Theologically significant view on Earth from a vantage point
Theologically significant view on Earth from a vantage point Photo taken October 28 2014 from Change 5-T1 spacecraft Image Credit: Chinese National Space Administration , Xinhuanet NASA/APOD The Chinese robotic spacecraft has taken a truly iconic image and I am grateful to the professional astronomers in APOD for noticing it and calling our attention to the magnificent point of view. As for Astrotheology: God the Creator our Heavenly Father The very first verse of the Bible, Genesis 1:1, writes that in the beginning God created heaven and earth. This verse implies that either God of Israel has created everything, including Earth, Sun, Moon, the entire Universe in which you and me exit or He has created nothing. That is a fairly simple matter. A believer in One God, may he or she be a Jew, Christian or Muslim, accepts the Biblical revelation as a source of truthful information about how everything came into existence. A non-believer rejects that revelation and looks for othe...