"People can trust the Bible, which states malevolent or fallen angels and demons are not as powerful as God but are more powerful than people. Ross and the other authors believe they are capable of this unusual movement and defying the laws of physics.
"Samples believes alien abductions and UFO sightings have occult origins and only people who have participated in occult activity have these UFO experiences. Examples of occult activity can include involvement in astrology, using tarot cards or a Ouija board, being a medium between the living and the dead, divination or predicting the future." (Via The Anomalist.)
Given the exponentiating controversy over Biblical Creationism -- now popularly known as "intelligent design" -- one might think this Christianized foray into ufology is something new. And while I'm certain we'll see more and more or it, the idea has surprisingly old roots. For example, I own a decaying, long-forgotten paperback book arguing a demonic interpretation for alien visitors. Like many gospel tracts, it masquerades as a "normal" book, then abruptly precedes with its spiel about Satan and false prophets. Great stuff!
(Has Jack Chick hit on this angle yet?)
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Technically, UFOs and extraterrestrial subjects are indeed "occult" -- which merely means "hidden" or "secret". I know, I'm being pedantic, but I can't help myself.
I'm more inclined to believe that myths of angels and demons are actually about aliens and UFOs rather than the other way around.
The "occult" gets a bad rap. I think most people think it refers to satanism.
Belief in demons (or "unpleasant beings" as some New Age tracts refer to them) is not in and of itself absurd. It could explain the seemingly cruel treatment and somewhat absurd sounding operations and experiments that UFO abductees often undergo. Even the ET females who sometimes have sex with male abductees may be succubi, a familair type of medieval demon believed to do exactly this kind of thing. Who knows? Maybe they're trying to breed the Anti-Christ. (And if American politics follows its current trend, it looks like they may have succeeded!)
--WMB
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