Does WTBS believe in UFOs???

by ShadowX 12 Replies latest jw friends

  • ShadowX
    ShadowX

    I personally don't really believe in it, well certainly didn't see anything yet that would convince me otherwise. But browsing WTBS CD-ROM I've come across quite deliberate reference about ancient UFO sightings which are intriguing. Even though later article goes through usual WTBS reasoning that tries to put a lid on any inquiry by "faithful Christians" I cannot but wonder if they are themselves actually believing it.

    Please read following extract and judge for yourself:

    From the most ancient of times, men have reported seeing strange objects in the sky. A Pharaoh was supposed to have seen fiery circles in the heavens, and American Indians have legends of flying canoes. The early Romans reported seeing flying shields. According to some interpretations of Aztec carvings, the god Quetzalcoatl supposedly arrived on earth wearing a beaked space helmet and in a serpentlike airship.

    In 1561 and 1566, according to ancient accounts, "multitudes" of inhabitants of

    One of the most elaborate and widely published stories came from a small town in Kansas, U.S.A., in 1897. The account relates how a citizen of the area, Alexander Hamilton, described an airship that came down in his cow lot. When the ship finally took off, the crew took along one of the heifers. Later on, three or four miles [5 or 6 km] down the road, a neighbor "found the hide, legs and head in his field." However, many years later, the story was reprinted and was exposed as a hoax.

    Accounts such as the above, whether fabricated or supposedly real, have been reprinted in recent books on the subject. Many of the reports from that period prior to the turn of the 20th century might have been forgotten in dusty newspaper files except for some striking parallel events that began happening over 40 years later. Then it was that people began to recall and research these earlier events and began noting marked similarities.

  • Lehaa
    Lehaa

    From what i can remember no they don't believe in them at all.

    Going thought is that they are illusions made by satan to misguide people and make them focus on something instead of the "truth"

    Well that's the way i remember it, i may be wrong

  • ShadowX
    ShadowX

    Going thought is that they are illusions made by satan to misguide people and make them focus on something instead of the "truth"

    Interesting, what would he be doing deceiving Romans and other "pagans" who didn't believe in bible anyway? Interesting thing (by WTBS own admission) that flying sources share characteristics seen in modern sightings. e.g. Flying Shields by Romans. Romans apparently, didn't call it flying dishes but they used the next best (or familiar) thing - shields.

  • dh
    dh

    2 Kings 2
    1 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. 2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel. 3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. 4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho. 5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. 6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on. 7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan. 8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground. 9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. 10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so. 11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. 13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; 14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over. 15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. 16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send. 17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not. 18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not? 19 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren. 20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. 21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land. 22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake. 23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. 24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them. 25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.

  • dh
    dh

    Fiery Chariot - Fiery Horses

    Need I say... Iron Horse

    Edited to add: My view is that people describe things they see but don't understand with the only terms they know. Therefore Native Americans referred to a train as being an 'Iron Horse' when in fact it was a locomotive. Likewise I think in the Bible where they describe something as Horses of Fire & Chariot of Fire, it would not be unreasonable to think they are referring to some sort of flying craft which produces fire and a whirlwind when it takes off and lands, much like modern day aircraft do.

  • ShadowX
    ShadowX

    My view is that people describe things they see but don't understand with the only terms they know. Therefore Native Americans referred to a train as being an 'Iron Horse' when in fact it was a locomotive. Likewise I think in the Bible where they describe something as Horses of Fire & Chariot of Fire, it would not be unreasonable to think they are referring to some sort of flying craft which produces fire and a whirlwind when it takes off and lands, much like modern day aircraft do.

    Very good point, thanks dh.
    I guess Erich von Daniken might have been right after all ...

  • Elsewhere
    Elsewhere

    DH, you should read Russell's old Studies in the Scriptures... he outlines basically the same thing along with other "new inventions".

    These are teachings the WTS dropped a long time ago out of embarrassment, such as "signs in the sky" being rockets and satellites.

  • gumby
    gumby

    Here's proof the little green bastards exist!

    Ancient cave art depicts what many believe to be UFO's.....sceptics beg to differ.

    Gumby

  • donald
    donald

    well about 15 years ago i brought it up to a D.O....and his reply was that jeovah might have other creations that he has kept from us...so take that for what its worth....donald

  • jaffacake
    jaffacake

    Yes they do believe in them, but like everything else, they are satanic demons pretending to be from other planets.

    One of the few certainties in my own mind is that no extra terrestrials have ever visited earth in flying saucers.

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