What is the Creationist explanation for why there are other stars and planets?

Question

I believe in God as a concept but if we were meant to live forever in some sort of paradise here on earth while revolving around a star we refer to as our sun, then why do other planets and stars exist?

Also, if God supernaturally created these other planets essentially through magic rather than nature, then why are the other planets in our solar system so remarkably different from one another while at the same time, none of them have the right conditions which support complex life?

These other planets aren't the right distance from the sun and they are either too large, too small, etc., so did God goof up?
Doesn't nature and randomness explain it, instead?

If God created the universe supernaturally, rather than naturally, then:

A, Why don't all planets supernaturally support life as Creationists believe our planet does?
Or
B. Why should any other planets in our solar system even exist then if they don't support life? They have no function from a Creationist perspective.

Again, why are there other stars?

Moreover, why do many of these other stars have planets revolving around them as well? Yet most of the 400 planets that have been discovered so far that orbit these stars (not counting rogue planets) do not have the right conditions to support life. Eventually, as scientists keep looking, life-supporting planets will probably be discovered, but again, doesn't this suggest randomness and pure chance?

This still doesn't mean that there is no God. It simply means that God is not literally a creator in the strict sense of the word. Apparently, it is not God's purpose to supernaturally create things like rocks, living organisms, or for that matter, the universe.

Isn't that nature's function? Why else does nature exist then?

Why can't there be some other reason, some better one, for God to exist?

Answer 1

Look at it this way.

God created matter from pure energy. He also established laws of physics including chemistry, electromagnetism, gravity, time, etc.

He allowed the universe to progress in accordance with these laws, matter coalescing into stars, stars exploding to form heavier elements, elements combining to form planets, expanding universe, stars forming galaxies, etc.

Answer 2

"What is the Creationist explanation for why there are other stars and planets?"



God created them.



"If we were meant to live forever in some sort of paradise here on earth while revolving around a star we refer to as our sun, then why do other planets and stars exist?"



Scientists think that, because of how the laws of our universe are, we need at least several galaxies full of stars to provide everything we need to exist on this planet. Why there are so many galaxies isn't fully known, but Psalms 19:1 does say the universe declares God's glory. That is one reason why the universe is so awe-inspiring, there are probably many more reasons.



"If God supernaturally created these other planets essentially through magic rather than nature, then why are the other planets in our solar system so remarkably different from one another while at the same time, none of them have the right conditions which support complex life?"



First of all, God created nature. So whether he magically 'poofed' all the planets into existence (unlikely), or whether he used his own laws of the universe to make them (likely) is up to him. Again, scientists believe that, at least in our solar system, all of the other planets help life here on earth. We are in an incredibly stable solar system.



"Why don't all planets supernaturally support life as Creationists believe our planet does?"



This is based on the assumption that if there's a God, the only possible reasons for other planets is for there to be life on them. That is an unproved assumption. Take the earth - the earth was ultimately made for human life, yet we only live on a small fraction of the planet. We dwell on the surface, and the 7000 miles between us and the people on the other side of the planet is uninhabitable. Also, 70% of the surface is water, leaving only 30% for us to live on. Even much of that is practically uninhabitable. God only made a very small fraction of the earth to be inhabitable by humans. So it shouldn't be surprising that just a small fraction of planets are inhabitable.



"Why should any other planets in our solar system even exist then if they don't support life? They have no function from a Creationist perspective."



To benefit life here on earth, and to glorify God.



"Moreover, why do many of these other stars have planets revolving around them as well? Yet most of the 400 planets that have been discovered so far that orbit these stars (not counting rogue planets) do not have the right conditions to support"



Actually, that number has more than doubled in the last couple of weeks thanks to a new satellite. The main thing scientists have discovered is not that there's no planets that support life (which would be very hard to detect), but that the solar systems are all unstable, leaving our solar system the only one known stable enough to support advanced life on a planet. But, from a biblical worldview, this is what we would expect. From a naturalistic worldview, you'd expect life to be abundant in the universe.

Answer 3

God is brilliantly and beautifully creative, that explains the planets and stars. Nature's function is to give glory to God. He is a Creator in the strictest sense of the word. He called into being everything out of nothing. Of course, you believe all came from nothing caused by nothing...how is your view more logical than a creationist view that provides a sufficient cause for the universe. Being HE is God, HE can do what ever He wants as long as it is consistent with His holy character. Genesis 1 states the star and planets also give us help with knowing the seasons. God chose to put life on earth. Life exists in the most unfriendly environments one can find on earth. Yet, although the USA has spent trillions looking for life on other planets, so far...none. God wants us to know we are His special creation.

As a Darwinist, can you explain why some planets revolve and/or rotate in different directions. To my knowledge no Darwinist/evolutionary explanation exists. Is that just another of many anomalies in the universe you choose to ignore? How many anomalies have to exist before you reject Darwinism, the creation myth of the 20th century. Isn't it time we moved on...

Clearly, you have not studied astronomy or the main theories involved with the origin of our solar system. The idea that material spun off from any object and ended up revolving around the sun and in some cases rotating in different directions does not fit with any current scientific theory on the origin. If the heavens and earth were created by God, He has a wide range of reasons that could have prompted Him to cause some of these 'reverse' rotations and revolutions.

Answer 4

God created the universe, and He created it the way He wanted it, regardless of whether or not it has a purpose in our own opinions or not. He's an artist, the greatest artist there ever was. Artists create large paintings, small paintings, big sculptures, small ones. Some do abstract, which make no sense except in the eyes of the artist. Others create masterpieces simply to reflect their own talent. Doesn't God do the same?



God chose to create this planet to support our kind of life, but does that mean that He is not God because He doesn't create other planets just like ours? Maybe He likes to create some planets which just don't have the ability to support life. Saturn is pretty lifeless, but it sure is beautiful. Would it have such beauty and power if it supported life? Earth is pretty ordinary in some ways compared to Jupiter or Saturn. As for Stars, Maybe God likes to make stars for fun, because He is God and can do so, because He is an artist and loves to create. If we happen to be in the galactic vicinity where we can view such beautiful creations, then maybe instead of wondering why God didn't do it our way, we can be amazed at how God could create such beautiful things.



Just because things in the universe don't have a function for life doesn't mean that God made a mistake. He likes to make things, and the universe that we see is just a bit of His creative art. Not all art in our society is gimmicks and useful things like tools and technology. Most of it is designed by artists who love to create masterpieces for nothing but looking at and marveling at the creativity behind it. Doesn't God have every right to do the same thing with His own art?

Answer 5

i think he just created them on the first or second day is lights in the sky then he saw it was good that's it really the planets support life from a creationist perspective because they were just made because. If the Bible wrote everything God did and why he did it it would be an extremely long book. Not only that but the bible may have been simplified by God because the barbarians and stuff that were reading it when it was written weren't terribly good with long complex ideas like evolution they still thought the world was flat telling them it was round may have blown there tiny little Neanderthal minds

Answer 6

The Bible claims to be a record of God's interaction with humanity. It never claims to be more than that. Now there are people who have more claims for the Bible than that.



The Bible is not an astronomy text.



I would agree with you that there is little reason why God could not have used natural means in creation. He tends to use natural means a lot.



Why could God not create life elsewhere? How do we know that this universe isn't for us to explore?



Something to think about--something important. Beauty can be an appropriate purpose. God appreciates beauty and creates beautiful things. Why not stars that are beautiful? God also creates romance. Few things better than watching the dark sky with your sweetee.

Answer 7

A. and B. are the same answer. Our planet is so finely tuned to support life it in it self is a miracle. The other planets to have a purpose, or purposes. They are part of the equation in this finely tuned solar system and they provide valuable insight on our planet. From my perspective they also aid in my observance of God's awesome power. The "others" planets would fit this explanation as well.

Answer 8

Wow, that's a lot of questions.



The basic answer is that the primitive people who made up the Bible had no idea what a solar system, galaxy, or deep-space universe was. It was science who discovered these things.

Answer 9

Cause god mades us pretty things to look at.

Answer 10

Goddidit.



Really, what else did you expect?