Goldylocks zone planet: few must exist; afterthought (Introduction)

by David Turell , Monday, March 13, 2017, 00:41 (2604 days ago) @ David Turell

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dhw:I didn’t know your theory was that solar systems came and went of their own accord until ours “appeared”. I thought you thought your God specifically designed ours, and I wonder why he (had to) set up a system in which solar systems autonomously created and destroyed themselves for the sake of producing humans.

David: Your questions have helped my take my thoughts beyond the observation that God uses evolutionary methods, which is obvious from the history we see. If He is all-powerful then He shouldn't have to use evolutionary processes. So perhaps it is a choice, not a necessity. Either way it follows that He waited until our solar system appeared and arranged for life to appear.

Afterthought: our universe is about 8.78 billion years old. In that period of time there could have been another galaxy that had an Earth and life. Whether it still exists we'll never know, because of the astronomical light-year distances between galaxies other then our neighborhood group. Andromeda, the closest big galaxy is over 2.5 million light years away. The closest Dwarf at 70,000 light years away is the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy. The only evidence for life outside of Earth for us to have contact is within a close part of this galaxy, since the Milky Way is itself 100,000 light years across.

But what these facts bring up is the possibility that God has had an opportunity to develop life with this galaxy in another ideal solar system with an Earth or a series of other solar system we can never contact. Considering how quickly life appeared on Earth after it formed, there literally could be many solar systems with life, possibly with folks like us discussing the mysteries of existence. Some been and gone long before us. God could be a very busy fellow comparing the different results with Earch type of human race produced. Perhaps the galaxy is made so big so we don't ever find out about the others. A sun like ours is a special type that lasts about 10 billion years. This means some life/solar systems have been and gone. Actually, this scenario is just as reasonable as thinking ours is the only life-bearing one ever. That we may not be unique does not bother me at all.