What does the Bible say about UFO's and extraterrestrials?
(Excerpt from
Great Joy in Great Tribulation, a fairly run-of-the-mill offering from the far end of the fundamentalist Apocalypse industry.)
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The world is not looking for a theological savior. The world is looking for a technological savior, who will save them from war, famine, poverty, and disease. Unregenerate man wants heaven on earth, on his own terms, and apart from G-d.
What better way for the powers of darkness to reveal themselves, than as the technological saviors of mankind. The world of the occult openly embraces the UFO's, and alien extraterrestrials. The occult will always proclaim these beings as benevolent. The alien contacts always speak of things which contradict the bible. The consistent theology of the extraterrestrial is antichrist. The consistent message of the aliens is hostile to Christianity. The high tech extraterrestrials are demons. This is the only consistent, scientific., and biblically sound explanation. (emphasis added)
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Scientific? What science is that? Oh well, if ID can be "science," I guess extra-solar demonology can be as well.
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Demons are real. They will soon be kicked out of heaven and are coming down here to earth. Expect them first at places like Toronto & Pensecola sic, in the demonic personages and manifestations of Jannes & Jambres (2 Tim chapter 3).
Soon there will be 2 classes of people, those totally demon possessed, and those totally filled and sealed with the fullness of the Holy Spirit. Only that small group who are sealed and filled with the Holy Spirit will completely understand the STRONG DELUSION.
There will be spectacular extra terrestrial landings made totally public. These high tech extra terrestrials will say that they had to land to save the planet. The people will be told that they must unite behind the world leader of the extraterrestrial beings' choice. Their selection of the prince will be the antichrist.
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Why Toronto and "Pensecola," I wonder, and not, say, Boulder CO or Pahrump NV?
Nutty as it might seem, this is a fairly widespread view out at the fringe of "Last Days" Christian thinking. It has also been explored in various works of SF over the years, of course.
I am not too concerned about the reaction these people might have to the physical arrival of ETs, but the far more likely possibility of a "hit" at SETI could bring these views to prominence.
I have no idea whether this kind of religious thinking has been a factor in opposition to SETI funding, but it is easy to see how it might be.
Serious religious philosophers have debated the significance of ETs for at least a hundred years, but fundamentalists could very well be unaware of this. I think they would see ETs as a capital "T" Threat to their worldview and respond accordingly.