Regarding your question to any of us who believe in intelligent design that have a position regarding life beyond this Earth: We of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints have long believed in life elsewhere. As an example, we have a verse of scripture that our Prophet Joseph Smith translated from Moses's teachings that reads: "And Worlds without number have I created; and I also created them for mine own purpose; and by the Son I created them, which is mine Only Begotten." (Pearl of Great Price, Moses 1:33. Translated by Joseph Smith in June of 1830) I'm not prepared to give an oration on this topic, but we believe their are other worlds and that great prophets like Moses and Abraham believed it as well. Given the date of Joseph's penning this, I'd say that's pretty awesome. By the way, I accept the fact that there were Dinosaurs and that this world is very old. As I understand it, the Lord took existing materials and formed it. The word create should be formed. When the Old Testament refers to days, it is just referring to periods of time. If God exists, which I believe he does, he has been around a long time and a day to him could be a long period of time, for example one spin of the Milky way. Snuff said. Have a great day! Gary Thompson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim" <kimharch@cut.net> To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 10:57 AM Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Question On Recently Discovered Planet
Does anyone know if proponents of creationism or intelligent design have ever weighed-in on the topic of life beyond Earth? I'm truly interested to know if any of these folks have a position. I don't recall ever reading or hearing anyone discuss it.
Kim