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Originally posted by NightVision
Thank you for your post and your anecdote. However, you're story has 3 fatal flaws in its assumption that:
A) All alien entities are malevolent
It is not a popular opinion..but I do not believe in "aliens" I believe that there are "entities" who would like us all to believe them to be extraterrestrial.
B) Assumption that the Bible is a factual account and not even slightly distorted by man
This is a touchy subject to be sure..when ever you mix religion with cult beliefs there are bound to be misinterpretations, you really have to look within yourself and truly SEEK God, to be able to discern . I believe every human whether they want to admit it publically or not KNOWS deep down there is a God a "Supreme Creator".... how many cultures mirror this opinion?
C) Using your experience and a central point of knowledge, instead of using the collective experience of ET contact testimony to draw a conclusion.
I have drawn these conclusions after literally YEARS of research. Not just my personal experiences..which are admittedly limited..but I draw from those of others that have far more credentials than myself and are considered experts in their field.
Examples:
There is a French Astrophysicist by the name of Jacques Vallee. He began his career as an Astronomer in the 1960s. He had a mentor an Astrophysicist named J. Allen Hynek, who worked as an advisor on the Air Force's UFO studies Project Sign, Grudge, and Bluebook. Hynek was initially skeptical of UFOs. He was the man who originated the use of the Swamp Gas explanation. By the 1970s he had changed his mind about the phenomena but he could not accept an extraterrestrial hypothesis.
"I have come to support less and less the idea that UFOs are 'nuts and bolts' spacecrafts from other worlds. There are just too many things going against this theory. To me, it seems ridiculous that super intelligences would travel great distances to do relatively stupid things like stop cars, collect soil samples, and frighten people. I think we must begin to re-examine the evidence. We must begin to look closer to home." (Vallee, Revelations: Alien Contact and Human Deception, 290)
"If you object, I ask you to explain – quantitatively, not qualitatively – the reported phenomena of materialization and dematerialization, of shape changes, of the noiseless hovering in the earth's gravitational field, accelerations that – for an appreciable mass – require energy sources far beyond present capabilities – even theoretical capabilities, the well-known and often reported E-M (sc. electro-magnetic interference) effect, the psychic effects on percipients, including purported telepathic communications." (Stringfield, 44)
If you are a true "show me" skeptic, the Bible should be one of the first works to examine.
I have, and this is where my personal experiences...life experiences comes into play...this is a deeply personal issue. There have been things that have happened in my life that has proved to me the existence of God. I truly understand where you are coming from and I wish I was better qualified to give you an absolute answer. It is something that comes with a personal relationship with God. The Holy Spirit will provide the diligent with divine discernment. That doesn't make me special..or better than anyone...every person on this planet has the opportunity to do so. I encourage you to whole heartedly search and I will be happy to help anyone in any way I can...that is why I offered this thread.
I would like to add that I approached this enigma, at the start from a purely scientific stand point...not thinking in any way it could even be remotely intertwined with my personal religious beliefs....imagine my surprise. That is why I feel it so very important to put this out there, I was completely fooled.
2 Thessalonians 2 (New American Standard Bible)
1 Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him,
2 that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.
3 Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,
4 who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.
5 Do you not remember that while I was still with you, I was telling you these things?
6 And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed.
7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way.
8 Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming;
9 that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,
10 and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved.
11 For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false,
12 in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.
13 But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.
14 It was for this He called you through our gospel, that you may gain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15 So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us.
16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace,
17 comfort and strengthen your hearts in every good work and word.
that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,
There are many more I can quote from, alleged abductees and the conclusions of their therapists.
I have run out of room ... thanks for your thoughts.
"for we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rules of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places." ephesians 6:12
Originally posted by 1nL1ghtened
If you truly seek God He will NEVER hide the truth from you. (SeeKing being the key word.)
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There have been things that have happened in my life that has proved to me the existence of God. I truly understand where you are coming from and I wish I was better qualified to give you an absolute answer. It is something that comes with a personal relationship with God. The Holy Spirit will provide the diligent with divine discernment. That doesn't make me special..or better than anyone...every person on this planet has the opportunity to do so. I encourage you to whole heartedly search and I will be happy to help anyone in any way I can...that is why I offered this thread.
It is my belief at this time that the "greys" and other "ET" races are not at all what they seem. According to research over the years they appear to be genetically engineered puppets or shells if you will, that are inhabited by unclean spirits or what many refer to as demons.
Originally posted by mystiq
Why would an evil spirit conduct biological medical type procedures on humans? Why would they take our dna? Why would evil spirits create hybrids with their and our dna?
And what about this bible passage: Job 38: 31 KJV "Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?"
Binding and loosing does seem to apply to negative and positive forces, but not necessarily spirits.
By the way, after many sightings and my brothers missing time, and many signs pointing to things such as scoop marks, sighting of a grey, and a possible memory, I've questioned my mother and grandmother. My mother was shocked just recently to see pictures of the greys, she has seen these frequently in her dreams and believes exactly what you do, that these are skins for evil spirits. My 87 year old grandmother, who has always had a strong Christian faith, told me, after I shared what my children and I had seen recently, that she awoke briefly to being frightened because something was in her room watching her, and it had come in through the window. She immediately fell back to sleep, as if forced to sleep. She also told me it was possible that Jesus was an et too! I was shocked that despite her strong faith she had thought of that possibility.
Originally posted by easynow
reply to post by 1nL1ghtened
good thread and thanks for posting your theory,
many people will automatically rule out this theory as a possibility because they don't want to believe that the UFO phenomenon could be tied to God in some way and to for those that do dismiss these possibility's are foolish imo.