Most serious UFO researchers agree that the ufo phenomenon (whatever is its origin) has existed for millenia. Each culture has offered different interpretations of basically the same phenomena.
In sacred texts, ancient documents, etc. we can read descriptions of phenomena which, in the light of our current understanding, they seem to be clearly phenomena that we would consider as belonging to "ufos".
Personally, I have not doubt that ancient cultures experienced the same phenomena that we currently "UFOs", but what's at stake is the origin of such phenomena. Are they caused extraterrestrial beings? Or by beings of other dimensions? Or by human beings coming from the future? Or are they psychic projections of human beings? Or is the explanation of UFOs a combination of all of these hypotheses? We don't know for sure.
Another important question is: Do UFOs, assuming (for the argument's sake) that they're from extraterrestrial origin, undermine the belief in GOD (or broadly in a spiritualistic worldview), and support materialism and metaphysical naturalism?
Personally, I think the answer is NO. Given metaphysical naturalism and materialism, the origin of life is an extraordinarily rare and improbable phenomenon, almost a cosmic accident. But even if life were consistent with materialism, the problem of the origin of consciousness and rationality (and how natural selection could select conscious beings, given that consciousness is non-efficacious in materialism) remains. So, it seems extremely unlikely that, given naturalism and materialism, intelligent life and rational, conscious beings would exist in the universe.
Therefore, it seems to me, the existence of extraterrestrial life is more likely given a spiritualistic worldview. Life, rationality, normative properties and consciousness aren't property of physical objects, but of spiritual beings.
So, I think that, given a non-naturalistic worldview, we could expect the existence of intelligent life and consciousness in many other parts of this large universe, if the physical conditions for them are adequate (after all, if spiritual beings exist in a physical universe, they need a correct, adequate physical instrument in order to operate here).
However, the existence of (extraterrestrial) UFOs in the Bible could undermine some religious interpretations of its texts and hence affect some of the basic religious doctrines. And I guess this is not a small or irrelevant point, specially for biblical scholars.
Watch carefully the documentary and draw your conclusions.
In sacred texts, ancient documents, etc. we can read descriptions of phenomena which, in the light of our current understanding, they seem to be clearly phenomena that we would consider as belonging to "ufos".
Personally, I have not doubt that ancient cultures experienced the same phenomena that we currently "UFOs", but what's at stake is the origin of such phenomena. Are they caused extraterrestrial beings? Or by beings of other dimensions? Or by human beings coming from the future? Or are they psychic projections of human beings? Or is the explanation of UFOs a combination of all of these hypotheses? We don't know for sure.
Another important question is: Do UFOs, assuming (for the argument's sake) that they're from extraterrestrial origin, undermine the belief in GOD (or broadly in a spiritualistic worldview), and support materialism and metaphysical naturalism?
Personally, I think the answer is NO. Given metaphysical naturalism and materialism, the origin of life is an extraordinarily rare and improbable phenomenon, almost a cosmic accident. But even if life were consistent with materialism, the problem of the origin of consciousness and rationality (and how natural selection could select conscious beings, given that consciousness is non-efficacious in materialism) remains. So, it seems extremely unlikely that, given naturalism and materialism, intelligent life and rational, conscious beings would exist in the universe.
Therefore, it seems to me, the existence of extraterrestrial life is more likely given a spiritualistic worldview. Life, rationality, normative properties and consciousness aren't property of physical objects, but of spiritual beings.
So, I think that, given a non-naturalistic worldview, we could expect the existence of intelligent life and consciousness in many other parts of this large universe, if the physical conditions for them are adequate (after all, if spiritual beings exist in a physical universe, they need a correct, adequate physical instrument in order to operate here).
However, the existence of (extraterrestrial) UFOs in the Bible could undermine some religious interpretations of its texts and hence affect some of the basic religious doctrines. And I guess this is not a small or irrelevant point, specially for biblical scholars.
Watch carefully the documentary and draw your conclusions.
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