Dear members of ATS,
I have only been a part of your community for a short time now, and I am very impressed with some of the discussions here. This is, so far, the best
board I have seen in this kind of general subject category (the entire site, not just the religion board).
I have noticed recently that some of the members who have been here a while are complaining about the zealous types, and generally people that don't
really seem like they can think a well formed thought. I thought this was just a general kind of inter-board small annoyance.
However, as I have been getting more involved here and there with different topics and as I have been reading through more threads, I am seeing
something that actually strikes me as quite alarming, and I am worried for the future of this site because of it.
I have noticed a lot of these said zealous types becoming...well...more zealous. It is the religious ones that get me most, though I do not exclude
the others. I will give you a general example of the kind of thing I am seeing-
There is a thread on the hottest topics forum titled something along the lines of "The Greatest Deception of Mankind". With such a suspenseful
title, I simply had to read through it.
It starts off as a somewhat serious look into the reality of ETs and the UFO phenomena. It then quickly divulges that the author believes that ETs are
actually cloned bodies inhabited by demons and/or satan, and satan himself is using these bodies to divert our attention from searching for God by
making us search for aliens instead.
It spirals downhill further after this, and ends with all kinds of "He"s and "Him"s and "God's truth"s and finally "I will be happy to answer
any and all questions related to this or how one can have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. If you truly seek God He will NEVER hide the
truth from you."
I mean... I don't know how to express how I feel about this without possibly offending some of you religious people out there, so I will give this
disclaimer: I am not so much attacking your religious beliefs as I am some of your expressions of them.
Are we in [SNIP] sunday sermon here or are we on a conspiracy forum trying to gather factual evidences for all kinds of claims of aliens, shadow gov.,
ghosts, etc.? Do we really have to be subjected to the absolute craziest and wildest of your imaginative stories, fueled by your theological beliefs?
Give me a break! Demons flying around in space ships?!
What the [SNIP]has happened to our internet communities? People used to be sensible. Im sorry, but to me this kind of thing is a bit ridiculous. Next
thing you know, people will be spitting in the pages of their own bible more by saying that God is the database on a mothership of some sort. You
really are insulting people's intelligence here, people.
Stop falling into your own mind traps and fantasies. Stay open minded to things like this, of course, but don't get sucked to far into it as to
'believe' it or anything else.
Please guys, let's bring some respectability back to ourselves so that people stop looking at us as crazies. It really makes our research suffer.
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[edit on 14-8-2008 by elevatedone]