Aliens and UFO’s: Fact or Myth?
Many in this world today hold to the position that UFO’s and extraterrestrial life are an established fact. They base this claims on thousands of alleged sightings and encounters with these beings. They have many other arguments that they will use to disprove those who say that such things are little more than nonsense. They believe that there could not possibly be so many eye witnesses of something that is not legitimate. It is a common belief among supporters of Darwin’s evolutionism that these beings simply evolved somewhere out in space. In response to this, Creation Ministries International has formed several arguments based on God’s Word that easily disprove the cry of thousands: “I saw a UFO!” There are even some Christians today that will tell you that aliens and UFO’s are an established fact. They use as a basis for this claim Genesis 6:4 (The Holy Bible, KJV):
“There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.”
These sons of God, or nephilim in the original Hebrew, are understood to be extraterrestrial beings by those who would twist scripture to their own devices. They say that this is biblical proof that there are aliens. This, of course, is not at all true. These “sons of God” are quite clearly some of God’s chosen people that had fallen away, perhaps fallen angels. Christian scholars believe that these nephilim were referred to as fallen angels or ET beings by the spies in the land of Canaan to keep Israel from entering. (Gitt, Dr. Werner, 3)
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Ever look up at the sky and just wonder if there is life anywhere else? Have you seen anything in the sky that is almost unexplainable? What if your thoughts really came true? The thought of the existence of aliens seems to have been around since the beginning of time. There is one incident in particular that really hits home when talking about the subject, the UFO incident of Roswell, New Mexico.
A translation of the bible says, “The Nephilim were upon the Earth, in those days and thereafter too, when the sons of the gods cohabited with the daughters of Adam and they bore children unto them. They were the Mighty Ones of Eternity.” According to this translation, the Nephilim were fallen angels that were cast down to Earth.
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