I've blogged before (here and here) about how what the biblical prophet Ezekiel saw was not a UFO or flying saucer. From time to time I get email (or comments here) about how I'm wrong because of the "research" of Joseph Blumrich, a pseudo-scientist who blessed the...
Ezekiel 1
How Would a Biblical Writer Describe a UFO if He Saw One?
One of my most frequent points of irritation in the whole UFOs and religion arena is the idea that there are UFOs (as in flying spaceships) in the Bible (this is basically an Old Testament / Hebrew Bible issue, so that's my focus here). I want people to trust me when...
Mike on Coast to Coast AM Thursday Night
Many readers are familiar with Coast to Coast AM, the most-listened to late night talk show in the world. I'll be on the evening of Feb 2. I've been on Coast over twenty times, and it's always fun and unpredictable. The topics tend to be fairly wide-ranging when I'm...
“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, Aliens, and Faith: A Review of the Movie “Knowing”
Last Friday I saw the new Nicholas Cage movie, Knowing. If you haven't seen it yet, you can read some brief plot details here, along with a just-as-brief review. That review seems to suggest Cage recovered his faith, but I'm less generous (and so are many other...
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...
Ezekiel’s Vision, Part 2
In the previous post, I asserted my position that Ezekiel's vision was not a spacecraft. In doing so, I mentioned that I thought it had something to do with astrology/astronomy. I'll try and unpack that a bit here. We'll have to start with the visions: Ezekiel 1:4-19...
Ezekiel’s Vision: Why it Wasn’t a Flying Saucer, Part 1
I've decided to post my old notes on Ezekiel's vision, as I put the link into some comments earlier. As I noted in that comment, these notes are in need of revision. I wouldn't change much until the end, when the statuary about the eyes in Ezekiel comes up. In the...
The Naked Bible’s Thoughts on Inspiration, Part 3 – The Myth of the Holy Stapler
In the previous two posts I've laid out my thoughts on the relationship of the human writers to God's role in producing the Scriptures. I have argued that it is flawed thinking to deny that Scripture originated with humans in ANY sense; that is, anthropopneustos is...