Aliens, UFOs & Biblical Interpretation
| Date: | 02-17-05 |
| Host: | George Noory |
| Guests: | Gary Bates, Phil Plait |
Author of Alien Intrusion(1), Gary Bates (website(2)) presented his analysis of UFOs & alien abductions, as seen through a strict Biblical interpretation. He also discussed creationism, and laid out his case that Earth and the universe itself are only 6,000 years old. He backed up this assertion by citing genealogical records in the Bible, as well as mentioning the work of Dr. Russell Humphreys(3).
Bates contends that aliens are actually fallen angels who are not extraterrestrial in nature, but rather interdimensional. He said he is troubled by the idea of "benevolent ETs," that has been propagated in the UFO literature, and questioned how aliens could be abducting people for any helpful purpose.
He noted that some people had been able to stop alien abductions from taking place (as described at alienresistance.org) by invoking the name of Christ. He suggested that this lends credence to the idea that the aliens are demonic in nature, and thus susceptible to invocations that run counter to them. He concluded that some Christians have been abducted, but those that adhere to a literal interpretation of the Bible are not. Further, Bates believes that abductees are not being taken up into actual spaceships, but rather being "supplanted" with these images.
1. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0890514356/ctoc
2. http://www.answersingenesis.org/
3. http://www.trueorigin.org/ca_rh_03.asp
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Unmanned Craft
In a recent NewsMax column(1), Charles R. Smith writes about how the military is increasingly turning to "unmanned armed robot planes," for use on the battlefield. Pictured is Northrop-Grumman's X-47A Pegasus, an experimental UCAV (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle) first unveiled in 2001. For more images of such craft, check out this page from strange-mecha.com.
Listener Submission:
'Air Vehicle #1' (from the film Stealth)
1. http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/2/10/202311.shtml
Bumper Music
Bumper music from Thursday February 17, 2005
- Beautiful Girl
INXS
- Faithfully
Journey
- Flying Condor
Cusco
- Inca Dance
Cusco
- Let it Rain
Eric Clapton
- Let it Ride
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
- Midnight Express (The Chase)
Giorgio Moroder
- Midnight Express (The Chase)
Giorgio Moroder
- Protection
Massive Attack
- Rebel Rebel
David Bowie
- Shadows in Silence
Enigma
- Stand By Me
Ben E. King
- Stand By Me
John Lennon
- The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
- When You Come Back to Me
World Party
- That Old Black Magic
Frank Sinatra
- Mohammed
Dandy Warhols
- Faith
George Michael
