Now we have Superhabitable Planets?

In their efforts to suppress the truth about the work of our Creator, secularists seem to be intensifying their excuses for the existence of extraterrestrial life. They operate from bad logic and fundamentally flawed presuppositions, so the discovery of life out yonder would validate materialism in their eyes.

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A study was done on exoplanets and habitability. There was a "habitable zone" that was defined, but it doesn't really cover all the necessary preconditions for life. (Not to be confused with our own galactic habitable zone.) Like American Democrats, secularists keep changing the rules until they get what they want. Biblical creationists know that Earth is the focal point of the universe (Isaiah 45:18), but materialists keep saying that our planet is nothing special.

Now the size doesn't matter (it used to), and using presuppositions of deep time as well as evolution, they built up some criteria that suit their purposes. These include the expected duration of a star's existence (providing time for evolution), and proposed twenty-four exoplanets that may be superhabitable. Problem is, they only have vague inferences that most of these even exist. Ever notice the pictures of exoplanets? They are guesses. Nice artwork, but guesses because nobody knows what they actually look like.

A recent article in the journal Astrobiology attempted to identify superhabitable planets. What is a superhabitable planet? Much discussion about the possibility of life elsewhere has focused on earth-like planets. But what makes the earth so special, other than the fact that it has life? The authors of this study argued that using the earth as the standard to determine where life is possible is anthropocentric and violates the Copernican principle, that there is nothing remarkable about us or our location in the universe. The authors conclude that life would be more likely on planets that exceeded the earth’s ability to sustain life. The definition they established for superhabitability was planets having greater biomass and higher biodiversity than the earth.

To read the rest of this really far-out article, catch "Superhabitable Planets".