To review (again) 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...
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Understanding the Christian Fundamentalist View of UFOs and Aliens, Part 1
For those who have not read the post that explains why I'm getting into this and what I mean, read that first. In that original post, I said there were four trajectories I'd have to track to help people understand the "fundamentalist" view (that this is all about...
Aliens, Abductions, and the Jinn
Nick Redfern recently posted this story about a possible connection between abductions and the Jinn, supernatural creatures known from the Quran. There are a number of things said about the Jinn in the Quran that fit abductee narratives. That said, the article Nick...
New Review of The Fourth Kind
Gary Bates has written a lengthy review of The Fourth Kind. If you haven't seen the movie yet and care about reading spoilers, you may want to defer reading the review. If you have no time at all for a spiritual explanation for alien abduction, you won't want to read...
Night Terrors and Sleep Paralysis
Nick Redfern recently posted something on night terrors put together by Tim Binnall. Interesting reading, but there was a curious omission. Binnall's work (at least in this installment) neglects to mention the major scholarly work on night terrors and its relation...
Alien Demonology: Its Christian Roots
I'm going to be blogging through this article over the next few weeks. It is one of the few scholarly articles that deals with demonology and the belief in aliens. It's written by Christopher Partridge, the same religious studies scholar who edited the book UFO...
Discussion Starters on Bullard’s Supernatural Kidnapping Folklore Article
Well, by now a number of you have read the PDF articles from my last post. I want to make a few observations with respect to the first one (Bullard: "The Supernatural Kidnap Narrative in Technological Guise"). The article does two things, fundamentally: (1) it...
Getting Re-Kickstarted with a Bang
If you're following this blog you may have had two recent thoughts: (1) Mike's time is being spent more on replying to comments than blogging; and (2) the comments are drifting away from the UFO theme. Agree on both counts. Now for the remedy. One of the stated goals...
Can Non-Christians Appeal to Jesus for Deliverance from Alien Abductions?
Dave Ruffino posted a good comment to the recent thread on "Stopping Abductions with Prayer." For those who haven't been following the comments, here's the part of Dave's post I want to focus on: The one thing that I really wanted to touch upon though is what some of...
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...