Scientists found another Earth!

[Grace Seeker]

Is there any type of religious text about another planet with life on it? Or any text saying that this is the only one. I am just wondering what the ramifications to religion would be if there were life on another planet.

According to the Gospel of John, Jesus once told his disciples, "I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd." (John 10:16)


I've understood this to mean that Jesus' ministry was not just to Jews, but while he lived his life in Israel, ultimately his message and gift of salvation was intended to extend to the entire world.

However, the Mormons have always tried to say this was a reference to Jesus going to visit the Indians in the Americas. I suppose that, by the same argument, one could try to say that this was a reference to other planets.

 

[Ameer Hamza]

Good News. Because this Earth got to puplation we will have an alternative world to divided each other..........
jazak ullah thanks for sharing

 

[shible]

this is very impressive

 

[Strzelecki]

There is no way there is another place that supports life besides earth. There is a reason mankind is living on earth. Their worldy life and hearafter life; worldly life have life spam that was already destine. If a human travels to atleast pluto or jupiter. That human life will not last forever to get there or atleast survive in the space. Space missions to far planets or galaxy is a science fiction not realty.

I must disagree. How do you know mankind isn't living on multiple planets?
Also, a lot of things that were once regarded as "science fiction" are looking more and more likely due to our scientific advances yearly.
The concept of the internet and boards such as this one probably would have been labelled "science fiction" back in the day.

My partner has a quote in his MSN name. Whether you agree with it or not, I think it's a good line.
"We are nothing but an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star."

I love that.

Another thing even if the technology ever does come about, it would be cost prohibitive. Right now the closest know Earth type planet would take 20 years to get to, if travel at the speed of light were possible. That would be a 40 year round trip. any person leaving to make such a trip would have no assurance there would even still be an Earth left to return to, much less being able to return to the same home, family or government. traveling at the speed of light would remove the possibility of radio communications. As the radio signals from Earth would not catch up with them until after they landed and stopped. Then they would be very old and out dated. Another problem is we have no way of knowing if anything we see in space still exists. Looking at that planet through a telescope, we see it as it was 20 years ago, not as how it is today. Who knows the sun it travels around might explode today and we will not know it for another 20 years.

Agreed. It would be soooo risky. Plus, with our limited life span giving up 40 years with limited resources [Medicine, ect] would be a bit...Can't think of the word for it...Unlikely?

 

[Hemoo]

According to the Gospel of John, Jesus once told his disciples, "I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd." (John 10:16)

quick reply to what you said is :

in Your Gospel of matthew
010:005 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: 010:006 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

&

015:022 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. 015:023 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 015:024 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.


so as we muslims also know that every prophet was send only to his own people and not to all the people except the prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) who was sent as a seal of prophets to the whole humanity and Jinn.

 

[Muezzin]

Please get back to the topic. Such sarcasm belongs on another website.

 

[Grace Seeker]

so as we muslims also know that every prophet was send only to his own people and not to all the people except the prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) who was sent as a seal of prophets to the whole humanity and Jinn.

I think you are off-topic.

I was responding to this question:

Is there any type of religious text about another planet with life on it?

I gave a verse from a religious text. That text could be interpreted in more than one way. I gave three options (there might be more possble):
1) the way I understood it,
2) the way one group applied it to the new world,
3) that some might similiary see it applied to a new planet.

 

[akhan]

There is no way there is another place that supports life besides earth. There is a reason mankind is living on earth. Their worldy life and hearafter life; worldly life have life spam that was already destine. If a human travels to atleast pluto or jupiter. That human life will not last forever to get there or atleast survive in the space. Space missions to far planets or galaxy is a science fiction not realty.

Is there any type of religious text about another planet with life on it? Or any text saying that this is the only one. I am just wondering what the ramifications to religion would be if there were life on another planet.

Just a reminder.... the first verse of Surah Fatiha?...."All Praise to the Lord of the Worlds"..... the word world is plural

There might be parallel worlds out there....who says we are the only human beings out in the universe???

 

[Al_Imaan]

ummm....not much good has been done on this earth, so i dont see what the benefit is with a new one...:X

 

[Hemoo]

I think you are off-topic.

I was responding to this question:
I gave a verse from a religious text. That text could be interpreted in more than one way. I gave three options (there might be more possble):
1) the way I understood it,
2) the way one group applied it to the new world,
3) that some might similiary see it applied to a new planet.

sorry grace seeker i just wanted to clarify the matter as i know it for you and for my brothers and sisters in islam.

and i ask that from the moderators to delete my posts here if it is 100% off topic.

 

[FatimaAsSideqah]

(Quran 65.12) Allah is the one who created seven heavens and from Earth like them (of corresponding type); [Allah’s] command descends among them (heavens and earths) so that you may know that Allah is capable of anything and that Allah knows everything.

In Islam, Earth is not a unique planet. Other planets like Earth do exist throughout the universe. Actually the Quran says that other planets also have land animals:

(Quran 42.29) And from His signs He created the heavens and the Earth; and the land animals that He scattered in BOTH of them (heavens and Earth); And He is capable of gathering them (in one place) if He wishes.

So according to the Quran, the heavens have land animals like our Earth (not just angels). Actually the Quran says that some of those extraterrestrial creatures will invade Earth one day. There is a wormhole right here on Earth. It connects Earth with another planet. One day the creatures on that planet will use this wormhole to invade Earth.

Allah gave a method of transportation to his angels throughout the universe. The Quran calls them ‘Maarej’ (Quran 70.3) and describes how angels use them for long distance travel. Today Muslims know that these ‘Maarej’ is what scientists call wormholes.

(Quran 17.44} The seven heavens and the Earth and everyone in them glorify Him [Allah]; and there is nothing that doesn't glorify HIM thankfully; but you (humans) do not understand their glorification. He is Compassionate, Merciful.

(Quran 16.49-50) And to Allah kneels what's in the heavens and what's on Earth, of land animals and angels, and they act with no arrogance; 50 They fear their Lord above them and they do what they are ordered.

 

[Allah-creation]

Don’t angles live in the second heaven where there are no stars?

 

[Snowflake]

Is there any type of religious text about another planet with life on it? Or any text saying that this is the only one. I am just wondering what the ramifications to religion would be if there were life on another planet.

I think it's only a matter of time before life is discovered on another planet. So far 80% percent of scientific facts in the Quran have been proven true. The remaining 20% are yet unknown - not disproven.

"And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the
earth, and the living creatures that He has scattered through them: and
He has power to gather them together when He wills.." (Quran: Al-Shura:42)​

 

[Muezzin]

Don’t angles live in the second heaven where there are no stars?

You can find angles all over the place.

Angels on the other hand...

 

[M2A^AKIB^]

i hope life really exists there!
too bad we didn't invent any spaceship capable of travelling 168,000 miles per second imagine!!!!
even with that it'll take 20 years or so