Star Trek
Without a doubt, Star Trek has been one of the most influential entertainment franchises in history. Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, and others are iconic characters, recognized around the world.
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Opinion
Ancient Aliens
With popular shows such as Ancient Aliens promoting the belief that ancient gods were just misidentified extraterrestrials, mistaken for gods by the men who met them, the world is now very familiar with the Ancient Astronaut Theory.
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UFOs, Secret Agents, and Lies
The famous Roswell UFO crash in 1947 was either an extraterrestrial craft (which I do not believe) or it was an advanced project of the United States military.
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Is the Ancient Astronaut/Alien Meme Persuading People the Bible Isn’t True?
By Derek P. Gilbert, Host of SkyWatch TV Our goal in writing a book on the UFO phenomenon, The Day the
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The False, Sci-Fi Religion
It’s a concept that’s been drawn from nineteenth century occult groups and filtered through pulp magazines, sci-fi novels, radio dramas, cartoons, comic books, graphic novels, movies, and television, packaged as popular entertainment and sold as a worldview to the last four generations. How long before an official announcement that the ETIs—the old gods—are finally back?
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The Philosophical and Theosophical Roots of Ancient Aliens
To put it simply, in Theosophy Helena Blavatsky gave the world a religious faith in human evolution as an integral part of cosmic evolution. The goal was perfection and conscious participation in the evolutionary process—self-directed evolution, a concept that spurred the Eugenics movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries (and, although they don’t admit it, today’s Transhumanist movement). Blavatsky taught that this process was overseen by the Masters of the Ancient Wisdom, a hierarchy of spiritual beings who’d been guiding humanity’s development for millennia.
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The Rise of Mystical Scientism
Humans have wondered about the stars since forever. That’s understandable; they’re beautiful and mysterious, as out of reach as mountain peaks. And perhaps for the same reasons, the earliest speculation about the stars revolved around gods, not extraterrestrials.
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The Rise of Ancient Aliens: From Lovecraft to Von Däniken
To this day, Erik von Däniken’s book is the best-selling English language archaeology book of all time. Is it any wonder that more Americans believe that we’ve been visited by ET than in God as He’s revealed Himself in the Bible?
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The Truth About Christmas and Saturnalia
The selection of December 25 as the date to celebrate the birth of Christ had nothing to do with Saturnalia or the winter solstice. Besides, Saturnalia wasn’t always celebrated in December, and it wasn’t even originally named for Saturn. It was adapted from an older version known to the Greeks, celebrated for their version of Saturn, Kronos.
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The New Religion of the 21st Century
The media has played a key role in promoting a new religion for the 21st century. Without the Internet, cable television, and Hollywood, it’s doubtful that the gospel of ET would have spread as far and as fast as it has.
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