[Update / Addendum 10/11/2011 - see the third paragraph.] I'm betting those of you who lurk on this blog have seen the recent spate (or is it semi-mindless repetition) of news stories about the impact an intelligent extraterrestrial reality would have on religion,...
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John Milor vs. Gary Bates
A few days ago Dr. Stephen Yulish was kind enough to forward this link to me. If you follow the link you'll find an article on the UFO Digest website by John MIlor entitled "Cosmic Salvation." Milor is a Christian and believes (in most general terms) that the Bible...
Theology, Politics, and Astrobiology
It’s been nearly two weeks since I attended the annual scholarly society meetings for scholars in my field of study and interest: the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS), the Near East Archaeological Society (NEAS), the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR),...
Did NASA Announce It Has Found Life on Mars or Outer Space?
Short answer: No. But to read the click-bait headlines circulating on the internet in the last couple of days, you'd think so. All you need to do is read NASA's own announcement -- just the first paragraph: NASA’s Curiosity rover has found new evidence preserved in...
Can Christianity Accommodate An Extraterrestrial Reality? Dr. Heiser’s 2003 God, Man, ET Lecture
I just came across my lecture from the 2003 God, Man, and ET Conference on YouTube. The event was hosted at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. I participated in the planning of the event. Aside from myself, the speakers were Dr. Hugh Ross, Dr. Paul Nelson, Richard...
Of Sophistry and Antagonism Toward Fine-Tuning
I found this recent post entitled, "Is This the Dumbest Ever 'Refutation' of the Fine-Tuning Argument Ever?" worth the read (and a bit funny). It's about some very poor thinking on the part of British philosopher Anthony Grayling with respect to his disdain of the...
Atheism as UFO Religion, Part 2
I've found a second atheist's commentary on "belief" in UFOs. Atheist: The belief in God(s) is purely and simply based in faith, no matter what religion you come from. Faith is defined simply as belief in something without evidence or proof. MSH: This is actually an...
What is “the” Christian View of Aliens? Part 1
The recent publicity spike for the upcoming Christian Symposium on Aliens, to be held this July in Roswell, NM, has prompted me to blog about its content. This symposium focuses on the view that what people think are aliens (mostly from contactee and abductee...
The Torah’s Teaching on Aliens
I was tempted just to leave the page of this post blank, but some might miss the joke and think there was a malfunction. Those of you who don't think biblical illiteracy is a problem will want to read this essay by Micah Hanks: "The Torah's Teachings on Alien Life."...
Understanding the Christian Fundamentalist View of UFOs and Aliens, Part 6
We've reached the point now where we can transition from explaining the four pillars of the "fundamentalist" view to offering some points of (friendly) critique. Here they are for sake of review: 1. Abductee testimony of the forcible trauma of their experience. 2....
“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 lot of uninformed...
UFOs: Physical or Metaphysical? Is the Answer Yes?
Check out the post by Mac Tonnies (thanks to Nick Redfern for posting this). I think much of what Mac says here is quite coherent. I've recently offered to do a lecture in Roswell next summer on the topic of why, in terms of biblical theology, intelligent alien life...
Have You Subscribed to FringePop321 Yet?
If not, you need to. Really. FringePop321 is a YouTube channel. I'm the host. Every week we release a new video of me trying to inject some sanity into a fringe topic -- paleobabble, fringe archaeology, ancient aliens, paranormal topics, etc. Just go to the channel...
RH Negative Blood: Alien-Nephilim-Hybrid Nonsense
A couple months ago my PEERANORMAL Podcast focused on this modern myth. Here's a pretty thorough-but-readable essay on the RH nephilim silliness. It's very informative. I guess at a time when people are willing to believe the earth is actually flat and all ISS / NASA...
The Science and Pseudo-Science of Extraterrestrial Communication
That's the gist of this interesting and informative episode of Exposing PseudoAstronomy. Here's the episode's abstract: Linguist, Dr. Karen Stollznow, discusses some of the communication problems on our own planet and how that translates to the huge potential...