Readers will recall that we’re looking at elements of Christian eschatology as preparatory to me getting into my concerns as to the marriage of one specific view of eschatology to the UFO / ET question on the part of Christians into UFOs and ETs. Â Here is the...
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Understanding the Christian Fundamentalist View of UFOs and Aliens, Part 2
To review the purpose of this thread, I suggested at the outset that there were four aspects to the Christian fundamentalist view of UFOs and aliens (i.e., that UFOs that are not man-made or other natural phenomena are demonic and alleged alien life forms are...
Recent Discussion On ET Life and Implications for Christian Theology
I’m swallowing hard in posting this since the conversation includes Paul Davies, whom I have suggested should be kept as far away from theological discussion as possible. But, he’s balanced by John Lennox, who should know something about Christianity...
Rich Dolan Interview and Thoughts on Parsing “Non-Human Intelligences”
Below is a (roughly) ten minute interview of Rich Dolan from the 2008 Laughlin, NV UFO conference. It’s very good. Rich is always a good listen (and a good read). I also personally like him, so I may be a bit biased. I agree entirely with his assessment that...
Eastern Orthodoxy and ET Life
I came across this interesting article: “An Eastern Orthodox Perspective on Microbial Life on Mars” (Theology and Science 6:4, 2008). I’m not Eastern Orthodox, but I think this paragraph in the article’s conclusion is well written and...
“The” Christian View of Aliens, Part 4: Angels, Demons, Gods, and Aliens: An Interdimensional Common Ground?
In Part 3 of this discussion topic, I focused on the first of two descriptions of “alien” and talked about how that definition does not conform to the biblical characters we know as demons, angels, and gods. This first description of an “alien”...
“The” Christian View of Aliens, Part 3: Angels, Demons, Gods, Aliens: Are These Terms Reconcilable?
I’ve been hesitant to write about this subject for some time, though I have addressed it a bit in Q&A sessions at conferences. My reticence is rooted in my feeling that it’s a lose-lose proposition. I’ll try and explain. On one hand, there is a...
“The” Christian View of Aliens, Part 2
In my first (awfully long) installment on this topic, I wrote about how it is unwise to suggest there is or can only be one Christian view of intelligent alien life, should such life be proven factual someday. In the course of that installment, I alluded to certain...
How UFO Enthusiasts Understand and Misunderstand Christians Interested in UFOs and ET Life
I recently received an email forwarded to me (and directed to me) by someone involved in a MUFON chapter. I think readers may be interested in it, and so I thought I’d blog it. I have removed all names of people and chapters in the original email and my...
An Appropriate Rebuke to Those Who Would Argue Genetic Similarity Between Humans and ET Life Would Support Naturalistic Evolution
From Uncommon Descent . The quotation is what caught my eye. It amazes me how many times I hear that a high genetic similarity between human life and any intelligent ET life (should it ever be proven) means that (a) evolution has been proven; or (b) ET made us. ...
Recent (2007) Scholarly Article on ET and Jesus
Here’s another article that I think we can all benefit from in some respects. Some of it is material I’ve already blogged about, but other parts are items I’ve not yet commented on. It’s a good instance of current scholars thinking about the...
ET Life Bigger than Jesus?
That is the gist of this blog post from Greg Bishop. Follow the link to his post, which leads to a news article about how more people in the UK say they believe in ETs / aliens and “the supernatural” than God. This isn’t news to anyone who follows...
Back from My Annual Conferences
Just a heads up. Tonight I plan to post the rest of the Psychological Inquiry articles for readers, just so everyone has the set. I’m going to be moving on to more specific peer-reviewed articles dealing with religion and ETs. For starters, at the conference I...
Conservative Christian Ufology and Other Views: How Can a Joint Dialogue Be Advanced?
The comments to my post about stopping abductions through prayer has me asking myself where the dialogue goes from here (or, from Roswell 2008). It’s not an easy question. I think there is a willingness on both sides to dialogue, but the issues (obstacles?) are...
UFOs, ETs, and Religion (Balducci’s Conundrum, Part 5)
It’s been a while since I’ve posted on Msgr. Balducci’s conundrum. The rabbit trails have been good, though, and we’ll revisit some of them in more detail in the future. Those who didn’t catch the previous four posts on this can find them...