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To: Hodar

I understand your feelings entirely.

Fear, conscious and unconscious, can be a heavy motivator for denial and all manner of other mental gymnastics.

People without an intimate relationship with God have nothing with which to help them cope with absolutely devastating paradigm shifts in the very nature of reality as we have known it.

People with some sort of relationship with God who are naysayers may be brittle and insecure enough in their relationship with God to want to deny all possibilities. OR, they may feel it is their duty to prevent heresy from the standpoint of an overly narrow, rigid, essentially UNBiblical perspective on what The Bible actually says vs what they have constured it to say.

We dislike and resist change. It's uncomfortable to frightening for many of us.

Some people have a super inordinate COMPULSIVE NEED TO BE IN ABSOLUTE CONTROL. And the thought of aliens dinking around in ways that they don't understand really jangles that ADDICTION TO CONTROL very frighteningly.

There are probably other reasons.

Thanks for your kind posts. Have you read the excerpts I've posted? What do you think?


944 posted on 02/26/2005 7:02:58 PM PST by Quix (HAVING A FORM of GODLINESS but DENYING IT'S POWER. 2 TIM 3:5)
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To: Quix

Yes, I've read your posts.

I'm not sure what to make of the abduction stories. I've awaken with sleep paralysis that lasts for 30-45 seconds. And while I found it mildly amusing, I could see where some might find this frightening. Thus, when I hear of people stating they have awaken, and sensed another presence; I'm skeptical.

Are these aliens related to God and Angels? Personally, I think not. To quote Kirk from one of the more lame Star Trek moves "What does God want with a star ship". Now, if these are other developed lifeforms, they may be studying us. This is the least of what we would do if roles were reversed, historically speaking.

You see, my view of God is that he is a Omni-potent diety, and he's bored out of his ever-loving mind. Think of having infinite time (time truly has no meaning), having no equal, and infinite knowledge. What do you do? How about create earth, populate it with billions of souls; and now you have a multi-billion 'Reality' series. At least that would be entertaining.

If there is not life outside of earth, then I believe that I am mistaken; and that God truly wasted a lot of time and effort on naught. Instead of creating Nebuleas beyond our ken, why couldn't he make toast never land butter side down?


950 posted on 02/26/2005 7:15:06 PM PST by Hodar (With Rights, come Responsibilities. Don't assume one, without assuming the other.)
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