ETs - the Objection that Cannot be Overcome

by metatron 29 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  metatron

  Let's suppose you have documentary evidence that every miracle recorded in the Bible actually

  occurred as written. Would this be enough to prove that the Bible can be relied on? That it is

  "God's Word"?

  NO!

  Why not? because there is no possible way to disprove the idea that these miracles were

  staged by extraterrestrials , trying to improve the human race.

  Does that idea sound extreme? or ridiculous? If so, please consider that such a reaction is merely

  a habit of thinking and not a logical response.

  Our world easily accepts that ordinary people - who may be doctors, lawyers, scientists or politicians

  - can believe that the Red Sea parted at Moses' command or that Jesus was raised from the dead

  and appeared to hundreds of disciples. Such people are not grabbed and thrown into lunatic

  asylums as psychotic for believing such things - thus, thinking that past miracles were a product

  of highly advanced extraterrestrials is no more fantastic than what is already accepted as being

  within the societal boundaries of what is "rational".

  The above may be the reason why evangelist Pat Robertson is rumored to have called for

  "UFO believers" to be stoned to death! If you convert "angels" and "demons" into flying

  saucer inhabitants, you have just pulled the rug out from under all revealed religion!

  did events like this really happen?

  www.thewatcherfiles.com/eisenhower.html

  I don't know. I suspect that the US government knows a lot more that it is telling but nevertheless

  I don't see how the "extraterrestrial alternative" can be overcome as an argument against revealed

  religion. It is no more "ridiculous" than mass beliefs that already exist.

  If you are a lurker here, you might want to remember that, next time you're sitting through another

  boring Watchtower study.....

  metatron
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  proplog2

  Metatron:

  You have guts. This is a subject that just targets a person for ridicule.

  Angel/Demon are just archaic terms for extra-earthly beings with advanced technology.
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  under_believer

  As a huge scifi fan, I have always enjoyed playing with the idea that God and all other spirit creatures were alien entities. Reading the Bible in that light is great fun.
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  metatron

  Let me add an additional dilemma:

  If the miracles reported in the Bible impress you, keep in mind that they happened thousands of years

  ago but UFO style "miracles" are being reported nearly everyday by credible, sane witnesses

  all over the world.

  I would like to put together a list of ufo "believers" as the quantity and quality of such witnesses

  is often overlooked in the midst of eager emotional reactions like ridicule.

  metatron
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  under_believer

  I'd like to stress that, while I think it's possible and even likely that intelligent alien life exists elsewhere in this vast infinite universe, I don't believe in UFOs. :)
  
  I was just saying it's a fun mental exercise.
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  sinis

  Think about this: Why is it that civilization in Central-America and even in Egypt once day jump out of the jungle/desert and boom - pyramids that rival anything built? How did the ancients in Central-America with no concept of the wheel lift 40ton+ rocks without pulleys/cranes, or transport them? Why is it that cocaine residue has been found on Egyptian mummies, yet cocaine only grows in Central-America? No records exist with trade between the two cultures, yet these buildings go up almost simultaniously. Why is it when you look at these cultures, especially the Central American cultures and technology that it is almost like they skipped steps A, and B, and boom, arrived at C. It would be like you, the engineer, giving your child the answer, but never how to arrive at the solution. Think about that for a second. How could these primitive cultures cut stones so perfect that the gap between each stone is 1/200th of an inch! Corners are not broken which means that the stones were not dragged. The angles on the corners are perfect 90 degrees, rivals a laser transit. While all the time they only had simple copper tools? Yea right...
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  Scully

  We used to know an Elder™ who believed (and publicly stated) that Jehovah and Jesus and the angels (and likewise Satan and the demons) were extra-terrestrials. He held to the literal meaning, that beings who did not have an earthly origin were extra-terrestrial. So while he didn't believe in ET's in same way that is proposed in current media - in accordance with WTS teachign, he did believe in ETs like Jehovah and Jesus.

  This is the same @$$hole Elder™ who told me that he (being a properly trained janitor) thought I was faking postpartum depression to get attention.
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  found-my-way

  I believe that there is intelligent life out there in the universe...i dont think we are alone.

  but as for jesus or god or the miracles being the works of aliens, that I am not too sure about.

  I think that just because there might be ET life out there in the universe, it doesnt disprove a creator.
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  found-my-way

  Scully, that elder is an idiot.

  Ive heard that (jesus and god are techinically ET's, since they are not from earth) from the platform too, so he isnt original.
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  Midget-Sasquatch

  As many of you already know, Ol' Charlie T.Russel taught that Jehovah's throne was at Alcyone in the Pleiades star system.

  What is funny is that there are some people who actually believe Jehovah was an ET from the Pleiades who came to Earth and lorded it over humans, using us as slaves. Well the organization we all have come to know tooooooo well is certainly staying true to form.