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What about the Little Gray Men?
This is the last in a series of articles on what the Bible says about UFOs and aliens.
Read Part 1 – Are There Aliens Among Us?; Part 2 – Who Are These Guys?; Part 3 – UFOs and Alien Theories; Part 4 – What the Bible Says about Alien Encounters; Part 5 – Alien Encounters in Scripture.
The 2002 sci-fi thriller “Signs” features one family’s encounters with aliens, whose global invasion of Earth includes the Hess family farmhouse in Pennsylvania. Mysterious greenish-gray creatures, who can change their skin color to match the environment, emerge from cornfields, stand on rooftops, and lurk outside the Hess’s barricaded home.
These terrifying creatures have mayhem in mind, but they retreat when humans discover that dousing the aliens with water produces a toxic allergic reaction. The Hess family discovers this by accident, although a baseball bat to one alien’s head proves equally deadly.
In the end, the aliens depart, and the world survives, but the haunting memories of a little gray man crashing a children’s birthday party in Brazil and another threatening a captive boy with deadly gas emitted from his wrists make “Signs” an unforgettable blockbuster.
Continue readingAlien Encounters in Scripture?
This is the fifth in a series of articles on what the Bible says about UFOs and aliens.
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Erich von Daniken’s Chariots of the Gods has sold more than 45 million copies since its release in the late 1960s. In his book and subsequent movies, von Daniken argues that the Ark of the Covenant was, in fact, a radio transmitter that enabled Moses to communicate with beings in a spaceship that guided the Israelites across the wilderness during the Exodus.
No doubt, the ark is an object of curiosity throughout Scripture. It mystifyies – and even terrifies – some of the idolatrous enemies of Israel who come into possession of it. But is the ark, or any other biblical account of inexplicable phenomena, proof of alien encounters?
The answer is no.
Continue readingUFOs, Aliens, and the Bible
This is the fourth in a series of articles on what the Bible says about UFOs and aliens.
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If creatures commonly identified as aliens truly are demons, as we claimed in the previous column, then the Bible has something to say about how we are to deal with them. For starters, Scripture is replete with warnings against an unhealthy fascination with the unseen realm.
One of the earliest warnings comes in the Lord’s instructions to the Israelites, who are about to enter the promised land:
“When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable customs of those nations. No one among you is to sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire, practice divination, tell fortunes, interpret omens, practice sorcery, cast spells, consult a medium or a spiritist, or inquire of the dead. Everyone who does these acts is detestable to the LORD, and the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you because of these detestable acts. You must be blameless before the LORD your God. Though these nations you are about to drive out listen to fortune-tellers and diviners, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do this” (Deut. 18:9-14).
Common religious practices among Israel’s neighboring peoples included:
Child sacrifice – particularly to the god Molech.
Divination – attempting to discover hidden knowledge through supernatural means like reading entrails, casting lots for spiritual insight, or interpreting natural phenomena as divine messages.
Continue readingTheories of UFOs and Aliens
This is the third in a short series of articles on what the Bible says about UFOs and aliens.
There are several theories that seek to explain UFOs and alien encounters. First, the skeptical view. Since 95 percent of reported UFO and alien sightings are explained naturally, many people write off the other five percent and deny the possibility of extraterrestrial life. They place UFOs and aliens in the same category as Bigfoots, skunk-apes, vampires, and other subjects of folklore.
Proponents of a second view contend that these unexplained phenomena are the products of secret technology governments are developing, primarily for use as weapons. Or, they say, the creators of these phenomena are corporations or private empires testing products they hope to commercialize.
Third, there’s the extraterrestrial hypothesis. This is perhaps the most popular view, which a growing number of scientists embrace. Just watch an episode of Ancient Aliens on the History Channel to get a taste of salivating scientists who say we’re on the cusp of contacting intelligent life from galaxies far, far away.
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