Last month I wrote about some of my observations from working in the UFO field and how a lot of them relate to modern religion. There is just so much to write about on the subject, that this month I’m doing a continuation.
One of my favorite topics is Channeling and Automatic Writing. This is where you let a spirit enter your body and it will talk or write through you. More often than not, this is the spirit of an alien from long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away. In either case, the alien will bestow some sort of mystic wisdom, such as “do unto others as you would have them do unto you” or “don’t run with scissors”. Others will make grand predictions on the fate of the planet, forecasting earthquakes, floods and other natural disasters. All this is usually wrapped up in some ceremony to add to the effect.
All told, “channeling” and “automatic writing” seem remarkably similar to “speaking in tongues” and writings “inspired by god”. It’s interesting how Christians will easily accept the bible which was written by men but “inspired by god”, when there is no evidence for this. In fact, all of the evidence points to men, not god, doing the writing. If these writings were so important why didn’t god do them himself? Why lure Moses to the top of a mountain to chisel and deliver a set of Commandments, when god could have simply skipped the middle man?
Lately, god’s standards in the messenger department have apparantly been lowered, as he seems to be speaking through people like my mother. As I mentioned in a previous column, my mother speaks in tongues. She’ll say that she is overcome by the “spirit” and it wants to speak through her, so she begins to babble. This often lasts for 10-15 minutes. I find it all very amusing, especially when she is driving down the highway and starts to do this. It’s just like a carnival ride!
Many Christians have no problem with god speaking through them, but they get the giggles when someone claims to be doing the same with an alien. The book of Revelations is filled with catastrophes that are suppose to befall the planet and Christians readily accept these predictions. Yet, when a channeled alien makes the same silly claims, Christians turn their noses up.
The world would be a much better if these Christians would stop looking at their religion through rose colored glasses. How nice it would be if they would start applying the same skeptical outlook they use on UFO claims to their own claims. They need to end this double standard where they expect others to prove their claims, yet they don’t have to provide the same level of proof
Hello. My name is Angela Christine Byers (yes, my mother actually named me “Angel of Christ”), and I am an atheist.
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