posted on Oct, 2 2007 @ 07:25 AM
To me, the idea that god was invented as a form of control simply does not make sense, though it does hold true that that is what it has become.
We're a physical species, and when we can't get our way or persuade others to follow our orders, we bring out the big sticks. Control, way back in
prehistory as it is now, comes mainly through fear. Physical violence is a pretty good insentive to listen to someones ideas. (The idea of god linked
to divine violence...now that's a winning strategy, and that's how religion works. Conform or burn.)
Consider this...
I believe that our forefathers tried to explain their existence and environment as best they could. They had the same intellect as we have, but not
the knowledge we've accumulated. We see a meteorite, they saw the heavens being ripped apart by a greater power. We see the moon, they saw an
inexplicable orb that raced across the sky, changing shapes as it travelled.
We see a UFO and imagine it to be a visitor from another world.
They saw UFOs and believed they were gods.
Seems like simple logic.
If you were a witness to one of the many sightings recorded in modern history, but saw it in the ancient past, how would you react? Yes, you'd be
scared. Yes, you'd be shocked, but you'd still try and rationalize it. Seeing a UFO doesn't make you any less human.
If the world you lived in was young, and you were still striving to know everything and anything about it, how would you explain a silver disc
hanging in the air? Perhaps the roar of machinery (not all UFOs are silent)?
A Nordic?
A grey?
What if members of your tribe spoke of being taken by these unknown beings? Into an environment that was simply beyond your ability to explain? Would
he be considered mad?
Or would you all decide he been visited by higher beings?
Now, I'm not advocating the theory that aliens did everything for us, ie. teach us the rudimentaries of all the survival skills we have (hunting,
farming), or start us on the road to the sciences (we are a smart and curious race, thank you very much. We'll figure it out on our own.) But
doesn't it fit into the realms of possibility, if you believe in alien visitation, that any contact they had with us in our remote past could have
come down to us, distorted and embellished by countless generations, as the stories of the ancient gods?