Science Fiction is one of the most, if not the most, popular genre of entertainment today. We live in a technological world that contains a whole host of gadgets – from video games to cell phones, cars, and of course, rockets and spaceships. All of this, combined with the common belief of Darwinian evolution, has led many people to accept a materialistic view of the world – one that does not include anything besides what we can see with our own eyes (hence no supernatural beings; but one that will include an alien).
Because of this, there is a growing number of people throughout the world who believe that aliens have visited the earth. This is the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis (ETH). Those who follow it believe that aliens visited mankind in the distant past and are still doing so today. It is believed that since mankind was not intelligent enough to build structures like the pyramids, then ancient ETs must have done so. Aliens are also said to have given mankind intelligence (helping us evolve), or even flat-out created us.
Why do some people believe that aliens may have created us? Simply, life on earth is very complex. The most basic organism on the planet is more complex than the stars. Even scientists such as Francis Crick, the co-founder of DNA, and Richard Dawkins, have come to the conclusion that it may have been extraterrestrials who created mankind.[1]
I have even heard before that God may even be an ET. Could this be? Could the God of the Bible, the one who created Adam and Eve, sent the Great Flood, destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, who spoke to Moses in the burning bush, and the author of the Ten Commandments, really just be an alien from another planet? Let’s take a look.
The Bible versus the ETH
There are some problems that appear when one compares the God of the Bible to extraterrestrials. First off, the God of the Bible created the universe and everything in it (Genesis 1:1). Aliens are beings from other planets that have (if the theory of evolution is true) evolved by random chance over millions of years within the universe and after it began. Yet, the God of the Bible created the universe, and all that is in it. This also means that he is outside of creation. He is separate from it. An evolved creature from another planet, no matter how advanced, is still part of the universe and could never be its creator.
Second, God is spirit (John 4:24). By definition, extraterrestrials are physical beings that, as I already noted, evolved over a long period. They are not spirits.
Third, numerous passages teach that God has no beginning or end (Deuteronomy 32:40; Psalms 33:11; 93:2; 102:24, 27; 145:13; 146:10). How can a physical, evolved being have no beginning or end?
The idea that aliens created us creates another problem. If we are so complex to require a creator, then wouldn’t the aliens require one as well? They would also need to be created since they would also be complex. Another problem deals with the idea that aliens are travelling long distances through space. I have discussed this elsewhere so I won’t spend any more time on it here.
Conclusion
To put it simply, the God of the Bible is not an alien. He is something completely different. The only reason someone would believe that he is from another planet is because of a materialistic worldview. The Bible has no authority in their life, so human reason becomes the judge. The God of Judeo-Christianity is not an extraterrestrial. To make him ET is to make him the complete opposite of the Lord God.
[1] F.H.C. Crick and L.E. Orgel, “Directed Panspermia,” Icarus 19 (1973): 341-346. Expelled, DVD, directed by Nathan Frankowski (Premise Media, 2008).
Anonymous
God created the universe and everything in it.Just like that,no questions or thought.Ezeikel the High priest said he met God and it was a physical being in what could be described as a lunar landing modular.The whole universe,wow.If some being could do that, dont you think he could have done a better job with man.
David Baker
I disagree that God is not an extra-terrestrial. The reason for this is because anything that is not from this world is considered alien. God is not from this world. How can He be if he created it?
To my knowledge, an alien does not need to have a body or be any living thing. The moon and stars, for example, are extra-terrestrial. They aren’t life from another planet, yet they are aliens by definition. They are not from our planet.
I have actually had a close encounter with a large black triangle shaped UFO in 1998 in the UK when I was 17. I do not assume it was alien as it might be top-secret Government aircraft. I was approx. 40 feet under it and I wasn’t scared.
Anonymous
aliens need not be from THIS universe… they maybe a highly advanced type V kardashev scale civilization that has the ability to manipulate the universe as they please…. hell , they couldve created the universe just like the bible says…. they may have transcended this petty dimension and maybe living in the 10th/11th dimension where everything is within your hands reach…dont just blindly put your faith in god… because he may just not be there…
Savio
it is a very old post, but my two pence on it.. so here goes
what you have mentioned in your post is just restating what has been written in the bible. and here a point to note is that the bible itself is written by man (even the original one). what is not to say that the events mentioned in the post (floods, Sodom and Gomorrah, burning bush, et al) is not a greater being doing the things that he can normally do and which for us normal men would seem as being performed by God himself (something similar in comparison to us being in front of the ants)
we call God omnipotent, etc. etc. it could very well be that one of these greater being would have the strength and power to perform in a level that was far higher to mankind. and it is this God (greater being) put it in the mind for mankind to honour and adore him as long as it is feasible.
this also can explain the numerous “miracles” that occurred time to time in the in the old testament and the new testament.
may be this greater being is the actual God that we are to praise and honour and this has gotten “lost” or diluted over a period of time to end up where we currently are
by the way i am an ardent Roman Catholic Christian and nothing any one say or do will change my belief of God being the Alpha and Omega and all that, but having this knowledge, actually make a lot of sense and explains a lot of events that has occurred in the distant past