statements about creation is found in Isaiah 45:18: For thus says the LORD, Who created the heavens, Who is God, Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it a waste, Who formed it to be inhabited; I am the LORD, and there is no other. Note the phrase, “Who did not create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited.” Earth is no sterile planet like Mars, nor is it wrapped in a corrosive atmosphere like Venus. Earth is the one known warm and friendly planet