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Daniel Holstege critiques the scientific pursuit of extraterrestrial life (SETI) as a pseudo-scientific endeavor that contradicts biblical faith in God's sovereignty and creation. The article defends a Reformed Christian worldview against secular humanistic assumptions about the cosmos, arguing that the search for alien life reflects unbelief in God's providential governance of creation.
Is Anybody Out There? The July, 2014 issue of National Geographic poses the question on its cover: "Is Anybody Out There?" In the background is a picture of the planet Jupiter with Europa, one of its moons, in the foreground. The article is entitled "The Hunt for Life beyond Earth." The subject is the (foolish and unbelieving) search for extraterrestrial intelligence, which today goes by the acronym SETI, and refers to the various projects involved. Astrobiology is their area of expertise....
Full article available on sb.rfpa.org
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