Theological Musings

Looking up at the night sky, filled with countless stars & galaxies, one can't help but wonder at the enormity of the universe & the timelessness of it. This gives one pause to reflect on its meaning & ones relationship to it. Why is the universe here? Why indeed are humans here? The seemingly imponderable seems ponderable when one turns to religion: God. But whose religion? Whose God?

Since we are living in a predominantly Christian nation & society, it seems natural to pose a few questions in line with Christian belief. We do not know whether there are valid answers to them & we are not asking in a mocking way. We are just trying to ponder the imponderable.

The first question. What does one do in Heaven? If Heaven means eternity in the realm of God, what does one do there? We have heard that the purpose is to glorify God. But is God so vain-glorious that he needs such eternal adulation? Even so, what does one do when one is not glorifing God? One may be reunited with loves ones. Okay, but after the reunion, what does one do? Humans are driven by purpose, by goals. What purpose is there in Heaven? What goals to be met? Walks through the Heavenly Garden seem not enough. Is there learning to be had? Even so, then what? Is Heaven all play? Well, all play & no work would seem to make an Angel a bored boy. Just what the hell does one do in Heaven?

Second question: Why is the universe so vast? We are talking at least 15 billion light years. It is incomprehensibly huge. 186,000 miles per second for light, times 15 billion = well, it's a lot of miles. If we humans are God's only creation in the universe, why did He make the universe so big? Why not have the universe end with the solar system? Why not have it stop at Mars? What is the purpose of all that extra universe if humans cannot possibly hope to travel very much into it? Or did God create other forms on other planets & galaxies? Then we are not alone. Well, if there are other life forms with souls, has God touched them? Has Jesus been to them as He had been to us on Earth? If not, why not? If so, did He die there in some manner for their sins? If they have no souls, what purpose for them?

There are other questions, but they will wait.