IN THEORY
Examining the UFO Question
| Q: |
City officials in Roswell, N.M., want to establish a UFO-themed amusement park, given the area's history — some believe a UFO crashed in the area. Do you believe in UFOs and alien life?
| A: |
Of course I do. What a fun thing to believe in.
Whether a person is religious or not, there is an element of logic that cannot be ignored. Namely, the universe is so large and so vast that it is logical to assume that we're not the only people in it. And, in the same vein, because the universe is so big and distances so far, we probably have not been visited by ET.
However, I enjoy this topic because it motivates us to wonder. We open our minds to possibilities. We can't regurgitate the standard lines because there are no standards. And so our thinking and expression are fresh.
Belief in alien existence gives us a chance to contemplate existence in general. Why are we here? Where are we going? What does this all mean?
And if you can't think outside the box, you have a lot of explaining to do because the Bible certainly has enough occurrences of life forms coming from heaven to sustain a belief in extraterrestrial existence.
So maybe the big question is, do they believe in us? If so, did that belief warrant a trip to our planet? And if not, then what?
FR. VAZKEN MOVSESIAN
Armenian Church
In His Shoes Mission
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