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Anonymous asked in Science & MathematicsAstronomy & Space · 1 decade ago

Many Claim that the Bible is the "Best UFO Book Ever Written"?

Many claim that the Bible is “the best UFO book ever written” and that the prophet Ezekiel saw a wheel-shaped flying saucer. Some even suggest that the “sons of God” in Genesis 6 depicts advanced extraterrestrials visiting the earth and mating with humans.

Also..

Many Claim that the Bible is "the best Dinosaur book ever written" and that Job speaks of a creature which swings it tail like a cedar and the Book of Deuteronomy speaks of a land of Giants.

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  • bw022
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    I fail to see how any book with over 807,000 words can be the best book written even on a subject if it only contains the a few scattered and vague references to a subject. That would be like claiming that A Tale of Two Cities was the best book on general relativity because it mentions time seeming to move slowly or that the Wheel of Time series is the best book on mechanical engineering because it mentions a nail somewhere within its millions of words.

    I wouldn't accept any book as the best book ever written on a subject unless it actually dealt with the topic pretty much exclusively.

  • 1 decade ago

    My thoughts are as follows:

    1. I learned long ago that whenever someone starts a sentence with "Many claim that..." or "Lots of folks say..." that there is probably no hard evidence to back up what is being claimed. I recognize that you are not attempting to provide such evidence, I am just describing a basic flaw in logic that was in fact my first thought.

    2. I also learned long ago that the Bible can be interpreted in so many ways that it is impossible to understand it in a literal sense. Virtually any type of human behavior, from charitable to sanctimonious to downright cruel, can be justified by cherry picking selected passages and then stating (or pretending) that the Bible sanctions it.

    3. In the same sense, the strange visions and miracles that are described within the pages of the Bible are so incomprehensible in terms of actual observation that they can be interpreted in hundreds of separate and independent ways. Trying to link some passages to UFOs or dinosaurs is no more or less justifiable than trying to link them to time machines or real giant people or just plain old miracles. It's like dial-a-meaning. Take from it whatever you want.

  • 1 decade ago

    If you believe anything you read in the Bible, you deserve the resulting ignorance.

    UFOs are just things people see that they cannot identify. By that definition, the wheel that Zeke saw was NOT a UFO. He KNEW what it was... a sign from God. Of course, none of this ever happened and the chances of there ever actually being a real Ezekiel are about the same as winning the Lotto without buying a ticket.

    There are no aliens, and no, dinosaurs didn't live alongside man ever. "The Flintstones" was NOT a documentary.

  • 1 decade ago

    Somehow, I have a hard time thinking the authors of the books of the Bible (e.g. Moses...) had any idea about UFOs or extraterrestrials or any of the rest of what you said.

    I believe the Bible exists to help us learn about God and His plan for us, not science nor UFOs.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    when you consider that we, religious or no longer, are all dummies the place the bible is in contact, confident it rather is rather suited. How uninteresting could this international be if we've been waiting to unravel all of existence's mysteries?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The job thing is from Job 14:40 i believe

    some people believe that God is an alien or something, sounds crazy to me

  • 1 decade ago

    These biblical visions sound like those people were seriously tripping on some 'shrooms. Yeah, it's an enterntaining read, but no more.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    They could darn well be right.

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