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Originally posted by SkyWay
Do the math. This is not difficult to prove. Anybody can prove my point mathematically. 119 is 2% of 6000. Then take 2% of 200 million population and the result is 4 million.
This study was conducted by RoperASW via OmniTel, a weekly national telephone omnibus service. The sample consists of 1,021 male and female adults (in approximately equal number), all 18 years of age and over.
The telephone interviews were conducted from August 23 through August 25, 2002
www.scifi.com...
In 1998 the Roper Organization was asked to again conduct the survey containing the same eleven questions three times. The survey of 5,955 men and women was conducted between 7 March and 27 June. Interestingly, the results were quite different from those of 1991 and those reporting unusual experiences decreased significantly.
When the combined figures for people answering positively to four or five key questions are reviewed the numbers drop from 2% of the population to 1% of the total. That in fact represents a decline of approximately 50% of the number of people thought to have had a UFO abduction.
Two technical errors were noted in the conduct of these surveys but are not considered serious enough to invalidate the results. First, there was a change in wording of one question. In the 1991 survey the question read, "Having vivid dreams about UFO’s." In the 1998 survey the question read, "having been abducted by the occupants of a UFO."
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Hey, I'm very smart and I don't understand that. Religion is a bunch of lies. How can religion be one with science?
They're mutually exclusive ideas. Either life was created, or life evolved. You can't have it both ways.
If God created everything, then it could not have evolved, it was created. Anyway, God is fictional, it doesn't exist. There's less proof or evidence for a God than there is for aliens.
Well, if consciousness is consciousness, then we should be able to communicate and enjoy intellectual discourse with any and all of the other lifeforms on Earth, no? If there is such a diversity of life all around us, which evolved with us on the same planet, and we can't even carry on meaningful conversations with any of it, why should we fare better with an extraterrestrial biologic entity?
"What if aliens had the same logic as us?
Sometime ago I read an account of a person who was abducted. This person was a Christian and in communicating with the "aliens" asked them if they knew Jesus and they responded that they did.
Personally I think that the aliens are not really from another planet but are actually demons. They will reveal themselves to us and will cause the faith of many to be shattered. This is all part of the great deception planned by the devil to lead people away from God. It is pretty easy to see how this can and will happen. When this does happen get ready because the end is very, very near. Keep your eyes on the sky and the middle east but those with their faith in the right place need not worry.
I agree with you completely. It is all part of a spiritual battle that has been going on for millenia. The final battle is about get under way.
Originally posted by LightWorker13
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Hey, I'm very smart and I don't understand that. Religion is a bunch of lies. How can religion be one with science?
Religion distorts the truth, but it is not all a complete fabrication. And perhaps I should clarify, spirituality and science are one and the same, in case you have forgot, you have an soul, and this is not the first life it has lived, nor the last it will ever live.
If religion distorts the truth, THEN IT IS A LIE.
Originally posted by LightWorker13
If religion distorts the truth, THEN IT IS A LIE.
Distorted Truth is not a complete lie, if I were to put it in human lingo, then distorted truth would be called a "half-truth".
Jesus existed, they dont lie about that, but they lie about the details of his life. Distorted truth.
Originally posted by LightWorker13
You want me to prove to you that you have a soul? Well ok.
Recently, my aunt died. I was sitting in my living room, it was late at night, and I was thinking about it, suddenly I heard something whisper my name, "John". I said who was there, if someone is there prove it....and I heard tapping on the wall. I asked who is there? And the picture of my aunt on my mantle FELL OVER.
I dont care if you do not believe this, I really dont. But I have been shown, in MANY different ways, that life goes on beyond physical death, and how would that be possible if YOU DID NOT HAVE A SOUL?
Originally posted by danx
Originally posted by SkyWay
Do the math. This is not difficult to prove. Anybody can prove my point mathematically. 119 is 2% of 6000. Then take 2% of 200 million population and the result is 4 million.
First, the population of the US wasn't 200 million. In 1991 it was 250 million.
Secondly, the poll in the scifi page apparently was taken in 2002 and with 1021 people:
This study was conducted by RoperASW via OmniTel, a weekly national telephone omnibus service. The sample consists of 1,021 male and female adults (in approximately equal number), all 18 years of age and over.
The telephone interviews were conducted from August 23 through August 25, 2002
www.scifi.com...
Here we can read:
In 1998 the Roper Organization was asked to again conduct the survey containing the same eleven questions three times. The survey of 5,955 men and women was conducted between 7 March and 27 June. Interestingly, the results were quite different from those of 1991 and those reporting unusual experiences decreased significantly.
When the combined figures for people answering positively to four or five key questions are reviewed the numbers drop from 2% of the population to 1% of the total. That in fact represents a decline of approximately 50% of the number of people thought to have had a UFO abduction.
1% of the population in 1998 is a little less than 3 million people. Look, the original reply in which I stated that the number was approximately 4 million was simply in response to another poster who questioned that the number of abductees was in the millions. That poster's response was in response to a previous post by me in which I mentioned that millions of people have been abducted. I was using the poll to point out that the number of abdutees was indeed in the millions. My original point stands that the number of people who have been abducted by aliens is in the millions.
Two technical errors were noted in the conduct of these surveys but are not considered serious enough to invalidate the results. First, there was a change in wording of one question. In the 1991 survey the question read, "Having vivid dreams about UFO’s." In the 1998 survey the question read, "having been abducted by the occupants of a UFO."
Apparently in the 1991 poll, "having vivid dreams about UFOs" was considered an abduction. Solid numbers right there!
But since you already told us you haven't been abducted, what exactly is your evidence that "aliens are evil" and commit attrocities?
Originally posted by SkyWay
I was being conservative on the population because I did not want anyone to think I was exaggerating the number of abductees. Actually, 2% of 250 million results in 5 MILLION abductees instead of my more conservative estimate of 4 million. You're not helping your own cause there.
Did you happen to notice, in the very first sentence of your above quote, where it says "not considered serious enough to invalidate the results."?
The very vivid life-like dreams of being abducted by aliens are often experienced by those who have been abducted, but not by people who have had no alien abduction.
If anyone abducted (kidnapped) you and did the things to you that are done to abductees in "typical abductions" you would probably have no doubts about their evil nature.
Originally posted by danx
My point is that the numbers are inconsistent all over those polls.
You can keep thinking it's 4, 5 or 10 million, but you can prove 0.
Did you happen to notice, in the very first sentence of your above quote, where it says "not considered serious enough to invalidate the results."?
Yes I did, that's why I kept in there, I don't want to distort anything, unlike you.
If you accept the validity of the poll, I wonder why you didn't mention the 98 poll, with more accurate questions, where the percentage dropped by 50%..
The very vivid life-like dreams of being abducted by aliens are often experienced by those who have been abducted, but not by people who have had no alien abduction.
Correction: the question was "having vivid dreams about UFOs", that's entirely different from having vivid dreams about being abducted.
But excuse me, people that haven't been abducted don't have dreams about being abducted? Oh, so now you assume what everyone can or can't dream of.
If anyone abducted (kidnapped) you and did the things to you that are done to abductees in "typical abductions" you would probably have no doubts about their evil nature.
Yeah, but they haven't. And they haven't done it to you either, so all you have is your 'faith' that they are 'evil'.
You keep trying to paint the picture that aliens are 'evil', even though myself and other people have pointed out the humans do the same things and who knows what else, to animals here on earth (contrary to your claims), difference is you don't have any tangible proof.
I realize the whole alien scenario scares you, and you try to rationalize things through religion. If that works for you, go for it.
Just don't expect people to agree when all you have is "aliens are demons" and "they abduct and rape people" talk, based on your personal (religious) beliefs.
I also realize there's no point in keeping exchaning words with you, so this is my final response to any of your posts.
Good day, sir.
Earth sister while I agree with you in some ways I must say that you NEVER provide any detail apart from the seemingly obvious. You have pictures and names on your website, yet you can never say anything apart from the usual generic answers.
Why exactly is this?
If you know their names, you obviously know more.
Please understand, and I know you've heard this from me before, we just want to know. If all species worship one true God, then how is this belief structured?
originally posted by: ArMaP
I have seen many times people say that if ETs show up many people would have their religious convictions shattered.
The last time I saw someone say it, it made me think of one thing:
If there are intelligent beings on another planets, do you think they have any kind of religion? If they do, what kind of religion? If you think they do not have any religion, then why?
Does anyone have any idea (or information ) about this?
Just curious.