I normally don't blog on this sort of thing, but the video below produces a teachable moment -- or, better, a logic check. Try and set aside the fact that there's some sort of light coming from the location of the "alien" (which looks too good to be true) that seems...
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Understanding the Christian Fundamentalist View of UFOs and Aliens, Part 10
Well, it's about time I got back to this. When I last left you, I had noted that I was writing about end times over on my Naked Bible blog and that you needed to check out that discussion to understand my hesitation on agreeing with the typical Christian...
Understanding the Christian Fundamentalist View of UFOs and Aliens, Part 9
Here is a link to my ongoing eschatology (end times) archive over on my other blog. I'm still showing how any view of end times is based on guesses and presuppositions. I should warn readers at this point, though. If you are married to the pre-trib / pre-mill view of...
Understanding the Christian Fundamentalist View of UFOs and Aliens, Part 8
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. Here is the latest...
Understanding the Christian Fundamentalist View of UFOs and Aliens, Part 7
I just posted another installment on eschatology (end times) over on my Naked Bible blog. Again, the goal in that series is to get people to understand that the typical "there's going to be a Great Tribulation, a rapture, and a millennial kingdom in Israel" view of...
Natural Wonders Mistaken for UFOs
This is a pretty sweet post from the Authentic UFO blog. I agree with the blogger that whoever put this together deserves kudos. Very nice presentation of cool natural wonders, some of which are confused for "paranormal" phenomena. I especially hope those who like to...
Understanding the Christian Fundamentalist View of UFOs and Aliens, Part 4
So far we've covered the first three of the four elements to a 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 demonic). The four were: 1. Abductee...
CIA Concludes Study of UFOs Futile
They really do have a point - who would trust the results?
Atheism and Belief in Intelligent ET: Trusting in The Blessed Equation
Over the course of the last couple of days we've been treated once again to the parade of astronomers and astrobiologists pontificating on the likelihood that there is intelligent life elsewhere in the universe. In the wake of a couple of decades of failure on the...
John Milor vs. Gary Bates, Part 3
Here's the third argument as written by John Milor in his exchange with Gary Bates. My comments are inserted at MSH: [Gary Bates}: Point 3: Since extraterrestrials would have no hope for salvation, this would mean that any ETs would be lost for eternity when this...
New Book on the Great Airship of 1897
The Magonia blog posted a review today of a new book on the great airship sightings of 1897: The Great Airship of 1897: A Provocative Look at the Most Mysterious Aviation Event in History. Amazon has the publication date as February 11, 2010, but I'm guessing you can...
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...
Blogging with Dr. Barry, Part 3
Same procedure as the previous two posts. My response is blocked and marked by "MSH". -------------- You do not become a hermeneutical rapist overnight. I didn't just wake up one day and decide to write The Bible and Flying Saucers . Two important elements in my early...
Blogging with Dr. Barry, Part 2
As before, I'll preface my comments with "MSH" and indent them. Everything else is Dr. Downing's. ------ One way to respond to this kind of charge is to take the texts that Heiser mentions, and show why I think my hermeneutics is not as radical or serious a violation...
Blogging With Dr. Barry, Part 1
Some readers brought this link to my attention this past weekend. It's a response on the part of Dr. Barry Downing to some thoughts I had on his work some time ago. For those who don't know who Barry Downing is, he's the author of a book called Flying Saucers and the...