Do aliens fit in with Christian beliefs?

[Lamb]

Do aliens fit in with Christian beliefs?

 

[Josiah]

Do aliens fit in with Christian beliefs?

I assume you are speaking of space aliens, some life form from another planet....

I see nothing in Scripture or Tradition that holds that God created life ONLY here. IF (big, big word there) life is discovered elsewhere, IMO that has no impact on Christianity or our understanding of Scripture.

Blessings!

Josiah

 

[NewCreation435]

what do you mean by "aliens"?

 

[Lamb]

what do you mean by "aliens"?

From outer space.

 

[Ammi]

Do aliens fit in with Christian beliefs?

The Lord never said that He hasn't created other sapient beings elsewhere in the universe. Personally, I'd be surprised if He hadn't. However, "aliens" on our planet are another thing altogether. Once when I was a teen, my friend and I were out one summer night when we saw a light and heard a noise from a dark field just off of our route.
We walked up to it, staying about 5 feet from it as it looked like it could burn. As we stood looking at it, it changed colors. We looked at it for a few seconds and then saw what looked like a human being made out of light energy. Terrified, we ran back to where we deviated from and finished our 15 minute walk. Which took us and hour and 15 minutes. That was 1974 and we had never heard of alien abduction or missing time.
About a year later I woke up in the middle of the night. I should have been in the dark as I slept in the basement. I was paralyzed with fear. I couldn't move or even think. At the foot of the bed was what appeared to be a stubby Christmas tree. I thought there was something inside it. Instead of lights, it appeared to have candles with little saucers underneath them strung around it. This lit my room up. I struggled to get free for maybe 5 seconds. Then the name Jesus was dropped into my head. The being, light, fear, and paralysis was gone in an instant. I was left laying in the dark.
2 1/2 years later as I walked home from another friend's, I first heard the sound and then saw the same light across the schoolyard. I ran home, terrified.
In the past ten years I've seen flying craft 3, perhaps 4 times. The last time there were 4 other people with me. We all saw them. This time it was dark and I can only speculate what they were, but a triangle formation slowly slid over us. Then lights started blinking one at a time and disappeared. I've seen many YouTube videos that were the same.
These encounters were, I believe, with evil spirits and/evil beings. Fallen angels, Nephilim, and the spirits of dead Nephilim, demons. According to the word, this is not surprising nor is it something to be afraid of. Never seek them, but if they find you, the name Jesus sends them fleeing in terror.
"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." - Ephesians 6:12
"You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world." - 1 John 4:4
Shalom.

 

[Lucian Hodoboc]

While there are sentient lifeforms on other planets (as it was shown to several people who had near-death experiences), it is very unlikely that we will ever encounter them before the creation of the New Earth. God placed life throughout the universe in such a way as to make the interaction between the sentient species impossible.

 

[Daniel The Learner]

I read CS Lewis, I think it would be cool to share Jesus on another planet.

 

[tango]

It seems to me that the Bible is silent regarding whether life exists elsewhere in the universe, so I don't see that the existence or otherwise of extraterrestrial life changes anything.

 

[The Jason]

According to scientists, there are 6 billion habitable earth-like planets in the Milky Way galaxy. That leaves the possibility for a lot of life that possibly needs salvation.

 

[Lamb]

According to scientists, there are 6 billion habitable earth-like planets in the Milky Way galaxy. That leaves the possibility for a lot of life that possibly needs salvation.

Did Jesus die for them though?

 

[The Jason]

Did Jesus die for them though?

We really don't know. It's one of those mysteries. I mean, I don't want to take Bible verses too literally all the time.

 

[tango]

Did Jesus die for them though?

It depends on whether they needed him to die for them. It's a bit presumptuous to assume that, if alien life exists, it takes a similar form to our own and needs to be saved.

 

[Mercury]

Do aliens fit in with Christian beliefs?

I would say they had to because I doubt very much that humans began here on Earth. There are structures on Mars (as any keen astronomer knows) that are in the shape of pyramids. There has been controversy about that and many attempts to either cover it up, play it down or dismiss it. However it runs deeper. Not only are there pyramid structures there but they are laid out to mirror the constellations, specifically Pleiades. Many don't know or realise that there are many many pyramids built all along the river Nile in Egypt, not just the famous 3 at Giza. All those pyramids have been built and cited in the formation of celestial constellations. Take a look HERE.

So to find that the various structures on Mars are also laid out to mirror the constellations is quite fascinating. Take a look at this short video where Wayne Herschel takes a clear transparency and marks on it the structures on Mars and then overlays that transparency on a computer map of the stars (using a freely downloadable application called Stellarium).




So who are the aliens here on Earth? I think there's a good chance that it's us. We humans are the alien visitors here. Which is why we don't seem to be able to properly adapt and live with the environment but instead consume it and destroy it and move from place to place doing the same thing whilst all the native life forms, animals, insects etc have very long since learned to co-exist with the environment.

 

[SetFree]

Truly it is time today that the Church considers this matter of alien visitors from another planet, because there have already been U.S. Congressional hearings with testimony by three U.S. Navy pilots that came forth to describe what they saw and experienced when flying their Navy jets off the island of Catalina (I think it was Catalina off the coast of California). The New York Times picked up on it. Their Congressional testimonies are on YouTube.

Personally, I DO NOT BELIEVE ALIENS ACTUALLY EXIST. NOR DO I BELIEVE UFO'S (of UAP's they are called now), ARE FROM OTHER PLANETS. I BELIEVE UFO'S ARE FROM THAT 'OTHER' DIMENSION (some Ufologists now believe this too.)

If they aren't Aliens, then what are they? I believe they are Satan's fallen angels.

I also believe the many various outer likeness descriptions of aliens, like some Star Trek TV show, is only a 'mask' those fallen angels are able to generate and appear with. Like the Christopher Walken movie Communion, the story written by an author who claimed he and his family were visited by aliens in their vacation cabin in upstate New York, he finally said to them when he asked who they were, "You're not going to show me who you really are, are you?" While he asked them that, they were constantly changing their outward appearance.


Some UFOlogists believe UFO's are appearing from another dimension, not traveling from light years away. This is because of how they suddenly appear out of thin air, and likewise suddenly disappear. This is what I believe also. They are appearing from the heavenly dimension, which is where the abode of hell also exists, but in a place of separation away from God's Throne. (see Luke 16 of what Lord Jesus taught about the two sides of the great fixed gulf in that other dimension.)

The British philosopher Richard Dawkins, the world's head atheist, was interviewed by Ben Stein in his video Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. Stein finally asked Dawkins how the creation happened, and how did man get here. Dawkins said in speculation, "Maybe the aliens seeded the planet and genetically engineered us and put us here." Same old story with atheists, anything but GOD will do.

That led me thinking. In Revelation 12:7 forward, which is NOT about past history, but for the end of this world, there's to be a war in Heaven between Archangel Michael and his angels, vs. Satan and his angels. And then Satan and his angels will be cast out... of the heavenly dimension, down to this earth. Could that be what is getting ready to happen with appearance of UFO's, uh, I mean UAP's?

 

[Frankj]

Truly it is time today that the Church considers this matter of alien visitors from another planet, because there have already been U.S. Congressional hearings with testimony by three U.S. Navy pilots that came forth to describe what they saw and experienced when flying their Navy jets off the island of Catalina (I think it was Catalina off the coast of California). The New York Times picked up on it. Their Congressional testimonies are on YouTube.

Personally, I DO NOT BELIEVE ALIENS ACTUALLY EXIST. NOR DO I BELIEVE UFO'S (of UAP's they are called now), ARE FROM OTHER PLANETS. I BELIEVE UFO'S ARE FROM THAT 'OTHER' DIMENSION (some Ufologists now believe this too.)

If they aren't Aliens, then what are they? I believe they are Satan's fallen angels.

I also believe the many various outer likeness descriptions of aliens, like some Star Trek TV show, is only a 'mask' those fallen angels are able to generate and appear with. Like the Christopher Walken movie Communion, the story written by an author who claimed he and his family were visited by aliens in their vacation cabin in upstate New York, he finally said to them when he asked who they were, "You're not going to show me who you really are, are you?" While he asked them that, they were constantly changing their outward appearance.


Some UFOlogists believe UFO's are appearing from another dimension, not traveling from light years away. This is because of how they suddenly appear out of thin air, and likewise suddenly disappear. This is what I believe also. They are appearing from the heavenly dimension, which is where the abode of hell also exists, but in a place of separation away from God's Throne. (see Luke 16 of what Lord Jesus taught about the two sides of the great fixed gulf in that other dimension.)

The British philosopher Richard Dawkins, the world's head atheist, was interviewed by Ben Stein in his video Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. Stein finally asked Dawkins how the creation happened, and how did man get here. Dawkins said in speculation, "Maybe the aliens seeded the planet and genetically engineered us and put us here." Same old story with atheists, anything but GOD will do.

That led me thinking. In Revelation 12:7 forward, which is NOT about past history, but for the end of this world, there's to be a war in Heaven between Archangel Michael and his angels, vs. Satan and his angels. And then Satan and his angels will be cast out... of the heavenly dimension, down to this earth. Could that be what is getting ready to happen with appearance of UFO's, uh, I mean UAP's?

You would probably find something to ponder in the original Star Trek series Season 3, episode 7.

Truth is often best told as fiction.

 

[SetFree]

You would probably find something to ponder in the original Star Trek series Season 3, episode 7.

Truth is often best told as fiction.

I never actually liked Star Trek though, couldn't handle all the silly looking monster aliens, they made me laugh. Lost In Space was more my line, even though it too at times had monster looking aliens, but not so much. God doesn't do monsters.

This is why I believe the powers that be, through media, have been conditioning the world, trying to get us ready for Satan and his angels to appear here on earth, in plain sight. That is actually what Revelation 12:7-17 is pointing to, with Christ telling us when that war in Heaven happens, there will then be no more place found in Heaven for Satan and his angels.

Rev 12:7-9
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
KJV

 

[Frankj]

"This is why I believe the powers that be, through media, have been conditioning the world, trying to get us ready for Satan and his angels to appear here on earth, in plain sight. That is actually what Revelation 12:7-17 is pointing to, with Christ telling us when that war in Heaven happens, there will then be no more place found in Heaven for Satan and his angels."


Many people think the same, and I would say it has some merit to consider it that way. Quite a few events in the Bible, both past ones and prophecied future ones, would seem to be best (at this time) explained by the existence of space aliens and manifestations of supernatural beings.

For a number of years I've thought that they may well play a role in the latter days. They may not even be real in the sense they are portrayed, but I expect people will believe they are and they will be real actors in the play of the end times in that sense.

I'm old and don't expect to be around to watch it play out to find out for certain, but I imagine most of those younger than I am will be. But who knows, huge events and developments seem to be coming faster and faster and closer and closer together nowadays so maybe even I will be.

 

[SetFree]

"This is why I believe the powers that be, through media, have been conditioning the world, trying to get us ready for Satan and his angels to appear here on earth, in plain sight. That is actually what Revelation 12:7-17 is pointing to, with Christ telling us when that war in Heaven happens, there will then be no more place found in Heaven for Satan and his angels."


Many people think the same, and I would say it has some merit to consider it that way. Quite a few events in the Bible, both past ones and prophecied future ones, would seem to be best (at this time) explained by the existence of space aliens and manifestations of supernatural beings.

For a number of years I've thought that they may well play a role in the latter days. They may not even be real in the sense they are portrayed, but I expect people will believe they are and they will be real actors in the play of the end times in that sense.

I'm old and don't expect to be around to watch it play out to find out for certain, but I imagine most of those younger than I am will be. But who knows, huge events and developments seem to be coming faster and faster and closer and closer together nowadays so maybe even I will be.

I am pretty much with you on all that. I'm older too, and feel the same way about younger brethren today.

As I have gotten older, and stayed in God's Word, it seems to me that The LORD keeps opening things up more to me in His Word. Like that "neither was their place found any more in heaven" phrase in Rev.12:8 (KJV), that never used to pop out at me, like I had been just passing over it for the longest. But when I began to better understand what Apostle Paul was teaching in 1 Corinthians 15 and 2 Corinthians 5 about that other dimension of the heavenly, then that Rev.12:8 phrase popped out at me.

I don't think I'm going to be here for the coming "great tribulation" time because I'm old, but never know, I might be. It's up to The LORD. Still, I feel the Biblical warnings about Satan and his angels coming to our earthly dimension in plain sight when that war in heaven happens, must be taught, no matter how crazy folks today may think the idea is. The majority of the world, including many Christian brethren, are not going to be prepared for that coming event. Revelation 13 and Revelation 17 says the whole world (except Christ's elect) will 'wonder' at that beast when he ascends out of the bottomless pit.

 

[BruceLeiter]

I'm not much on speculation, but I do like science fiction as FICTIONAL human drama!