Once upon a time, I was an avid Art Bell listener. Although I never really bought his content hook, line and sinker, I found his program mystical because I lived not far from him and where he did the show from. It was also nostalgic to dial into his BBS during the show with my Packard Bell 386 and my 9600 baud modem to chat with other listeners during the show and download the pictures he would post from his guests.
I had grown up in a strict Christian home but I was force-fed the religion. At the time, it never occurred to me that I should have any questions about why I believe what I believe or if what I believe was even true. In my latter adult years, after giving my life back to Christ, I’ve surrounded myself with a few men who mentored me. These men never suggested that I did X or Y instead of Z. They simply asked questions to get me to think about what I should be doing for myself. They were both pretty heavily into apologetics and got me into a book which is still my favorite book to read, to this day. The book is “I Don’t Have Enough Faith To Be An Atheist” By Norman Geisler and Frank Turek. The title of the book is self-explanatory. They lay out the how and why it literally takes more faith to be an atheist than it does to be a believer in Christ. The subject matter discussed in the book helped me lay out my own thought process for whether aliens exist or not. Some of what I’m covering here is in the book, other parts are my own opinions put together by the evidence provided in the book. I’m not a scientist but I don’t believe anyone in Christ needs to be to understand how He went about creating the universe.
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Without getting into the theories about “Big Bang” and whatnot, the simple fact is that at one point there was “nothing” which is 2 words, no thing. God snapped His fingers and there WAS an explosion of some type. We know this because the rippled waves of that explosion coming back to their launch point were discovered in 1965 (I believe). In order for time, space and matter to exist, they all had to come into being simultaneously. One cannot exist without the others. It’s not even correct to say “before” the explosion because “before” is a word used to time stamp and there was no time “before” time began at the explosion. You can’t put matter in nothing, so space had be created for matter to exist. You can’t evidentially understand what happened when with matter inside space unless there is a time factor. Etc, etc, etc.
The “creation” that took place at this explosion was massive and done with such precision that it could have only been done from OUTSIDE of time, space and matter and it was done so for the explicit purpose of the existence of life on this planet. For instance, the earth’s axis was set at 23 1/2 degrees with a shift every 6 months to allow the perfect amount of sunlight to each part of the planet. The ozone layer is perfectly set to house the gases that mix for the right levels of oxygen for humans to breathe without allowing the gases of space in that would deter the existence of life. The rings around Saturn that are effectively the vacuum of the universe that helps keep space debris from hitting the earth. The speed of light that effects our ability to get sunlight which is essential to photosynthesis for the creation of oxygen.
The explicit existence of life on earth is a key point. There is no scripture that gives us indication that the universe was created in such a way as to allow life somewhere else. In fact, as we already know, the environment in space is a very harsh one and we’ve been given the brains to decipher how to make life work in it but we have to work against the grain in many ways to do so. It is for all of these reasons, I do not believe in physical “aliens”.
Matthew 8:28-34 And when He came to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men confronted Him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so extremely violent that no one could pass by that way. 29 And they cried out, saying, “[a]What business do You have with us, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before [b]the time?” 30 Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding at a distance from them. 31 And the demons begged Him, saying, “If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of pigs.” 32 And He said to them, “Go!” And they came out and went into the pigs; and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and [c]drowned in the waters. 33 And the herdsmen ran away, and went to the city and reported everything, [d]including what had happened to the demon-possessed men. 34 And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw Him, they pleaded with Him to leave their region.
This passage is important in the “alien existence” argument because Jesus shows us the clear delineation between the spiritual and physical realms. He tells us in another passage that the Spiritual realm is even more real than the physical realm! In the passage above, He’s not only showing us His power but He’s also showing us that in order for the Spiritual to be effective, it has to attach itself to the physical. IE I believe “aliens” are just demons that have attached themselves to physical life forms, in this case 2 humans and they were forced to move their parasitic residence to a flock of pigs instead. The deception by Satan in the Garden of Eden gives us another picture of the same thing. Satan came to Adam and Eve as a snake…..a literal demonic form attached to an earthly life form THAT COULD NOT EXIST OR SURVIVE ON ANY OTHER PLANET.
Colossians 1:15-17 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or [e]principalities or [f]powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
With this passage in mind, does anyone who believes in Jesus really believe He created “aliens” and made them for Himself? What purpose would he have for green men in flying saucers frequenting the planet to be seen randomly but never clearly identified? He made everything and He made it all with a purpose. We can see it all around us. If He didn’t create it with a purpose then He’s a liar and this is all a moot point. I do NOT believe that.
So my personal opinion is that in order to believe in aliens, you must believe that:
- The universe was not created by a creator
- Time, space and matter are just random
- Life forms (like pigs, snakes and even humans) can and do exist in other parts of the universe, despite the lack of evidence of it
- Aliens are physical beings
- Jesus/God is a liar
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