UFOs
UFOs is one of
those subjects that conjures up images of little green men from Mars and such
like. However, especially on account of the USA military recently releasing
video footage of unidentified flying objects that seemingly defy the laws of
physics, it has become a lot more respectable of late to discuss these things.
Of course, just because a flying object cannot be identified, does not
necessarily mean that it has come from outer space. The objects could belong to
any nation, group of individuals, or individual on earth, that has developed
secret technology. And there’s the rub! From spy-planes to stealth-bombers to
strange flying-saucers, all speak of technological advancement.
However, Christians ought to approach the subject of UFOs with a healthy Biblical caution. All human thought first begins with certain presuppositions. If it is presupposed that intelligent life on earth is a result of a ‘molecules to man’ evolution, then pond scum on other planets might have developed into beings with an advanced technology able to visit the planet earth. Erich von Däniken, e.g., capitalised on this presupposition big time with his Chariots of the Gods and other books.
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Viewed through the prism of neo-Darwinian
Evolutionary theory, von Däniken saw aliens hiding behind every tree, from
Stonehenge to the Pyramids of Giza to cave paintings to ancient statues. To be
sure, e.g., lions and tigers did develop from earlier feline creatures, and
horses and zebras from earlier equine animals, i.e., micro-evolution, but
nowhere does Scripture speak of a ‘goo to you’ macro-evolution. Therefore,
according to Biblical presupposition, any alien life form is either originally from
earth, or is angelic and/or demonic.
NASA employee Josef F. Blumrich, sought to
quash von Däniken’s version of Ezekiel’s vision (see Ezekiel 1), but instead
ended up agreeing with him that Ezekiel didn’t actually see ‘visions of God’ as
he had claimed, but rather an extraterrestrial spacecraft. Blumrich even went
on to publish a book titled The Spaceships of Ezekiel. Again, this is what
happens when you have faulty presuppositions. Faulty worldviews result from refusing
to view the world through the spectacles of Scripture. Scripture must be
allowed to interpret Scripture, not vain presupposition.
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Occum’s Razor suggests that verifiable UFO
sightings are either advanced human technology or spirits, i.e., angels or perhaps
fallen angels and their demonic activity. A physics-denying flying object may lend
itself to Satan as ‘the prince of the power of the air’ Ephesians 2:2, and the
idea that ‘we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age,
against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places’ Ephesians 6:12. But
then again, perhaps UFOs have to do with the more benign, ‘Do not forget to
entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels’
Hebrews 13:2. We continue to watch…
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