So, you tell me: how does the human mind even begin to wrap itself around something like this? According to one of the commentators, the destructive power of this single supernova [if that is what it is], was staggering almost beyond grasping. It was estimated that millions of planets were simply vaporized. Including many worlds [it was suggested] that contained civilizations much like our own.
Now, think about this in the context of religion and God. It makes the Great Flood from the Bible appear to be but a teeny, tiny drop in the bucket when it comes to the destruction of worlds.
And that’s not even counting “rogue stars” and “gamma ray bursts”.
God may well work in mysterious ways, but now we have to include enormously destructive events like this in His narrative.
Well if the god of the bible exists, and if there are on average only1 or 2 planets with humanoid/intelligent life on them [per galaxy], then maybe this big explosion would have missed any of them. God would know if such an event were to occur and where.
Leads to a deeper question for me; what if we are just supposed to live once. Then after that it doesn’t matter if all life on earth or a given similar planet, ceases to exist. In fact it may be detrimental for species to last too long, as that would mean too many souls would be created, or worse, that existing souls would be reborn endlessly/too many times.
Make em’ and then pop em’ might just be the best way to go!
