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why would He make more planets for which there does not appear to be any apparent use?

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They have their own use, too, Silver Queen. The moon is to give us light by night and that is also part of the stars' job. Early civilization navigated by the position of the stars and marked their calendar by them, they did their agricultural duties by them. Nowadays, when man's compasses and other gizmos fail them, the stars are still there for guidance. The stars are also there for our enjoyment at night. Have you ever been out in the middle of nowhere, without the city lights to dim the stars? It's an awsome tapestry of design and beauty!

The Bible doesn't say it, but the Rev. Billy Graham thinks that these are the mansions that God has prepared for his children. We'll be in a totally different dimension and who's to say that we won't find absolute beauty in those stars and planets?

We won't be bound by our travel limitations then and we'll be able to transport ourselves through that glorious mass of light, from one star to the other, from one planet to the other.

This is one of my most favorite passages in the Bible:

Psalm 19 (Contemporary English Version)

The Wonders of God and the Goodness of His Law

1The heavens keep telling
the wonders of God,
and the skies declare
what he has done.

2Each day informs
the following day;
each night announces
to the next.

3They don't speak a word,
and there is never
the sound of a voice.

4Yet their message reaches
all the earth,
and it travels
around the world.

In the heavens a tent
is set up for the sun.

5It rises like a bridegroom
and gets ready like a hero
eager to run a race.

6It travels all the way
across the sky.
Nothing hides from its heat.