hi FD, tyou have faith in god and i for onre will never try to take that away or mock any faith, in saying that you know there has to be a but............but the earths eco system i am sorry to say has evolved and still is. the very oxygen we breathe is by earth standard time frame  new. it is fact that millions of years ago this planets atmosphere was mostly C02 with a methane carbohydrates mix. even going back to the start of the dinosaur era the carbon dioxide levels were much higher than today. the gas oxygen is a by product ( a waste gas) that was expelled by primitive plants long before the first T Rex walked the planet. the eco system we have today as said has evolved even trees as we know them, grass and flowering plants are all relativly new.   we can only speculate at how earths eco system will evolve, at present we the humans are killing it.

Hello Pete,

I really am not disputing some of what you say. I am no scientist myself. As you stated yourself most of it is just theory, we haven't got the ability and brain power to begin to understand everything there is to know about the universe we are afterall only mere humans, very primative in comparison to our creator.

One of the things I am disputing is the this evolving bit.

I whole heartedly agree with you the eco system has been changed it has reacted in negative ways to the damage done to it by mankind.

It is mankind ruining the earth.

Jehoveh God will be restoring anything that has been damaged back to how it was meant to be before mankind destroyed it.

I am not disputing your knowledge on stars exploding for instance. What I did say was, anything in the skies above (the vast expance of space that is there sustaining this planet eg the Sun Moon and stars (any stars if they do sustain this planet that is) will stay forever.

Jehovah will make sure all that is needed to sustain this planet will continue to do so.

We have no way of knowing how many years this planet existed before Jehovah created the things on it so yes, vegitation and life as we know it is relatively new.

The Bible states God is the creator of all things it does give us some indication of him being around a very long time before our planet. Could very well be millions of years because as I said before he has always been there. He tells us he created all things but he doesn't state how he created all things. He tells us what we need to know especially in relation to living on this planet and how we can get to know him as our God.

What scientists and explorers discover is only ever what has already been created in the first place, they are only learning and unlocking details that once upon a time they didn't understand but were alreading set in place with a purpose. God already knows everything there is to know about all things, because he created it.

Take the big bang, it has been mimicked/copied by scientists but God has already done it. I cannot dispute that the big bang happened what I can dispute is what happened as a result of it., meaning evolution.

All the scientists have done is tried to peice things together, and what they have done is come to their own assumed conclusions as you say theory not fact.

I would like to ask one question if I may, have you ever read the bible and researched the creation explanation from begining to end.?

I do respect your opinions too Pete and would always want to be respectful toward you even if I don't agree with them and that there isn't a God. I thank you when you treat me with respect too and my opinions.:-)

You have a wonderful ability to photograph much of our universe and your pictures are a joy to see.