Will Disclosure Challenge YOUR Beliefs? | MTS #12
The latest MTS Podcast is out!
From the description:
Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day and this past week's UAP press conference on the steps of the US Capitol open the door to a much bigger conversation we're still trying to puzzle out: Are non-human intelligences really here? Are they corporeal (or incorporeal) biological beings? Are they demons? Something else?
What would disclosure do to Christian theology and modern materialism? How should we treat testimony, anomalous evidence, claims of cursed movies, and confident authorities who may not know nearly as much as they think?
We examine these questions, brittle belief systems, Moby-Dick as an "alien work," the phenomenon of the "human download," religious experience, Skinwalker Ranch, quantum weirdness, aging, AI, fear porn, and the possibility that storytellers may be uniquely equipped to help us approach the unknown.
The full episode is below, but first, here’s a clip where we discuss the question about whether UAP disclosure will challenge or even harm people’s faith, which boils down to soteriology -- the theological study of salvation:
Full episode:
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I'm only about half way though but we disagree on this one a lot more.
The problem with aliens isn't that they may come from some other star system and all the implications of that, it's what the aliens will tell us about our own religions. Presumably they will come telling us how to evolve to a higher level, and to do that we need to leave behind our superstitious beliefs. They will come bearing wonderful technology and tell us to join them. They are here to help us.
But what do you do if they specifically say they sent Jesus to us? What do you do if they say we misunderstood Jesus? What do you do if they say scriptures have it wrong? Even more, what do you do when you catch them lying?
I don't think they came from some other star system because I don't think that's possible. Too many things have to be perfect for it to work. For me, the perfection of Earth shows God has been directly involved with us. Which is why Jesus was sent to us. Whatever the NHIs are, they are not evolved biological creatures from some other planet, though I presume they will fool people into thinking that's what they are.
Just watch for the lies. Satan's side always lies.
I was surprised by your take that God's side has lost and Satan has won. That assumes you know what the "game" is. Jesus didn't seem concerned that many were headed for destruction. He seemed to accept that's the way we are. He's given us a choice, and left it up to us.
Did the father of the prodigal son go out looking for his son? Why not? He seemed to really love his son when he returned, and yet he did nothing to bring him back. For me, that's the clear picture of the way God is. He lets us leave if that's what we want. He'll take us back if we come to our senses.
The "game" isn't numbers. It's beauty.
We're beautiful to Him when we return. We're beautiful when we stay with Him. We're beautiful when we believe in Him - especially when it's hard, as it was with Job.