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explanations please..?
I have a 2 questions for religious people, preferably Christians. One, what is the purpose of other planets that do not have life, and two, how and where do ice ages fit into history, creation, and God's plan?
I'm Christian so I'm not trying to prove anyone wrong. Please don't answer if you are an athiest or agnostic.
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Mmmm... Depends. Are you asking for a direct bible answer or a "commentary from a priest answer"?
The direct answer is that neither of these are addressed in either testament, so they are sort of gray areas. However...
God created the entire universe, not just Earth. Some might say that he created barren planets to add to the beauty and majesty of the universe, which I don't quite buy... Dunno. If planets with alien life were discovered, it would affect Christianity and religion in general greatly.
As for the ice ages, the common religious view is that they just aren't that important. The old testament starts 5.7 thousand years ago and the new one starts 2006 years ago, the ice age being very far off from both those times. They don't quite fit in with the doctrine anyway.
Hope this helps.
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I'm not sure how reliable these sources are, but here they are. :)
The Ice Age - all the way at the bottom of this page
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I'm not sure how much of this one I believe, but here it is
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This page has a lot of information
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I couldn't find anything about why the planets were there, but in my opinion, it doesn't matter why God created other planets. Maybe out of boredom or experimentation before the Earth and life were created? Maybe to give us something to discover and study? It's all up to your own interpretation. Some of the most scholarly Christians will have completely opposite views about this. You can ask God when you get into heaven. :)
My opinion about the ice ages is that the Bible isn't very complete. It doesn't include information about everything. There may be some miniscule mention of ice, cold, or wooly mammoths in there, but the Bible is more of guidelines on how to live than an account of history. I think that the explanation given about how it happened after the flood makes a lot of sense.
Ask your pastor about this I'm sure that he or she will be more than happy to talk to you about these types of things. Your pastor will know a bit more than me. Great questions by the way. :)
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