You know , there's a lot of things that are kind of happening out there that are unexplainable , you know , is our government behind ? Is our government behind that atrocious act or that thing that happened within our history ? I don't know . But the beautiful thing that we do have is we know that God is ultimately in control of all things . We have to remember that we are aliens , right , we are foreigners in a foreign land that are just kind of passing through , homesick for a home we've never been to . We don't fit in , we do not belong here . Oscar , there was some time ago where you quoted CS Lewis concerning about if we don't fit in , the only natural explanation is that we were built for another place .
Oscar NavarroMade for another home .
Mark Spenceyeah , yeah , and that's the case , right . There's nothing a Christian can do to fill at home here on earth . Yeah , and so it is . If we have that mindset that we are just passing through , then we will utilize the resources that God has given us for the purpose for which he's given them to us , which is to bring him glory , and it'll be ultimately for our good .
Emeal ZwayneFriends . I don't know if it's typically possible , but it was made possible today here on the Living Waters podcast . It's one thing to not have respect for someone which was a previous case for me to mark but to have negative respect , you know , like in temperature you have like zero degrees . And then you have people zero , negative zero . Come on , I wish , mark , people could have seen your demonstration with your arms flailing and how you showed us what you do with your disgusting Wienerschnitzel chili cheese .
Oscar NavarroI'm actually on Mark's side on this one . Yeah , see Oscar's on my side , but Oscar's just like being healthy With that shirt .
Emeal ZwayneOscar has no jurisdiction to say anything . Here's the thing .
Oscar NavarroI can take this shirt off . You're stuck with that face , oh boy , I love Wienerschnitzel .
Mark SpenceIn fact , the other day I was on my way to dinner and I stopped by Wienerschnitzel . Just driving by , I was talking to my dad on the phone and I go man , there's room for two chili cheese dogs . It's just room . There's always room , and so you stop by and the idea is to get two chili cheese dogs and a cup of chili , and then you take that chili cheese dog , which is already covered with chili , and you dip it in the chili . Now , I don't like chili .
Oscar NavarroWe call that the chili dipper .
Mark SpenceThe chili dipper . I like that . I just made that up .
Emeal ZwayneI wish people could see the glow on your face as you talk about Wienerschnitzel . Just even what you said to Oscar , I like that .
Ray ComfortBut I admire that about Mark .
Mark SpenceHe's got passion for what he's talking about . Not only me , but you realize , levi likes Wienerschnitzel . We have a special guest today .
Emeal ZwayneYeah , he counted us down to kick off the show . Levi , I used to respect him too .
Mark SpenceI have a Wienerschnitzel gift card for him inside my car . Oscar , don't let that happen , nice .
Oscar NavarroYeah , I know where we're going for lunch . Oh man .
Emeal ZwayneI'm seriously absolutely dumbfounded right now , and we talked about the bits of bone Occasionally .
Mark SpenceThat's occasionally . You just got to spit it out .
Emeal ZwayneYes , I had once in a while in my food .
Mark SpenceCome on , I mean we've all eaten . On the mission field you just have to spit out certain things that just don't Ray the .
Oscar NavarroJew Bits of bone , by the way .
Emeal ZwayneReal quick Chicken wings , literally 80% of it is a bit of bone .
Mark SpenceWow .
Emeal ZwayneWow , you need help .
Mark SpenceThis is so true . Wait , don't just gloss by that . That is so true .
Ray ComfortIf you notice , Mark's been yelling in this podcast . We're talking about him .
Mark SpenceI'm so excited for Wintersnitzel . Look at his fashion .
Emeal ZwayneSeriously , this borders on the demented , not even borders with him , boy Oscar's side by side .
Mark SpenceI really like Oscar . Now , oh boy , I really like him .
Emeal ZwayneMan . I never believed in psychiatry , but I'm starting to think that through again . Yeah , but that's the same reason why I detest eating at Keynes , because you get a little vein in those chicken things .
Mark SpenceI actually never had Keynes .
Emeal ZwayneYeah it's probably good .
Mark SpenceOscar , where do you think I'm going for dinner tonight Of all the restaurants that I could choose ?
Emeal Zwayneto go BJ's pizza .
Mark SpenceI'm going to BJ's tonight . What for that ? Dinner ? For dinner , yeah , with Pastor Phillip , oh boy and Dan yeah , let's go to BJ's Ray the kosher Jew .
Emeal ZwayneWhat are ?
Ray Comfortyou talking about .
Emeal ZwayneWould you eat a disgusting hot dog ?
Ray ComfortYes , I just think I wish Matt would buy me one . He's never bought one of the ministry .
Emeal ZwayneYou would eat a chili cheese dog ? Would you try chili cheese ?
Ray Comfortdog . Of course I had chili in a fire station in New York , New Jersey . Me and Kirk were doing a program . I told you we were there , but the firefighters made us chili and I loved it .
Oscar NavarroHey , we should do it Next time we do lunch here instead of El Proloquo we should do chili cheese dog .
Emeal ZwayneOh my God man Kelly Oscar she would not believe us . She knows about my wicked ways , no , but look . Okay , guys , let's get real here .
Mark SpenceI have to sneak my chili cheese dogs , though None of my family allows me to eat .
Emeal ZwayneOkay , but let's get real here . It's one thing to have like a real deal all beef Chicago style in Chicago Sure .
Mark SpenceThat's the Russ , chris we're not .
Emeal ZwayneNobody's going to afford that . Okay , whatever . I'm like saying yeah , you know I can't get purified , clean drinking water , so I'm going to go for sewage water .
Ray ComfortYou see , this is a dead dog .
Emeal ZwayneA dead dog . I'm so mad and you're on board with them too now .
Ray ComfortWell , I know , I just didn't have a tribe one .
Emeal ZwayneI like to buy one , listen for the record , I absolutely love chili cheese dogs like real ones , not this filth imitation , fake .
Mark Spencewhatever man we finished this episode already , so I'm done . So you'll get a chili cheese dog .
Emeal ZwayneOkay , all right , friends , ray , you're in on all this .
Ray ComfortNot yet . Mark's going to buy me one .
Oscar NavarroI'm going to bring all of you there for that , by the way .
Emeal ZwayneWow , I hope you stain up your whole shirt with chili . Seriously , is that a shirt ?
Ray ComfortDoes it come in men's ? No , do they make them for men ? It's not a patch on the shirts that I have .
Emeal ZwayneThat is something else , oscar . All right friends , here's a comment . This is from Katniss , madness 4 , and she headlined it with yes , YA , ssssssss . I think this podcast has about the perfect mix of edification and entertainment . You guys are so good at delivering truth in a fun and engaging way , and you're also greatly passionate about hot dogs . No , about the gospel and about the Lord . Thank you for serving us so greatly with your wisdom , jokes , stories , quotes and more . I don't know if we served anybody with what we talked about today . Probably disgusted most sane people . Do you know what's a ?
Oscar Navarropart of the experience too , for me , mark , is the fact that it comes paper wrapped , cause it , like warms the bun . You know what I mean . The fact that it's served paper wrapped , in fact like , affects the way in which you enjoy the chili dog . Mark has that I'm in love .
Ray ComfortLook on his face . Are we gonna move on ?
Emeal ZwayneI'm trying to , but these guys , just you brought it back up with a comment .
Mark SpenceThey're infatuated . In fact , I'll order sometimes order four chili cheese dogs , knowing that the other ones are gonna heat up the other ones as it sits there for about five minutes . Oh man , in fact my brother will order five chili cheese dogs . He'll eat three of them and then the last two . He'll take out the hot dog part of it , cause he feels sick like you'll have to throw up .
Emeal ZwayneYeah , Friends , I hope you all enjoyed Mark's last appearance on the Living Waters podcast . This podcast is brought to you by , you would think , weiner Schnitzel , but no , the school of biblical evangelism , both online and in textbook form , the book that made Mark Spence an author One with very bad taste in food . Make sure to check it out , friends , and don't forget the Living Waters mug , the evidence study , bible , all at LivingWaterscom . Thank you , oscar , you're my permanent helper with that . All right , friends , what are you guys doing ?
Mark SpenceWe're looking at chili cheese dogs on the internet .
Ray ComfortWhat ? Sorry , I just thought , what are they ? Great comfort .
Emeal ZwayneYour sin has found you out .
Ray ComfortI just thought what do they look like ? I was just curious . Have you never had ?
Emeal Zwayneone no .
Oscar NavarroWait , what I don't know .
Ray ComfortGuys , I can't wait for this program to be over , because I've seen on NBC there was a lady that was attacked by a hawk and she yelled out help me , jesus , what ? And NBC are ? And a snake .
Emeal ZwayneAnd a snake .
Mark SpenceYeah , a snake in a hawk attacked her .
Ray ComfortNo , a snake in a hawk . At the same time they did , and she said help me , jesus . And NBC is reporting it . So I've gone to the videos . I'm going to try and put something up for our site .
Emeal ZwayneGet it out , mark . He's shown me cheese dogs . Cheese dogs , All right , enough of the stupidity , more stupidity Today we're talking about
. Could there be life Another planet ? Why aren't you laughing , oscar ? Yeah , yeah , this is the question of the century . You guys have any favorite alien movies ? Yes , seriously , is there a shortage of alien movies ? Right ? The ?
Ray Comfortblob .
Oscar NavarroIs it an alien ? I don't remember that .
Ray ComfortYeah , I don't know if it's the other one is the thing from outer space .
Oscar NavarroYeah , seriously .
Ray ComfortTheir classic movies are so dumb , they're fun .
Emeal ZwayneYeah , the thing Is that the clown , no , that's it .
Ray ComfortYeah , that's an it .
Emeal ZwayneThen there's the man that became a fly , or for something Like a fly A fly A fly that's not from outer space , but I like .
Ray ComfortI just watch them for fun because they're wholesome and stupid .
Emeal ZwayneYeah , they're dumb man , but seriously , you've got to . There's always an alien movie in the theater , it would seem .
Oscar NavarroYeah , well , there's a lot of really bad ones . Like any other genre , there's terrible science fiction , but there's also really good science fiction , both books and movies . And actually , for the non-readers out there , one of the best the illiterate people , one of the best science fiction movies that have come out in a really long time is Arrival . Have you ever seen Arrival ? No Oscar , oh man .
Ray ComfortIs it clean ?
Oscar NavarroThen in a way , you can watch it on clean format and also it doesn't seem like anything was taken out of it .
Ray ComfortWe should always qualify it when we talk about movies , because it is .
Oscar NavarroI'm not going to give anything away , but you should see it . Here's the one push . It is the most pro-life blockbuster movie I've ever seen , really , and they don't even realize that it's pro-life . Oh , alien movie , it's called Arrival . Wow , it is so good , that's my pitch for it .
Emeal ZwayneMerci beaucoup , boy . They've been doing these things for a long time . You guys remember when I was a kid , there was a TV series called V ?
Oscar NavarroV for Victory .
Emeal ZwayneWhat ? Yeah , you remember that ? I sure do Remember that , lady Diana . She would eat rats . She'd open her mouth and eat rats Like they looked like people on the outside but they took on human form , but they were aliens underneath and they would eat . Remember Mark V's for Victory that was Rats or Chili Dogs .
Mark SpenceI'm not a fan of sci-fi . I'm not a fan of really any of that genre whatsoever . I don't get it at all . Never Star Wars fan Never . I've never seen Star Wars , what . I'm not a fan of any of that stuff .
Ray ComfortI walked out of it , Did you ? Yeah , well , I tell my little kids to see it they're only like five or six because I heard it was so good and the first scene was bodies burning and I thought this isn't good . Oh , I might see it then . Chili Dogs .
Emeal ZwayneAre there dead Chili Dogs in it ? Yeah , you know , it really is a massive infatuation in the world .
Ray ComfortIt used to be for me , until we landed on the moon and there was just dirt they came back with dirt .
Emeal ZwayneDid you believe the Mormon prophecy that there are men on the moon ? Men on the what On the moon ?
Ray ComfortNo , but I remember listening to it live . I was on my motorbike and I stopped as they were landing on the moon . I was , I think I was 16 . And it was fascinating . And then you think what's gonna come from this ? And nothing came from it . They just brought back some dirt .
Emeal ZwayneYou know it was fake the whole moon . Yeah , that's right .
Mark SpenceAnd then I liked the Christian astronomer Not , I mean not astronomer , the guy who walked on the moon not walked on the moon , he spent more time in outer space , Jeff Williams and he opened up his sermon at the Ark with two things . He said first of all , yes , we did land on the moon , and second , no , the earth is not flat .
Emeal ZwayneYeah , that's how he opened up his sermon . It's so good to hear that , especially from a reputable , sane man of God who lived in the space station , and we're actually . We have a conference coming up where he'll be speaking with us as well we do .
Mark SpenceYeah , it's a conference for pastors at the Ark . At the Ark , yeah and October .
Emeal ZwayneYeah , this may have aired by then , who knows .
Ray ComfortBrian Regan walked on the moon also .
Emeal ZwayneSeriously one of the best bits ever . You guys have to admit you've heard of that bit , oscar . What you haven't heard of Brian Regan yeah , he's okay , I'll summarize it . So he's talking about ? He's talking about going to dinner parties . You know how people just talk themselves up . Yeah , I'm an owner of a 500 fortune company . I did this . I went to the stock .
Oscar NavarroI'm money , I'm banks , I'm the CDs .
Mark SpenceAnd he goes in there . Then there's this guy just in the corner hanging out waiting for people to finish speaking . Yeah .
Emeal ZwayneAnd he's just and Brian Regan , he shows he's like taking his shrimp and he's dipping it in the cocktail and he just goes . I walked on the moon Because you can't trump that
right . It doesn't get any bigger than walking on the moon . Well , he's like when I was in my moon rover at the Sea of Tranquility .
Mark SpenceI can't believe I heard of Brian Regan .
Emeal ZwayneHe had to be there . Oscar , wow , he's so funny . Oh , it's so funny , but seriously like how insightful that is right . I mean it was gonna trump this guy .
Ray ComfortAnd he talked about having wisdom teeth pulled . Oh yeah , and as you say , I had two wisdom teeth pulled . In comes some guy Peritroup where it says he had six pulled . They parachuted . Someone's always gonna up story , you .
Mark SpenceYou were impacted .
Emeal ZwayneYeah , oh boy we always yeah , Anyway . But , guys , this is becoming obviously . There've been alien movies forever and TV shows I mean back probably in the 40s , 50s , right , it's been going on for a long time .
Ray ComfortOh yes , when I was a little kid , like seven or eight , I used to read books on outer space and I was very fascinated by it , but it's increasing now .
Mark SpenceI think it was at Orson Welles with his radio program .
Ray ComfortRemember that famous . I don't remember it as well before my day , but there's fans .
Mark SpenceWar of the .
Ray ComfortWorlds .
Emeal ZwayneYeah , do you guys know the story of that ? No , I don't even know what it is . Wait , seriously , you don't .
Ray ComfortIt's War of the Worlds . It's part of history .
Oscar NavarroYeah , okay , so it's a book , no Orson Welles the actor . The voice actor yeah , he developed the story called War of the Worlds , and the way they decided to produce it is they put it on the radio .
Emeal ZwayneOh , yes , of course , I've heard of this .
Oscar NavarroSo , for those who haven't heard of it , they put it on the radio . It's this incredible story that's like a phenomenon that ended up happening . But what they did from a marketing perspective and I actually read this in a marketing book is they didn't advertise it , they didn't market it , they just simply went live with it and they presented it as a news report , as though aliens were taking over the world . It was called War of the Worlds .
Emeal ZwayneI think you've even mentioned it on the podcast .
Oscar NavarroThere's no commercial breaks , the original airing , and what ended up happening is some people went into a fever because they thought it was really happening . Wow , and it is , and it won . I mean , the delivery of the story is incredible . It's also just like a great , immersive experience . You can listen to the original recording . It's out there , you can find it on the internet and , of course , there's a Tom Hanks movie that was written about it too , called War of the Worlds .
Emeal ZwayneYeah , yeah . Well , here's what's going on now , guys , and this is why I think it's important for us to address it , because things have reached a new level . Right For ages , people say and aliens are there ? Aliens are there not aliens , whatever ? And the government obviously always denied anything , always stayed silent on things . Well , as you guys know , recently there was a hearing before Congress , and here are the three guys that testified . You had former Navy pilot Ryan Graves , retired US Navy commander David Fraver and former intelligence officer David Grusk . They all testified before Congress about what seemed to be objects that are very , very foreign .
Mark SpenceUFOs .
Oscar NavarroYeah , but they defined it as actual . They didn't define it as aliens or even intelligent life .
Emeal ZwayneThey're just saying this is something that is far beyond anything that we have the capacity to . We don't have the technology . It's just way too . They talk about this thing . They call it like a tic-tac , that's what they refer to it . That's what the vessel looked like and they talk about it just hovered perfectly and then all of a sudden , at like supersonic speed , was just gone , like so Didn't they have a blurry camera to get a picture of it ? That's right , they had footage and stuff Was it clear .
Ray ComfortI don't know yeah , I bet it was a real . It was a real , why is ?
Emeal Zwayneit , you're right . Why is it also ?
Ray ComfortIt's always blurry . It was a real tic-tac . It was someone flicked up in the air .
Oscar NavarroBut here's the thing Go ahead , you go .
Emeal ZwayneOkay , well , I was gonna just say , like , what's really getting people stirred up is that these are like , these are legitimate people , they have credibility , they're not some dude sitting in a mom's basement .
Ray ComfortWell , they're head credibility , head credibility .
Emeal ZwayneBut again , they were being careful . Yeah , that's key . They were being careful . They weren't saying they're saying we're just telling you we have seen things that defy any comprehension that we do not have the technology to do this .
Mark SpenceIt's impossible . You go though with that , we jump to a place of oh , it's an alien . Aliens exist .
Oscar NavarroRight , right , well and again , a part of the problem is that we understand UFO , which is defined as unidentified flying object , but we immediately think intelligent , extraterrestrial , intelligent life . But the definition that they use and it's so funny if you read the news headlines it's like you know , military generals and government officials tell us that there's aliens . But if you actually which I did this , I actually went and watched the interviews by them they use unidentified aerial phenomena and they're very intentional about using it because , to your point , ray , in the past they've been able to identify that the phenomena wasn't something in space , that it was a reflection on a window , that it was lightning , storms , that it was other things . Now they're not saying all of them are that , but the reason why they use the word phenomenon ? Because they simply cannot explain what is being seen , which does open the door for the potential of some sort of extraterrestrial possibility . But in those interviews they don't say that that's what it is .
Emeal ZwayneThat's key . But one of the guys said that when he interviewed different people within you know , the military that there are some who said they recovered something that had , yeah , technology that was non-human and also organisms . Yes , you know , you saw that . Yeah , so these are the things that are making people go huh . What , ray , what do you think about all this ?
Ray ComfortI mean , do you think Well , one thing I think Hollywood is very limited in its imagination when it comes to aliens or outer space people , because the movies I've watched they always have heads , eyes , ears , arms and legs . It's just the green that's . And so I think about the whole thought of there being life and outer space and asking myself could there be a planet that has what Earth has ? Cause it's gonna have to have gravity , it's gonna have to have air , it's gonna have to write . If it's a human type , life gonna have oxygen , the right mixture within the air . It's gonna have soil that yields food , it's gonna have water .
Ray ComfortYou go down the list of things that have gotta happen for life to be in outer space and you think the only way it could happen is if God created it like that . I like to think there are scientists and there are silly scientists , and silly scientists have got crazy theories about remember the Cinderella , or not Cinderella ? The three beers , Goldilocks , Goldilocks yeah , that's what they say . With Goldilocks , the porridge was too cold or too hot and just right , and they said that's what happened . That's why we've got life on Earth , because everything just worked out right .
Ray ComfortJust randomly yeah random and so it would have to happen . The same thought for there to be life in outer space and I , without God having a hand in it , I can't see it happening , obviously .
Emeal ZwayneYeah , yeah , mark , what do you think ? What's your perspective ? And again , we haven't talked about this before the podcasts like we do with all podcasts , we don't talk beforehand , so it's good to hear thoughts , perspectives and see where we land .
Mark SpenceYou know . Nothing in the Bible indicates that aliens are real , but neither does any part of the Bible strictly refute the existence either . If somebody has some sort of an experience , and I'll leave it at that I would chalk it more up to the idea of maybe something demonic as opposed to there being actual aliens , you know , in outer space there's just we're left with way too many questions in order for it to take place . So I know that we all know that the spiritual realm is very real , and because it is very real , people have had many different types of experiences that are just attached to that . And when you don't know how to explain the spiritual realm , well then you're left with thinking well , it must be something from outer space , because the naturalistic mind does not receive the spiritual right , the ability that we live in a materialistic world , so then we have to explain everything materialistically Demonic . I leaned to that .
Oscar NavarroIn regards to any sort of an experience . Yeah , somebody's experienced this .
Mark Spencesomebody might have , but extraterrestrial life . I don't believe in it , okay .
Emeal ZwayneSo , let me first of all , ray , that's good , because there's different definitions .
Oscar NavarroYeah , it's important that we distinguish what you're saying .
Emeal ZwayneAnd that's the thing you know . It's interesting because you'll sometimes get atheists who outright deny the existence of God , and then they'll make room for this , though right , something they've never personally seen , or that they you know , on the basis of what People's testimony ? What about the testimony of those that saw Jesus rise from the dead ? You know so anyway . But , ray , you made a really good point , and actually this was made by , by secular people , by those that believe in evolution . It's a real premise , I think , for the whole alien thing . But listen to this . In fact , lane , our wonderful assistant here , executive assistant , she she brought this to my attention this morning . It's called the Fermi Paradox and this is from SETIorg Says is there some evidence suggesting that humans are the galaxy's only intelligent species ?
Emeal ZwayneAnd Rico Fermi thought so , and he was a pretty smart guy . Could he be right ? In 1950 , the famous physicist made a seemingly innocuous lunchtime remark that has caught and held the attention of every SETI researcher since the utterance came when , while Fermi was discussing with his mill-time mates the reasonable possibility that many sophisticated societies populate the galaxy . But somewhere between one sentence and the next , fermi's supple brain realized that if this was true , it implied something profound . If there are really a lot of alien societies , then some of them might have spread out . Fermi grasps that any civilization with a modest amount of rocket technology and a modest amount of imperial incentive could rapidly colonize the entire galaxy . Within a few tens of millions of years , every star system could be brought under the wing of empire . Tens of millions of years may sound like a long project , but in fact it's quite short compared to the age of the galaxy , which is roughly a thousand times more . Obviously , we don't agree with the whole age thing . But so what Fermi immediately recognized was that the aliens have had more than enough time to pepper the galaxy with their presence .
Emeal ZwayneBut looking around , we don't see any clear indication that they're out and about . We don't see any obvious evidence of a galactic empire or a unified United Federation of Planets .
This prompted Fermi to ask what was to him an obvious question when is everybody ? And the galaxy assumed to be filled with clever beings . Why don't we see any ? This dissonance is known as a Fermi paradox .
Emeal ZwayneA lot of folks have given this a lot of thought . The first thing they know is that the Fermi paradox is a remarkably strong argument . You can see that quibble about the speed of alien spacecraft . Whether it's 1% the speed of light or 10% the speed of light , it doesn't matter . You can argue about how long it would take for a few star colony to spawn colonies of its own , it still doesn't matter . Any halfway reasonable assumption about how fast colonization could take place still end up with the time scale that are enormously shorter than the age of the galaxy . It's like discussing whether Spanish ships of the 16th century could have a long , a long at two knots or 20 . Either way , they could speedily colonize the Americas . So the point of that is that , yeah , if they are around , how come they haven't done what we would expect to be done ?
Oscar NavarroWell , I guess the only argument against that you already made it , which refutes his argument , which is that if all of creation is only 10,000 years old , then it hasn't had enough time for those galaxies to connect with each other . Because , if you think about here on earth , the world has only been connected , as in Europe and the Americas , for the last 600 years . It's crazy , right . So before 600 years ago , if you were born in Europe , you had no idea not only that North America existed , but there was a potential of other humans on a piece of land that you didn't even know existed .
Emeal ZwayneYeah , and that's a whole point . So , going by bi-secular standards they don't have enough time . But obviously we know the galaxy and the universe isn't that old and so , yeah , it's just ridiculous .
Oscar NavarroSo do you think there's life on other planets ? I ?
Emeal Zwaynedon't , I don't . And let me ask this question . I want to read something from answers in Genesis . But why are they always made intelligent ? Why can't there be stupid ?
Ray Comfortaliens . There is a stupid life in the universe . Forget intelligent life . Why , I think ? The thing that intrigues me is they throw in the word other . Is there other intelligent life ? As if we're intelligent .
Emeal ZwayneYeah . So let me read what our friends from answers in Genesis said in an article . In a biblical worldview , we don't expect alien life to exist . The Bible tells us earth was formed to be inhabited and the other celestial bodies were created for signs , seasons and days Genesis 1.14 . That's a good point and years . It was to earth that Jesus came to save us , not to another planet to save another race of beings . So there's more we'll get into , but yeah , what do you think of that , oscar ?
Oscar NavarroI think that's a very nearer view of the interpretation of some of those passages that they're quoting , and so do I think that there's extraterrestrial life . I don't know . I like what you said , mark . The scriptures don't make it clear , it doesn't speak on the subject . Like , the scriptures don't tell us that there's such a thing as macaroni and cheese , but that doesn't mean there's no such thing as macaroni and cheese , because the scriptures are not a book that is intended to tell us everything there is to know . The scriptures were written by God to tell us one story , and that is the story of God reconciling the world to himself , and so it doesn't include everything , and God intended for it to not include everything . Augustine believed this . He said that there are two books . There's the book of scriptures , which gives us account of God reconciling the world to himself , and then there's the book of creation , in which we look out into the world and learn about our God by understanding His creation .
Emeal ZwayneRight , the alien Augustine might have said that . But Augustine , the earthly figure , said something different .
Mark SpenceSo I'm just curious , oscar , where do you lean , though ? Do you lean that there are aliens , or do you lean that there's not aliens ?
Oscar NavarroI lean on , I don't know . Yeah , in here let me explain why . Because , one , the scriptures don't make it clear and I think , I think that it is perfectly reasonable that God created . Well , first off , okay , we have to think about , like , the magnitude of God's creation , and I'll get there in a minute . But I think , first off , it's perfectly reasonable , according to the scriptures which is sort of what Ray was alluding to and you were alluding to by quoting a IG that God created everything for his glory and that there would only be one planet in which life existed . But , more specifically , imago day , life existed and Everything else is simply there to display his glory in his magnitude , to sing of his riches and praise . Because I think , in many way , well , okay , so there , like , I think that it's perfectly reasonable to think that way and I'm compelled to think that way .
Oscar NavarroOn the other hand , what do we know about Creation ? Very little . Like we've only discovered four percent of our ocean , four percent of our ocean . Every single year we're discovering new life on earth , plants and reptiles and in fish . Like we have yet to fully discover Everything there is to know about our very planet .
Oscar NavarroRight , we know nothing . Essentially , we know nothing about our planet that we live on right now , and there are other planets in our own solar system and , as it pertains to solar system , there are 3,000 other solar systems in our neighborhood of the Milky Way galaxy . In a Milky Way galaxy , there are 10 billion solar systems with their own planets , and the Milky Way galaxy is one of 200 billion galaxies with their own billions of solar systems with their own planets , and so I think it's very self-centered to say we are the only planet where there is life . Now , I use the word life , not intelligent life , because life can be grass , life can be Bacteria , and so I don't . I think it's also perfectly reasonable that God would create bacteria on other planets To sing of his praise to sing , singing bacteria singing bacteria .
Oscar NavarroThat's what we are ? No , we're not no , but to sing his praise , to magnify his glory , to be as magnificent as he truly is , because , again , he's created parts of our own ocean that we haven't even discovered yet . And so I think it's perfectly reasonable for God to create life on other planets for his glory , and I think it's perfectly reasonable that life , that God did not create life on other planets , because he simply wanted to create life on this planet for his glory .
Ray ComfortSo if we have a truly I don't know so if we have a myth , them would sound a war and kill them for sure likely yeah , Mark what are you gonna say Okay ?
Mark Spenceso would you say then , oscar , that if there's life in outer space , that this life would just be more along the lines of a Different sort of a creature , that's not creating the image of God , so they're not re redemptive , right they're ? They're not , maybe they can't be redeemed , right ? So if there's a creature , maybe there's some sort of a creature , animal , that's out there , just like we have creatures and animals here .
Oscar NavarroI mean , like the blob , yeah , like there's nothing to say that they can't be intelligent right .
Mark SpenceSo maybe they can create , maybe they can do something further that animals do here . But these are not creatures created in the image of God that were redeemed at the cross .
Oscar NavarroYeah , well , I think there's two questions . The question one because I'm alluding to the idea of bacteria being on other planets , and no bacteria is not created the image of God .
Oscar NavarroIt's not read . It's not a part of redemptive history . The question , then , is so I don't have any reason to believe there's intelligent life on other planets . But if you found out tomorrow , if we somehow made contact with intelligent life , would that somehow rock your faith , right ? No , not at all , not at all . Why not ? Well , why would it Exactly so ? Why be afraid of saying , yeah , there's a potential for intelligent life . Well , because it doesn't rock my faith . It wouldn't affect the way I view redemptive history .
Emeal ZwayneLet me say this for a jump cent , I would say that good , really good points . I think , though , sometimes people use this in keeping with , like Theistic evolution and they'll say , well , if you found it , if they found out evidence for evolution of today with that rock your faith , or whatever . But I think there's a time where we have to say , well , but this doesn't square with scripture , and I know , ultimately that's a question does scripture forbid that there could be the existence of aliens ? I have more to read from answers , and Genesis that builds the case , so I'll do that , but Ray .
Ray ComfortI think I believe an extra trust your life . Aren't angels aliens , hmm in a sense . Yeah , from outer space , and then they're earth and speak to people not from here .
Emeal ZwayneSo the article goes on . It says , however , the notion of alien life does not square well with scripture . The earth is unique . God designed the earth for life , isaiah 45 , 18 . The other planets have an entirely different purpose than does the earth , and thus they are designed differently . In Genesis 1 we read that God created plants on the earth on day 3 , birds to fly in the atmosphere and marine life to swim in the ocean on day 5 , an animal to inhabit the land on day 6 . Human beings were also made on day 6 and we're given dominion over the animals . But where does the Bible discuss the creation of life on the lights and the expanses of the heavens ? There is no such description , because the lights in the expanse were not designed to accommodate life . God gave care of the earth to man , but the heavens are the lords . From biblical perspective , extra-strestrials life does not seem reasonable .
Ray ComfortIsn't every planet that we discover hostile to life ?
Emeal ZwayneYeah , so far , so far , yeah , yeah . And then comes in that what you posed mark the redemption question . When we consider how the salvation plan might apply to any Hypothetical extraterrestrial but otherwise human-like beings , we are presented with a problem . If there were Vulcans or Klingons out there , how would they be saved ? They're not blood relatives of Jesus , and so Christ shed blood cannot pay for their sin . One might at first suppose that Christ also visited their world , lived there and died there as well , but this is anti-biblical . Christ died once for all , and then the scriptures are cited Jesus is now and forever both God and man , but he is not alien . Think of that , mark I .
Mark SpenceI like it . No , I think that is that by Georgia .
Emeal ZwaynePurdom , I'm not sure who wrote the article . Actually it's from AIG , but I think yeah , yeah .
Mark SpenceNo , I mean I I don't typically get into discussions like this . I mean my mind doesn't even kind of even wander into this place , but uh , yeah , you know , whatever , yeah .
Emeal ZwayneListen to this , one might . One might suppose that alien beings have . One might suppose that alien beings have never sinned , and which case they would not need to be redeemed . But then another problem emerges they suffer the effects of sin despite having never sinned . Adam . Sin has affected all of creation , not just mankind . Romans 8 , 20 , 22 that's a good point makes it clear that the entirety of creation suffers under the bondage of corruption .
Emeal ZwayneThese kinds of issues highlight the problem of attempting to incorporate an anti-biblical notion into the Christian worldview . And finally , extra-terrestrial life is an evolutionary concept . It does not comport with the biblical teachings of the uniqueness of the earth and the distinct spiritual position of human beings of all the worlds in the universe . It was the earth that God Himself visited , taking on the additional nature of a human being , dying on a cross and rising from the dead in order to redeem all who would trust in him . The local worldview sharply contrasts with the secular worldview when it comes to alien life . Ray , do you , do you think , I mean , do you sense that the the whole notion of Aliens extra-terrestrial is rooted in evolutionary theory , that life must have evolved elsewhere too ?
Ray ComfortI think so every time I read any . I did a little bit of study on it and some research and all seem to tie in with evolutionary theory . But there's a I think there's a reason . We hear of people having contact with aliens . If you can Get a great story , you become famous . In fiction .
Oh , there's an incentive to lie about stuff like this . I mean a good incentive for the world , and so I . I carry a Lot of skepticism when it comes to any alien .
Emeal ZwayneYeah , I mean I , I think , mark , you got a good point on the demonic Realm and I think that's easily overlooked . You know as well , and and people write that off , you know . I mean , look , we hear about within Catholicism all these apparitions , I mean these miraculous things happening , and look I know I'm going to offend a lot of people here , but I hope you know I say it very respectfully , but truthfully I think anything that distracts from Christ , especially within the religious realm , could very well be demonic . Amen , you agree , guys ? No , I do .
Oscar NavarroYeah , I think I 100% agree with that , and I think that there's a lot of we're kind of jumping around in that article , kind of like leapfrogs a few questions that I would have in regards to this subject , which is like one what do we mean by extraterrestrial life ? Are we talking about bacteria or intelligent ? And it also presupposes that if there is intelligent life , then that life must be created in the image of God , which I don't think that we should presuppose that If we met intelligent life from other planets I'm not saying that there is , but I'm just saying if I , if I did , it wouldn't rock my faith and I wouldn't assume that they're created in the image of God , in the same way that I don't assume that any other creature is created in the image of God . And so I don't . I think that it leapfrogs a few areas that we have to really flesh out into this .
Oscar NavarroBut then there's another subject entirely , which you guys have alluded to , which is the idea that people have some sort of contact with aliens , that they've been abducted , they've witnessed and seen . And yeah , I mean I fully agree with you . I think in that context , under that heading nah , I don't , I don't , I don't , I've never heard of a story , I've never seen evidence that would compel me to believe that aliens have an interest in some middle-aged dude sitting in his home , that they want to observe him , probe him , take him up to their space station and have a conversation with them . Like that makes absolutely zero sense to me and I think it's delusions of grandeur , I think it's demonic , I think it's , you know , mental health issues potentially , I don't know . But I'm confident to say that those accounts are not accurate . It counts yeah .
Emeal ZwayneMark , do you think some have also said another possibility is it's government conspiracy . In other words , you know , the government has been kind of preparing us for some sort of catastrophe . Oh , the aliens are coming .
Ray ComfortWell , the aliens have been laying in right across the board of the news .
Emeal ZwayneI'm sitting right here , right , yeah , right , but you know what I mean . Like in order to usurp more power , like you know , to bring out of what many have said , you know , order out of chaos , and now we need to band together , but we need controls and we need you know where they usurp more authority over people .
Mark SpenceYeah , I think that's very possible . You know it's all a conspiracy until it's proven true . You know there's a lot of things that are kind of happening out there that are unexplainable . You know , is our government behind ? Is our government behind that atrocious act , or that ? I think that happened within our history , I don't know . But the beautiful thing that we do have is we know that God is ultimately in control of all things . Yeah , we have to remember that we are aliens . Right , we are foreigners in a foreign land that are just kind of passing through , homesick for a home we've never been to . We don't fit in , we do not belong here . Yeah , oscar , there was some time ago where you quoted CS Lewis concerning about if we don't fit in , the only natural explanation is that we were built for another place .
Oscar NavarroMade for another home .
Mark SpenceYeah , and that's the case , right . There's nothing a Christian can do to fill at home here on earth . Yeah , and so it is . If we have that mindset that we are just passing through , then we will utilize the resources that God has given us for the purpose for which he's given them to us , which is to bring Him glory , and it'll be ultimately for our good .
Mark SpenceSo , are there aliens in outer space ? I don't know , but there are aliens on earth and that's the Christian , and let's tell everybody about Christ as quickly as we possibly can . Amen .
Emeal ZwayneYeah , Ray , I mean , ultimately it's this kind of stuff that can distract Christians from preaching the gospel True . Don't you think Like they get so caught up in it , they're watching every news item , they're researching and it's like , okay , well , whatever . Again , I don't believe there are aliens . I believe you know I've fallen in line with the article , but okay , what if there was ? What's that change anything about what God has said about our plan and the need for redemption ?
Ray ComfortI asked a guy the other day who had all these theories and he didn't believe the Bible and he twisted some Bible verses . He had an incredible imagination . So I just said to him if you be watching the History Channel and the Discovery Channel ? He says yeah , I do it all the time .
Oscar NavarroAnd that's where he's getting it from .
Ray ComfortIt's just the imaginations of men tapping into an area that they know that's going to get believed by the simple .
Emeal ZwayneYeah , wow , it's so good , and so we have to stay focused . Friends , eternity is coming , souls are lost . We are ambassadors for Christ . Right , we're not of this world , we are aliens as Christians , and that we've been born again and will belong to another kingdom .
Ray ComfortThe Bible uses that word too , doesn't it ? Yeah , the word aliens .
Emeal ZwayneYeah , exactly , hebrews talks about how we're aliens . And so , friends , keep that focus and look . Yeah , the entire universe and its massive expanse is enough to exist for the purpose of glorifying God , to show how massive he is , that he spans the universe with his hand , that heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain him . Listen to Psalm 19 , 1-4 as we end on worship . The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament shows his handiwork . Day under day utter speech and night under night reveals knowledge . There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard . Their line has gone out through all the earth and their words to the ends of the world . Psalm 147 , 4-5, .
Emeal ZwayneHe counts the numbers of the stars . He calls them all by name . Great is our Lord and mighty in power . His understanding is infinite . Psalm 148 , 3-6, . Praise him , son and Moon . Praise him all you stars of light . Praise him , you heavens of heavens , and you waters above the heavens . Let them praise the name of the Lord , for he commanded and they were created . He also established them forever and ever . He made a decree which shall not pass away . Isaiah 40 , 26, . Lift up your eyes on high and see who created these , he who brings out their host by number , calling them all by name . By the greatness of his might and because he is strong in power , not one is missing . And finally , job 9 , 7 and 9, . He commands the sun and it does not rise . He seals off the stars . He alone spreads out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea . He made the bear , orion and ladies and the chambers of the south so
good .
Oscar NavarroSo I wanted to end on that friends , worship him .
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