Another evidence that man is not God

The following report was in this morning’s newspaper:

LOS ANGELES — Here’s a finding that may make some stargazers do a double take through their telescopes: There may be three times as many stars in the universe as we thought.

Fixing this astronomical miscalculation may force some researchers to reconsider what far-off galaxies really look like and how the stars within them came to be.

“It has terrifying implications for a lot of the astronomy we do,” said Caltech astronomer Richard Ellis, who was not involved in the work.

Previous star counts relied on the assumption that the larger universe looks much like our own galaxy.

But authors of a report published Wednesday in the journal Nature say that there are many more red dwarfs — small, dim stars that can’t be picked out individually when very far off — in certain other galaxies than in the Milky Way.

The new census, based on an analysis of the light signature of the galaxies using instruments at the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, pushes the total number of stars in the universe to 300 sextillion (that’s 100 billion squared, multiplied by 30). [Fort Worth Star-Telegram]

The following was in my Bible reading this morning:

“To whom then will you liken Me
That I would be his equal?” says the Holy One.
Lift up your eyes on high
And see who has created these stars,
The One who leads forth their host by number,
He calls them all by name;
Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power,
Not one of them is missing. (Is. 40:25-26)

Astronomers are trying to figure out how to see the stars.  God sees them and leads them where He wills.  Astronomers are trying to figure out whether the criteria and assumptions they are using for figuring out how many stars exist are legitimate.  God uses the heavens and stars as a tent for his habitation (Is. 40:22).  Astronomers are guessing using very round numbers about the quantity of stars in the galaxies and universe.  God knows not only the numbers of the stars, but has given them each a name and they all serve to do His bidding.

My guess is that the guesses of the astronomers are very far astray from the precise number only known by God.

This is one more evidence that there is only one God.  He is in the heavens.  And man — any man or all men — for all his ponderings about the world in which he lives, is not God.