obiwan6797

Hello All,

My name is Rick and I am a new Christian. After reading some of Exodus,
the dicription of the "pillar of Fire and Cloud" made me remember something
I had heard about in my "New Age Occult" days, but at the time, did not pay
much attention. It was the debate that the bible discribes "ALien encounters"
and UFO's. I remember the pillar being discussed and also the Book of Ezekiel.
In Ezekiel's vision he sees what some believe to be a UFO (wheel) hovering
in the air with flashing lights.

This has bothered me the more I research it. These UFO believers can
explain away all these storys with the UFO mythology (some examples:
Life on this planet, Star of Bethelhem, even the Resurrection!) There is
no proof of these claims, but what do you say in response?

Some major errors I see in this UFO mythology is:
1. God is not just a supreme being - he is THE Supreme Being,
eternal, nondestructable, all knowing and powerful... He has said so,
and he can NOT lie. Even if there is life out there in the universe, no
matter how techno-savy and intellegent a race of aliens would be, NO
one could achieve this But THE GREAT I AM.

2. The bible is the WORD of GOD, without error...if the bible says
God came in a pillar of Cloud and Fire, he came in a pillar of Cloud and
Fire, the end. As for Ezekiel, I think the discription of what he saw is not
a "newspaper" report but a vision, like Revelations. He uses the would
"Likeness" often saying this-or-that had the "Likeness" of something.

3. Aliens (if they exsist) are not eternal, but have bodies which can die,
the same sites that push the UFO/Bible connection talk about the Roswell
crash where Aliens supposedly died in the crash... or so the story goes.

Why talk about this? Because I feel it takes away from the seriousness
of the Faith, not Just Christian, but Jew and Muslim. God is made out to
be an ALien playing a trick on us dumb humans.. like the Wizard in the
movie WIzard of Oz, behind the curtain, pretending to be something he
is not. And God can't pretend to be something he is not, for that would be
a lie and God can not lie.

What are your thoughts on the bible/UFO connection?


Peace
Rick