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Apples of Gold
Radio Script for May 26, 2010
“Would the Existence of Aliens Be the Death of Christianity?”
Hello, I’m Doug Apple…with Apples of Gold.
When he was a kid, I wonder if President Obama was a UFO buff.
I wonder if he was fascinated by the idea of extraterrestrial beings and interplanetary communication.
Did he ever wonder what was really going on at Roswell?
Because if he did, think about it. After he got settled into the White House, he could have turned to a trusted aid and said, “Now, I want to know what’s really going on.”
Maybe they took him to a secret Air Force base, or a giant underground bunker. “Here, Mr. President, here is what’s really going on.”
Maybe they showed him fragments of crashed flying saucers or alien corpses. Maybe there was a giant microphone aimed at the sky, decoding communications from beyond the Milky Way.
Or maybe there was nothing at all.
“Oh Doug, you just hope there was nothing at all.”
That’s what some scientists would say. And why would they say that?
Because some scientists say that if (and some even say when) aliens show up, it will destroy Christianity. It will finally crush the creation myth, they say, and put an end to all this talk of Jesus coming to earth and dying for our sins.
The day aliens show up is the day Christianity dies, they say.
Okay, first of all, they’re just making stuff up. They are dealing a death blow to Christianity based on the existence of aliens, as if aliens exist anywhere outside our imagination.
We could easily get sucked into that argument and have a long debate about it, but look at the door you have to go through – the tiny door, the almost unbelievable chance that there are aliens.
One young woman, a scientist, was asked if she believed aliens would be discovered in her lifetime.
I was very curious to hear her answer so my ears perked up. I was expecting some calculated response like, “Oh, there’s a 10% chance.”
But instead she exclaimed, “Definitely!”
Well there is no science to back up her belief. It’s not like Goldilocks, “Oh, we found an empty porridge bowl on Mars. There’s got to be aliens up there.”
So far there is no evidence anywhere, and science is supposed to be built on evidence.
But anyway, let’s go back to the statement that if aliens showed up, it would be the death knell of Christianity.
Well you know what? Wouldn’t that depend entirely on what the aliens said when they came?
Again, all we know about aliens is what we made up, and for some reason we have made up aliens that are either hostile to Earth, or who come to help us with their amazingly advanced technology – and they are always uber scientific.
Well that makes perfect sense since it’s the science fiction writers making this stuff up.
It’s all made up. Did I already say that?
But if we are just making stuff up, why can’t we make it up this way. An alien ship lands, these incredible creatures debark, and what do they find but some scientists waving banners that say, “Christianity is Dead.”
So the aliens go over to them and say, “What kind of simpletons are you? In all your research, how did you miss the evidence for our great Creator, our Father? How did you miss the fact that Jesus rose from the dead? How did you miss your own need for a Savior?”
Turns out the aliens are very advanced in faith and in worshiping God “in spirit and in truth.” Turns out they have a very close walk with God who gave them insights into how the universe works and how to get around in it. They are advanced in love and grace and kindness.
How do we know aliens won’t come and confirm our faith?
Well I don’t believe there are any aliens, and I base that on the scientific research I’ve seen. They keep looking and looking and looking but so far not a speck of evidence.
Now you might ask, “What does the Bible say about extraterrestrial life?”
Unless you want to torture some odd verses into submission, the Bible is silent on the matter.
But the Bible makes it clear that there is life beyond what our senses normally reveal. “God is spirit,” the Bible says. Plus there are angels and demons, lots of them. And there are the souls of the departed, however that exactly works.
My point is, you have to listen closely to what scientists say.
And when they say that the existence of aliens would destroy Christianity, just remember two things.
1. They are making stuff up.
And 2. It all depends on what those aliens just might say.
Comments?
E-mail me: dougapple@wave94.com.
May God bless you today! With Apples of Gold…I’m Doug Apple.
Maybe you think there really is evidence for aliens and I’m just not up to speed on the matter. Well check out this article in a recent Newsweek Magazine: http://www.newsweek.com/id/237082
Here is just a portion of it: It's always good fun when scientists argue about aliens, most of all because they don't have any proof aliens exist. They just like to hypothesize that they might. It provides a rare opportunity to watch great rational thinkers and empiricists become poets and dreamers, imagining other creatures, other life forms, and other worlds, and indulging in what almost appear to be flights of fancy. And we have had plenty of opportunity in recent years, because more and more scientists have begun arguing that intelligent life must exist beyond Earth, despite the fact that there is no evidence of it. The science has not changed; scientists have.
© 2010 The Arrow’s Tip
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Why “The Arrow’s Tip”? Each morning, after diligently seeking the Lord, I write Apples of Gold. Then before I release it to the public I pray one final prayer, “Lord, send forth your arrows.” I envision Apples of Gold as arrows, tips dipped in the river of the water of life that flows from the throne of God (Rev. 22:1), sailing toward the hearts and minds of men and women around the world.
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