Why create planets other than Earth?

Assuming God exists:
He created the Earth for us to live on. But why did He create all the other planets? Other galaxies? Universes? Stars?

The bible is so focused on the humanity on this planet, we forget that, if God created everything, this includes things outside this planet. Why would He do that? Forget about planets outside our solar system for a second, if He was to save our souls, surely this could have been done without the creation of the other planets in our solar system.
Our souls have no need for other planets, so the fact that other planets were created could show us that there is no god involved with creation. This just "happened". Given all the innumerable stars that exists, and the potential of planets to exist with them, the odds seem to say "if anything can happen, it has/is/will".
Maybe we're looking "too hard" for God and create him everywhere we look when, if fact, there is no God.

If you keep beating it, it just might get up. A for effort.

Shuddhasattva said:

If you keep beating it, it just might get up. A for effort.

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Arise God of Abe! :bow:

The mythology needs to be considered in its proper context. In other words, you need to consider the state of knowledge of our ancestors and what would have made sense to them when telling stories about their known reality.

On that front, I have one word for you: astrology. For centuries, our ancestors believed that the machinations of the heavens influenced the going-ons of the earth below. There is no doubt this influenced the mythology of the particular god-concept you have in mind with the OP.

Beyond that, your interpretation of (presumably) Abrahamic mythology is laden with questionable assumptions. But, given that I'm not Abrahamic, I really don't care to spend my time debunking it at length. I have another word for you: mythology. As in stories about reality, not literal facts about reality. That's what the Bible is. Quit taking it so literally, folks. More importantly, quit assuming all Abrahamics take it literally. They don't.

tempter said:

Assuming God exists:
He created the Earth for us to live on. But why did He create all the other planets? Other galaxies? Universes? Stars?

The bible is so focused on the humanity on this planet, we forget that, if God created everything, this includes things outside this planet. Why would He do that? Forget about planets outside our solar system for a second, if He was to save our souls, surely this could have been done without the creation of the other planets in our solar system.
Our souls have no need for other planets, so the fact that other planets were created could show us that there is no god involved with creation. This just "happened". Given all the innumerable stars that exists, and the potential of planets to exist with them, the odds seem to say "if anything can happen, it has/is/will".
Maybe we're looking "too hard" for God and create him everywhere we look when, if fact, there is no God.

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An excellent observation. Doesn't make much sense to me either. All evidence, from biology, to chemistry, to geology, to astronomy, seems to suggest a reality in which the 'gods' play at best a small role in our world and beyond. But then, perhaps things aren't as they seem.

If they are up there, I have lots of questions. Like, 'Why the **** am I still here on this corrupted planet?' How many times have I asked to be teleported to paradise? No answer every time. So, they throw us into this god forsaken world full of suffering and evil, and abandon us at the same time. Seems a tad extreme. But who am I to say, I don't have all the facts. Nevertheless, its frustrating.

There better be a good explanation for it :yes:

Quintessence said:

The mythology needs to be considered in its proper context.

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Not if God is the god he's claimed to be and if the mythology is the means to God itself

tempter said:

Not if God is the god he's claimed to be and if the mythology is the means to God itself

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It's your choice to see it that way. There are many different ways of interpreting the god of the Bible (aka "the god he's claimed to be"), and I don't see how the Bible being a means to that god necessarily creating a contextual problem.

tempter said:

Assuming God exists:
He created the Earth for us to live on. But why did He create all the other planets? Other galaxies? Universes? Stars?

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He created earth for we humans to live on, He created other planets /stars/sun for earth to live on.

Like.. we people are in the habit of living in family/communities, Similarly.. earth, and many more earths which are preasent in this universe, are also in the habit of living in their families/communities.

Like.. animals, trees plays the important role to make a perfect envoirment for we humans to live on, Similary.. other planets/stars aslo make a perfect envoirment for earth to live in her family.

He created the Earth for us to live on.

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Not according to the bible...

The bible is so focused on the humanity on this planet

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well, human beings who live on this planet wrote it, without knowledge of other planets, so I don't think that's any wonder.

if He was to save our souls, surely this could have been done without the creation of the other planets in our solar system.

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"Saving our souls" isn't the reason for the existence of the universe. Even according to the bible.

Maybe we're looking "too hard" for God and create him everywhere we look when, if fact, there is no God.

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It's far more likely that your premise is flawed.

tempter said:

Assuming God exists:
He created the Earth for us to live on. But why did He create all the other planets? Other galaxies? Universes? Stars?

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So we'd have new places to plunder once we are finished with this one. Duh.

tempter said:

Assuming God exists:
He created the Earth for us to live on. But why did He create all the other planets? Other galaxies? Universes? Stars?

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For other life forms?

The bible is so focused on the humanity on this planet, we forget that, if God created everything, this includes things outside this planet. Why would He do that? Forget about planets outside our solar system for a second, if He was to save our souls, surely this could have been done without the creation of the other planets in our solar system.

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A few things:

One: The Bible isn't the only scripture.
Two: Why would a human text, of human experiences, talk of aliens? What good would it do for God to speak of aliens? Would it affect how we live and approach God? Not that I know of.
Three: Aliens and theism aren't enemies.

Our souls have no need for other planets,

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So?

so the fact that other planets were created could show us that there is no god involved with creation. This just "happened". Given all the innumerable stars that exists, and the potential of planets to exist with them, the odds seem to say "if anything can happen, it has/is/will".

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Or you're looking at it in too human a way, as if the universe was created for humans, as opposed to being just one species.

Maybe we're looking "too hard" for God and create him everywhere we look when, if fact, there is no God.

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Could be. Could also be that God is right in front of us but we can't comprehend It.

tempter said:

Assuming God exists:
He created the Earth for us to live on. But why did He create all the other planets? Other galaxies? Universes? Stars?

The bible is so focused on the humanity on this planet, we forget that, if God created everything, this includes things outside this planet. Why would He do that? Forget about planets outside our solar system for a second, if He was to save our souls, surely this could have been done without the creation of the other planets in our solar system.
Our souls have no need for other planets, so the fact that other planets were created could show us that there is no god involved with creation. This just "happened". Given all the innumerable stars that exists, and the potential of planets to exist with them, the odds seem to say "if anything can happen, it has/is/will".
Maybe we're looking "too hard" for God and create him everywhere we look when, if fact, there is no God.

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Why wouldn't God fill the universe with life? Your view is extremely selfish.

Around 1600 a man named Giordano Bruno thought that the stars were other suns and around those stars were likely planets and on those planets were other forms of life. The catholic church was greatly insulted by this so they burned him at the stake.

The bible is focused on humanity because humans wrote the bible and humans are extremely selfish.

There is more life in the universe than can be counted.

Adi Shankaracharya points out that creation is the recreation of God (Ishvara, EE-shvara).

Now the question arises as to why the Ishvara created the world. If one assumes that Ishvara creates the world for any incentive, this slanders the wholeness and perfection of Ishvara. For example, if one assumes that Ishvara creates the world for gaining something, it would be against His perfection. If we assume that He creates for compassion, it would be illogical, because the emotion of compassion cannot arise in a blank and void world in the beginning (when only Ishvara existed). So Adi Shankara assumes that Creation is recreation or play of Ishvara. It is His nature, just as it is man's nature to breathe. Advaita Vedanta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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tempter said:

Assuming God exists:

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And assuming a number of other things...

He created the Earth for us to live on.

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...assuming god created Earth, and that it did so for us...

But why did He create all the other planets?

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...and assuming god created all the other planets...

Other galaxies?

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...and assuming god created other galaxies...

Universes?

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...and assuming god created other universes, which also assumes there are other universes...

Stars?

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...and assuming god created stars...

The bible is so focused on the humanity on this planet, we forget that, if God created everything, this includes things outside this planet.

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...and assuming god created everything...

Why would He do that? Forget about planets outside our solar system for a second, if He was to save our souls, surely this could have been done without the creation of the other planets in our solar system.

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...and assuming god did it all to save our souls, and that saving souls does not require other planets in our solar system...

Our souls have no need for other planets,

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...and assuming our souls have no need for other planets...

so the fact that other planets were created could show us that there is no god involved with creation.

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...and now assuming that the very existence of other planets implies that god didn't in fact make them, which is exactly what you assumed a few lines ago...

This just "happened".

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...and assuming 'this' (I assume you mean humanity) just happened...

Given all the innumerable stars that exists, and the potential of planets to exist with them, the odds seem to say "if anything can happen, it has/is/will".

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Which is probably more accurately expressed as, "Everything that has happened has happened. Everything that is happening is happening. Everything that will happen will happen." Which is a big mouthful of nothing.

Maybe we're looking "too hard" for God and create him everywhere we look when, if fact, there is no God.

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I would be careful about throwing that 'fact' word around. First you say, "Assume god exists" now you are saying "there is no god" based on a host of other assumptions that you have also reversed. You can't have it both ways, they aren't compatible. Make up your mind and then ask the question. Don't make me assume something that you plan on disproving. It makes no sense.

I'll put it in real world terms. Assume my keyboard is green. Trees are green just like my keyboard. Grass is green just like my keyboard. That house over there is painted green just like my keyboard. That balloon is green just like my keyboard. BUT MY KEYBOARD IS REALLY BLACK! HAH! What is the point, really?