In The Beginning

The very first line in the Bible is the easiest to except. It reads, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."

So you're not a believer of God. Well, no matter what your religion you can replace the word God with your Deity and it still works. Even if you are an Atheist, you can replace "God" with "the big-bang" or whatever you believe in, and it still works.

Where I get a little lost on this line though is the word "heavens". Did whoever or whatever actually create more than one outspace? I guess you could argue that each solar system or that each galaxy is its own heaven, but then why create so much vast emptiness and create only one planet (Earth) on which to create life?

Next problem is that word "earth". Its not the word "Earth" as you would think, as in the name of our planet, but the earth or soil, or dirt upon which you would stand. This leaves way to the thought, if its possible that the word heavens was pluralized for a reason, that the earth actually is plural too. Simply put, there is more than one planet sustainable of life.

Both the Bible and the Quran give mention of multiple worlds:

In Sura (42:29) of the Quran mentions "and the living creatures that He (God) has scattered through them".

Daniel (4:11) of the Bible mentions "and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth".

Many leading scientist and theorist take it one step further saying that we share the same time and space with multiple earth (Earths) in different dimensions. Even Einstein was a believer in the multi-dimensional theory.

So it turns out this very simple first sentence in the Bible is actually one of the most complex things in the Bible that you will actually read. The worst part is that there is little or nothing in the rest of the Bible to actually back up the basic meanings of this line. Both the Bible and the Quran actually do more to prove that we are one of many, rather than the only one.

Added on 2010-02-13: As I expand my knowledge I have begun to read parts of the Gita. Bhagavad Gita (11.32) reads, "Time I am, the great destroyer of the worlds, and I have come here to destroy all people." Here again is another example of God telling us of multiple worlds. This line also fits into my blog about the existance of God himself, as he says here that he himself is time.