I think this is pretty much the standard Christian take on aliens, and nothing particularly new or surprising. Unfortunately, Christians don't have anything more to back up their assertions than anyone else. Using the Bible as a source of evidence is really no different than using someone's personal account of an experience. Not exactly the strongest evidence.

Maybe there is a connection between these various types of entities and experiences. But it's just as likely that the Biblical accounts are also essentially wrong in their interpretation of what's going on. And they have an equal difficulty proving any of it to be true and accurate.

That's why it's better to just stick with the facts, without assigning a lot of names to it that may or may not be applicable.

You know how many things have been labeled over the years as bad spirits by "theologians"? Do you believe that influenza, and mental illness is the direct result of "bad spirits"? How about when you get a cough? Is that a spirit? My point is that theologians can label anything because the bible is something up for interpretation, and therefore so is all of man-made religion.

Who in the hell is in this "christian symposium"? (pun intended)




I'm not making a point of this to argue christianity's validity. I'm just pointing out the role of a theologian and how they are pretty much able to label things as 'bad spirits' or 'good spirits' ad-hoc .


Back to the topic at hand and your question: I absolutely believe in alien life. I have no opinion on whether it is 'bad' or 'good'. It would be like me having and opinion on animals in an eco system I am unfamiliar with. For example, I am not from South Africa and I don't have an opinion on whether Springbok's are 'bad' or 'good'.


[edit on 12-5-2009 by bloodline]

Somebody forgot about this passage (Hebrews 11:3):

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

That's right, WORLDS, plural! The Greek term is αἰῶνας, Æons!

Originally posted by watchtheashes
I think (only think don't know for sure) that it is referring to the different levels of heaven and the Earth. Maybe another planet where some of the fallen angels have been cast to?

It's also referring to things seen and unseen to the different dimension and levels of heaven seems right. Or take this for example: Matter is seen but the spirit world is not seen and yet is because it was made directly from the fire of God rather than through physical process.

You would be right, and it may be worth noting that Thomas Taylor, the learned Platonist, translated it as “By faith we understand, that the æones were framed by the word of God, in order that things which are seen, might be generated from such as do not appear (i. e. from things invisible).” But to admit that Paul was referring to the Gnostic conception of "Æons," as abstract hypostases or realms, would be to fall into the most pernicious and damnable of heresies.

Thus, to maintain the literalism of orthodoxy, we simply must read it as "worlds."

[edit on 12-5-2009 by Eleleth]