religious reactions to UFOology

     Abduction...to take away a person by force (against the free

will  of the person abducted).  (The Merriam Webster  Dictionary,

paraphrase by Michael Corbin).  This word is associated with many

things  that  one  would read about in  the  newspaper  virtually

everyday.   The Iranian hostages, young girl abducted by two  men

and  held  for ransom.  But, the word 'abduction' has  even  more

serious implication of late.  Whitley Streiber's abduction,  Budd

Hopkins' abduction studies.  What does this mean?  Over the  last

few  years,  there  has been an ever  increasing  rate  of  alien

abductions  of  human beings.  As a matter of fact,  the  numbers

have  grown  enormously  over  the  last  year!   As  the  record

indicates,  seemingly normal human beings are being removed  from

their  homes  and vehicles, sometimes in broad  daylight,  to  be

examined  by  alien beings.  Reports have  indicated  that  these

examinations include the taking of ova and sperm samples from the

victims  and  the possible insemination of female  abductees  who

report  subsequent pregnancy only to find that the pregnancy  has

mysteriously  disappeared  shortly  after  the  first  trimester.

These  disappearances  of fetus' are, likewise,  associated  with

another  abduction  of  the  victim.   Mysterious  scarring   and

implants   around   the  frontal  brain  area  have   also   been

commonplace.   At first, one would naturally speculate  that  the

people  reporting  such abductions were  obviously  hallucinating

such  events,  however as time has passed, more and  more  people

have  been  coming forward reporting the most  bizarre  abduction

reports  of our history. People, whom doctors report are  average

intelligence  and normally adjusted socially.  What is going  on?

I  have been asking this question of myself and others  over  the

last year, and have been drawn to this mystery only to find  that

it   goes  much  deeper  than  most  people  would   realize   or

acknowledge.   Speculation has ranged from nothing more  than  an

over active imagination, on the down side, to stories of the last

days  and 'fallen angels', on the high side.  It is here  that  I

would  like  to analyze what we know to be true in  the  area  of

UFO's and abductions.

     Recently discovered by Barry Greenwood and Lawrence Fawcett,

authors  of  the well known book, Clear Intent,  have  discovered

that  the  United States Government has  over  10,000  documented

reports  of  UFO sightings made by the  general  public,  airline

pilots, both civil and military, radar observed UFO's and on  and

on  since as early as 1942.  During the period of 1942  to  1947,

the  reports  were  sparse and generally  were  not  treated  too

seriously.   Then, in 1947, things took a sudden  and  mysterious

turn  when  the news wire buzzed that a saucer had crashed  in  a

remote region of New Mexico near the town of Roswell.  As quickly

as the story went out over the wire, it was immediately  silenced

by  the  U.S.  Government and later explained  away  as  a  radar

reflecting  device  attached  to  a  weather  balloon.   However,

despite the government attempts to disguise the possible recovery

of an unknown type aircraft, using the weather balloon story, the

rumors persist that what actually was recovered in that field was

an  actual  spacecraft piloted by aliens.  Even  unto  1988,  the

mystery  as far as the public is concerned remains  unsolved  and

steeped in more secrecy than ever before.  Greenwood and  Fawcett

launched  a  massive  and bold campaign to  have  the  government

release  to  the public, any and all documents  related  to  this

bizarre  phenomenon,  only to be met with resistance of  a  large

degree  by the military entities that on one hand, deny the  very

existence  of  such phenomenon and on the other,  outright  admit

their  existence  by withholding documents  pertaining  to  them.

Many documents are classified 'Above Top Secret'.  So, with  this

in  mind,  are  we to believe that nothing  exists?   Are  we  to

believe  the Philip Klass' that would have us understand that  we

are  involved  in  a phenomenon known as  mass  hallucination  or

mistaking  something moving across the sky as the  planet  Venus?

Not hardly.  But, what is it?

     Anyone  could  let  their imagination  run  away  with  them

speculating  on what this phenomenon is and from where it  comes.

We  have seen this lately in the form of frantic appeals that  we

are being invaded by little green men from outer space.  We  have

heard  stories  about  MIB's (Men In  Black)  stalking  abduction

victims,  dark  helicopters  buzzing  homes  and  observing   the

movements of individuals who are deeply involved in this mystery.

We  have heard that there are underground bases where the  aliens

perform  horrible experiments on hapless human victims.  And,  on

top  of all of this, we have heard of MJ-12, the  secret,  covert

organization,  responsible  only to the President of  the  United

States.  MJ-12 is supposed to have the complete and total  access

to actual living aliens who are visitors of the government.   The

stories go on and on.  What is true and what is false?  Since  no

civilian  researcher has ever been invited to a full blown  crash

investigation,  the civilian ranks must work at this  project  in

the  blind.   Many  times,  there have  been  reports  of  actual

physical evidence of an encounter, but to this day, not one piece

of  evidence has been circulated among the civilian  ranks.   So,

once  again, in the absence of physical evidence to  examine,  we

are left with our minds to speculate on what could be going on.

     While  it is not the scope and purpose of this  document  to

discuss  theology,  it is important to keep in  mind  that  there

could be a possible link between the phenomenon of today and what

has  been  recounted  in ancient documents.  In  1968,  Barry  H.

Downing  published a book called 'The Bible and Flying  Saucers'.

In  this book, Mr. Downing attempts to relate the Bible  to  this

phenomenon.  What makes this theory so difficult in this day  and

age  is the fact that mysticism has been replaced  with  science.

As  science  has made such leaps and bounds  in  discovering  our

roots,  it seems that the Bible and God has been traded  off  for

science text 101.  But, even with all of science's knowledge, the

basic  meaning  of life has still not been discovered.   We  have

always  needed a balance of Science, Philosophy, and Theology  to

get us where we were going.  For nearly 6000 years men have tried

to  discover their meaning and roots of being.  Yet,  in  today's

modern  world,  we  feel  that we are so  close  to  the  answer.

Accident.  I have heard our existence justified as being part  of

the 'Cosmic Cookbook' where you add a little of this and a little

of  that and poof!, out comes instant life.  But who or what  has

been  doing the 'adding' of the ingredients to this large  cosmic

pot?  While I am not a scientist, I can say that so far,  nothing

to  my  knowledge  has been discovered  that  will  validate  the

principle  of  perpetual motion.  In any event, if motion  is  to

exist,  something external must be applied to that object to  put

it  into  motion.   Once  motion is  achieved,  then  periods  of

external  intervention  are  necessary to  keep  that  object  in

motion,  lest  it would eventually cease to move.  Let's  take  a

large metallic ball and suspend it from a string.  That ball will

just hang there until we apply the force to it to get it to move.

Once moving, we will have to continue applying an external  force

to that ball to keep it moving.  If we don't then that ball  will

cease to move.  Now all of us are not scientists, but we do  know

that  the  ball  exists since we can see it.   We  know  that  by

hitting that ball, it will move.  We also know that if we do  not

keep  hitting  that ball, it will stop moving in  a  short  time.

Science has taken this everyday phenomenon and studied it.   They

have  come  to the same conclusion scientifically that  we  have.

Now  science can acknowledge this because it has  been  observed,

but science cannot necessarily determine why this is so.  If they

had,  then  we would know all there is to  know  about  perpetual

motion,  but we don't.  This same discussion could apply  to  our

existence.  We know that everything around us is in motion.  This

would  lead  us to believe, that some external force  had  to  be

applied  to  get things moving.  What was  that  external  force?

Until these answers are beyond reproach, no one can say that this

is  wrong  and that is right.  Even science  cannot  definitively

state  that we are the products of an accident.  The universe  is

in motion, but what force put that process in motion.   Arguments

will  be that if God is responsible then who created  God?   But,

until  we reach God, then we can only  speculate.   Nevertheless,

there  are several viewpoints in favor of and against what  I  am

saying here.

     If  God  created us, what does that tell us about  God?   It

tells us that God is the Greatest Scientist around.  We have been

created in a physical world with physical bodies and senses.   We

know that we know we exist.  Thus, God must be bound by the  same

physical   laws  that  we  are,  only  He  has  the   only   real

understanding  of these laws.  We know from the Bible  and  other

ancient  documents  that have been found  that  throughout  man's

history  on  earth,  he has been visited by beings  not  of  this

world,  representing  God and appearing to have  physical  bodies

just as we do.  These beings, while not revealing the  mysterious

meaning of life, have been instrumental in changing world events,

both directly and indirectly.  These beings have been referred to

as  angels.   Recently,  I  utilized my  computer  to  count  the

occurrences  of  angels  in the  Bible.   Using  Today's  English

Version, I referenced the word 'angel' and came up with over  400

occurrences of the word in the entire Bible.  Thus, it would seem

that there were angels reported quite a bit in the Bible.   Where

does  this all fit in with the modern world?  Many will say  that

the  Bible  is  a collection of mythological  tales  designed  to

symbolize  something moral, etc.  Yet, the Bible is  historically

correct.   There  have been cataclysms on this  earth  that  were

recounted  in the Bible.  There are events that are recounted  in

the  Bible  that are historically correct.  How could a  book  of

mythology  be  correct historically unless these events  that  we

call  myth actually did occur?  Aside from the Bible,  there  are

ancient  documents  that  recount  flying  shields  and   strange

visitors  interacting with earth people.  What about  our  modern

world?  Are we to say that the hundreds, even thousands of people

that claim they have been abducted are the result of mythological

beings?  If this be true, then we are all victims of this biggest

hoax to befall us in the 20th century.

Below  follows an excerpt taken from the  Pseudepigrapha's  First

Book  of  Enoch.   As  some may recall,  Enoch  was  the  seventh

descendant of Adam and as Genesis 5:24 recounts, '...Enoch walked

with  God.   Then  he vanished because God  took  him...'.   Most

scholars  agree  that this work was written in  both  Hebrew  and

Aramaic,  Aramaic  being the language that Jesus spoke.   As  you

read  this,  recall the modern abductions that have  been  taking

place.

                       The Fall Of Angels

         6 In those days, when the children of man  had

         multiplied,  it happened that there were  born

         unto  them handsome and  beautiful  daughters.

         And  the angels, the children of  heaven,  saw

         them  and desired them; and they said  to  one

         another,  "Come,  let  us  choose  wives   for

         ourselves from among the daughters of man  and

         beget  us children." And Semyaz,  being  their

         leader,  said unto them, "I fear that  perhaps

         you will not consent that this deed should  be

         done,  and I alone will  become  (responsible)

         for this great sin."But they all responded  to

         him,  "Let  us  all swear  an  oath  and  bind

         everyone  among us by a curse not  to  abandon

         this suggestion but to do the deed." Then they

         all  swore together and bound one  another  by

         (the  curse).  And they  were  altogether  two

         hundred; and they descended into 'Ardos, which

         is  the summit of Hermon. And they called  the

         mount  Armon,  for they swore  and  bound  one

         another  by  a curse. And their names  are  as

         follows:   Semyaz,  the  leader   of   Arakeb,

         Rame'el,   Tam'el,  Ram'el,  Dan'el,   Ezeqel,

         Baraqyal,  As'el, Armaros, Batar'el,  Anan'el,

         Zaqe'el,  Sasomasp w e'el, Kestar'el,  Tur'el,

         Yamayol,  and Arazyal. These are their  chiefs

         of tens and of all the others with them.

         7   and they took wives unto  themselves,  and

         everyone  (respectively) chose one  woman  for

         himself,  and they began to go unto them.  And

         they    taught    them    magical    medicine,

         incantations, the cutting of roots, and taught

         them  (about)  plants. And  the  woman  became

         pregnant and gave birth to great giants  whose

         heights  were  three  hundred  cubits.   These

         (giants)  consumed  the  produce  of  all  the

         people until the people detested feeding them.

         So  the giants turned against (the people)  in

         order  to  eat  them. And they  began  to  sin

         against birds, wild bests, reptiles, and fish.

         And  their flesh was devoured the one  by  the

         other,  and  they drank blood.  And  then  the

         earth   brought  an  accusation  against   the

         oppressors.

         8  And Azaz'el taught the people (the art  of)

         making  swords  and knives, and  shields,  and

         breastplates;  and he showed to  their  chosen

         ones bracelets, decorations, (shadowing of the

         eye0with    antimony,    ornamentation,    the

         beautifying  of  the  eyelids,  all  kinds  of

         precious  stones, and all  coloring  tinctures

         and  alchemy. And there were many wicked  ones

         and they committed adultery and erred, and all

         their  conduct became corrupt. Amasras  taught

         incantation  and  the cutting  of  roots;  and

         Armaros  the  resolving of  incantations;  and

         Baraqyal   astrology,  and   Kokarer'el   (the

         knowledge of) the signs, and Tam'el taught the

         seeing  of the stars, and Asder'el taught  the

         course of the moon as well as the deception of

         man.  And (the people) cried and  their  voice

         reached unto heaven.

         9  Then Michael, Surafel, and Gabriel observed

         carefully from the sky and the saw much  blood

         being   shed  upon  the  earth,and   all   the

         oppression  being wrought upon the earth.  and

         they  said to one another, "the earth,  (from)

         her empty (foundation), has brought the cry of

         their  voice  unto the gates  of  heaven.  And

         now,(o)  holy  ones of heaven,  the  souls  of

         people  are  putting  their  case  before  you

         pleading, `Bring our judgment before the  Most

         High.'  "  And they said to the  lord  of  the

         potentates, "For he is the Lord of lords,  and

         the  God of gods, and the King of  kings,  and

         the seat of his glory (stands) throughout  all

         the  generations  of the world. Your  name  is

         holy, bless, and glorious throughout the whole

         world.  You have made everything and with  you

         is the authority for everything. Everything is

         naked and open before your sight, and you  see

         everything;  and  there is nothing  which  can

         hide itself from you. You see what Azaz'el has

         done;  how  he  has  taught  all  (forms   of)

         oppression  upon the earth. And they  revealed

         eternal secrets which are performed in  heaven

         (and which) man learned. (Moreover) Semyaz, to

         whom  you  have given power to rule  over  his

         companions,  co-operating, they went  in  unto

         the daughters of the people on earth, and they

         lay  together with them-with  those  women-and

         defiled themselves, and revealed to them every

         (kind  of)  sin. As for the women,  they  gave

         birth  to giants to the degree that the  whole

         earth  was filled with blood  and  oppression.

         And  now  behold, the Holy One will  cry,  and

         those  who have died will bring their suit  up

         to  the  gate of heaven.  Their  groaning  has

         ascended (into heaven), but they could not get

         out  from  before the face of  the  oppression

         that  is being wrought on earth. And you  know

         everything (even) before it came to existence,

         and you see (this thing) (but) you do not tell

         us  what  is  proper for us  that  we  may  do

         regarding it.

         10   And then spoke the Most High,  the  Great

         and  Holy One! And he sent Asuryal to the  son

         of  Lamech,(saying),  "Tell him  in  my  name,

         'Hide yourself!' and reveal to him the end  of

         what  is coming; for the earth and  everything

         will be destroyed. And the Deluge is about  to

         come upon all the earth; and all that is in it

         will  be  destroyed. And now instruct  him  in

         order  that he may flee, and his seed will  be

         preserved  for all generations." And  secondly

         the  Lord said to Raphael, "Bind  Aza"el  hand

         and  foot (and) throw him into the  darkness!"

         And he made a hole in the desert which was  in

         Duda'el and cast him there; he threw on top of

         him  rugged and sharp rocks. bAnd  he  covered

         his  face in order that he may not see  light,

         and in order that he may be sent into the fire

         on the great day of judgment. And give life to

         the earth which the angels have corrupted. And

         he  will proclaim life for the earth: that  he

         is giving life to her. And all the children of

         the  people  will not perish through  all  the

         secrets (of the angels)," which they taught to

         their  sons.  And  the whole  earth  has  been

         corrupted  by Azaz'el's teaching of his  (own)

         actions;  and write upon him all sin.  And  to

         Gabriel  the lord said," Proceed  against  the

         bastards  and the reprobates and  against  the

         children of adultery; and destroy the children

         of  adultery  and expel the  children  of  the

         Watchers from among the people. And send  them

         against  one  another (so that)  they  may  be

         destroyed  in  the fight, for length  of  days

         have  they not. They will beg you  everything-

         for  their  fathers on behalf  of  themselves-

         because  they  hope to live an  eternal  life.

         (They hope) that each one of them will live  a

         period of five hundred years." And to  Michael

         God said,"Make known to Semyaz and the  others

         who  are  with him, who  fornicated  with  the

         women that they will die together with them in

         all  their defilement. And when they  and  all

         their  children have battled with each  other,

         and  when  they have seen the  destruction  of

         their  beloved  ones, bind  them  for  seventy

         generations underneath the rocks of the ground

         until  the  day of their judgment and  and  of

         their consummation,until the eternal  judgment

         is  concluded.  in those days they  will  lead

         them  into  the  bottom  of  the  fire-and  in

         torment-in  the  prison (where) they  will  be

         locked  up forever. And at the time when  they

         will burn and die, those who collaborated with

         them  will  be bound together with  them  from

         henceforth unto the end of (all)  generations.

         And destroy all the souls of pleasure and  the

         children  of the Watchers, for they have  done

         injustice  to man. Destroy injustice from  the

         face  of the earth. And every iniquitous  deed

         will  end, and the plant of righteousness  and

         truth  will appear forever and he  will  plant

         joy.  And  then all the  righteous  ones  will

         escape; and become the living ones until  they

         multiply and become tens of hundreds; and  all

         the days of their youth and the years of their

         retirement they will complete in peace. And in

         those  days the whole earth will be worked  in

         righteousness, all of her planted with  trees,

         and  will find blessing. And they shall  plant

         pleasant  trees  upon her-vines.  And  he  who

         plants  a vine upon her will produce wine  for

         plenitude. and every seed that is sown on her,

         one  measure will yield a thousand  (measures)

         and  one  measure  of olives  will  yield  ten

         measures  of presses of oil. And  you  cleanse

         the  earth  from all injustice, and  from  all

         defilement, and from all oppression, and  from

         all sin, and from all iniquity which is  being

         done on earth; remove them from the earth. And

         all  the  children of the people  will  become

         righteous, and nations shall worship and bless

         me; and they will all prostrate themselves  to

         me.  And the earth shall be cleansed from  all

         pollution,  and  from all sin,  and  from  all

         plague,  and from all suffering; and it  shall

         not  happen  again that I shall  send  (these)

         upon  the earth from generation to  generation

         and forever.

         11   "And  in  those days  I  shall  open  the

         storerooms  of  blessing  which  are  in   the

         heavens,  so they I shall send them down  upon

         the  earth, over the work and the toil of  the

         children  of  man. And peace and  truth  shall

         become  partners together in all the  days  of

         the  world, and in all the generations of  the

         world."

     Quite  an  incredible story.  Budd Hopkins  is  the  leading

researcher  on human abductions.  He has worked with many  people

that claim that they have been abducted by strange creatures  and

were  made  to  helplessly watch as these  creatures  probed  and

prodded  at  their  bodies.   There have  even  been  reports  of

insemination and a victim meeting with a child that she feels was

her  child,  but was fathered by an alien.  As  the  above  story

goes,  could there have been genetic engineering as long as  6000

years  ago?  Seems quite suspect to me.  If so, why?   Are  these

creatures  somehow tied to who we perceive to be God?   Are  they

the fallen angels associated with Lucifer, the one supreme  angel

that rebelled against God and was cast out of heaven by  Michael,

the  famous  Archangel?   These beings, if they  are  capable  of

having  sexual intercourse with earthlings, must have a  physical

body.   Could there exist out in the vast expanse of universe,  a

whole  world  devoted to the creatures spoken of  in  the  Bible?

Perhaps, they had been appointed as Watchers over the human  race

and  violated  a  sacred oath not to interfere with  us,  but  to

guide  us  in  our maturation  process  externally  and  quietly.

Again, one can only speculate about what they want with us.

     There  are  many  whom I am sure  will  disagree  with  this

approach, however lest we totally deny our own existence, we must

work  with what knowledge we have.  The ancient peoples  of  this

world could not have had in mind to perpetuate a grand hoax  such

as  the Bible, made it historically true and expected it to  last

as  long as it has.  I say that all things, in all parts  of  the

world,  have a commonalty to them.  The commonalty is  that  they

are  all pieces of the big puzzle.  Each piece  fits  intricately

with  the  next piece and we should not be so quick  to  discount

something such as this because it is based on religion.  You see,

religion  and science all have their nature closely  intertwined.

For it was out of structured religion that we have made important

discoveries  about  who we are and what our  purpose  is.   There

really  cannot be one without the other.  For if it is  all  true

that  we are the product of an external force that we  call  God,

then  science  and  religion  will be  forced  to  reconcile  the

separation  of the marriage that has been valid all  these  years

and has kept them apart.

For now, though, we must continue to work together to figure this

puzzle  out.   We must remain open minded enough to  explore  all

possibilities of this phenomenon and be ready to acknowledge that

something is occurring even as this is being written that someday

will expose itself to all nations and people.

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