the purpose of supporting man and gave him dominion over it while making the personal sacrifice of His One and Only to sustain that life (of man) spiritually for eternity. I simply see no purpose or reason in Him creating other life with a lessor cause.

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
(Gen 1:24-28)

 

[Arbo]

And right now back to having the fullness of his glory back in heaven again...

And in heaven, in a reality above and beyond what we are able to know as reality right now!

Agree, but I fail to see how it makes it impossible for created life to physically exist elsewhere.

 

[Arbo]

It seems to me God created life with the purpose of supporting man and him having dominion over it while making the personal sacrifice of His One and Only to sustain that life spiritually for eternity. I simply see no purpose or reason in Him creating other life with a lessor cause.

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
(Gen 1:24-28)

I see your point, but how does it rule out the possibility that He's created life elsewhere? Why does life elsewhere need to be human?

 

[Benjamin]

I see your point, but how does it rule out the possibility that He's created life elsewhere? Why does life elsewhere need to be human?

I doesn't rule it out, maybe a better answer from my perspective would be "highly unlikely" ...I mean maybe God needed some practice or something, or He likes watching little things move about like we like to watch ants or something, I don't know. :laugh::smilewinkgrin:

 

[Yeshua1]

Agree, but I fail to see how it makes it impossible for created life to physically exist elsewhere.

it doesn't, its just that it appears that SENTIENT created life, made in image of God, is for JUST us, as God created Humanity to be the beings that would forever be with Himself, eventually into new eternal state...

Almost like God gave all He had in creating mankind, and in having jesus death secure a means to save some to be with Himself for all eternity!

jealous God, so just room for mankind to be with Him...

 

[Arbo]

Benjamin, Y1- I suppose one day this and many other questions will be answered.:wavey:

 

[quantumfaith]

Good questions... Maybe we should answer that scripture is silent on extra-terrestrial -non-spiritual- life. I think it's a mistake to put all of our eggs of faith in the basket of creationism (of the anti-intellectual fundamentalist flavor), such that if the evidence makes it irrational to believe as we currently do then our acknowledgement of the evidence results in us abandoning our faith.

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Seems to me the "church" has gotten things wrong like this before. As we (I) age I have learned how careful one must be about saying "never" and "always", perhaps that is also the mathematician in me.

 

[Magnetic Poles]

Life may exist there, or may have in the distant past when Mars was more like today's Earth. Or it may be a sterile world. It would be a major discovery if we find there is native Martian life.

In case they are reading this, I now state my welcome to our new Martian overlords in hopes of currying their favorable treatment.

 

[HeirofSalvation]

I am a Creationist 100%. I don't even accept forms of Theisitc Evolution. However, I hate this argument, this "proof" that Creationists try to use. The fact is, if evolution were true, then we would have developed to inhabit the environment. We wouldn't have developed because of the environment. So, saying that "Earth is the only place that has all the necessary ingredients for life" actually hurts our cause, instead of helping it, by making us look ignorant.

Agreed 100%....:thumbsup::wavey::thumbs: If Abiogenesis (from a materialistic perspective) is even POSSIBLE...than it stands to reason that lifeforms with completely different needs would/could have evolved. They have not. Why the necessity for water? Or oxygen? or even "relatively" stable temperatures? I do not personally believe there is physical life anywhere (or of any kind) other than on Earth...But we do not know for sure...Scripture is simply silent on the issue. I do not think anyone can use the Scriptures to be dogmatic about it either way. The creation account says nothing whatsoever ( and that means for or against) about the possibility of other life-forms.

However, I personally find it to be highly un-likely.