Tuesday, August 07, 2007

UFO-ology vs. Reality

Hopefully I don't upset anyone on this topic as I have many relatives and friends who enjoy the show I plan to use as an example. The shows premise (basically) is that alien life had long long ago seeded many planets and connected them with inter-planetary gates which can be used as the creatures evolved enough and are "ready". This show is meant as a work of fiction obviously, but deep down how many of it's viewers think life exists out there in the universe? How many people are subtly swayed at the many prospects it touts including humans being seeded by ancient alien races. How many watchers also watch the conspiracy driven UFO/area 51 documentaries? The point here is to briefly remark on the impossibility of alien life from two very different fronts as alien life can only have come from one of two models, evolution and divine creation.

A. The first model is evolution and evolution is (as documented here often) no more than a broadly accepted hypothesis where by nothing become something. If the earth is perfect for life as no other planet has (to date) and evolution does not occur here then evolution cannot hope to occur where the requirements for life are unavailable.

B. The second model is where God would purposefully create another set of beings elsewhere. First we must put all speculation aside since speculation is not truth, but imaginings. Then we must pull from a divine and trustworthy source so as not to fall into our own imaginings again. Here we are left with the Bible and what does it say about the possibility of other creation? It clearly says "No!" in two places.

Place 1: In the creation account their was nothing, then their was the earth, then all the stars and plants and elements and animals. Then their was mankind after which God STOPED CREATING! Whoops, their goes both the possibility that He had created prior to creation (by definition) and the idea that He created after the creation week. Since the creation account does not include such a record of "alien life" and since it is entirely focused on God and mankind it is safe (both rational and logical) to say that God did not create aliens elsewhere.
Place 2: The theme of salvation comes from Gods own mouth; He defines it and upholds it. It is 'for mankind' because we are fallen in a sin filled world and need rescue. Ok then, picture what it would mean to have another creation out there floating around. They did not cause sin to enter the universe but they now feel its effects thanks to Adam and Eve. They were then innocent and have been punished? Not likely. Past that, we cannot assume they were given the gospel of salvation/redemption and if they were it would not be the same gospel because ours would not apply to the innocent. Yet scripture says that their is 'only one gospel' and that sin effects 'all of creation'. Here we see a logical and doctrinal contradiction if God were to make a second creation elsewhere. Un-believers say yes one of many mistakes, but believers have understanding of Gods nature and of the inerrancy of the Word, knowing better than to agree to God being in error.

Hopefully this was clear and to the point about why there cannot and are not any "aliens" out there. Given this it makes me sad to think of all the money wasted on training and then funding researchers in the field of alien issues, not to mention the cult followings of laymen and conspiracy theorists. What a waste of time to be willingly indoctrinated in this area, looking for something that isn't there in any logical or scientific sense.

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