My husband and I were watching Ancient Aliens on the History channel. Every idea they present is more fascinating and mind-boggling than the next. From cave dwellings deep underground that pre-date recorded history by thousands (millions?) of years (don't quote me, I'm terrible with numbers), star-gates, helmeted astronaut artifacts...
Even Bible stories we take for granted sound like something from a sci-fi movie like Sodom and Gomora destroyed by what is described as a bomb, angels floating down vertically from the sky as though with a jet-pack, Jacob's ladder as some kind of ramp from a hovering spacecraft...the examples go on and on.
After the program, my husband who is more of a doubting Thomas asked if all of these interpretations precluded the existence of God. Before I answered him I said a little prayer to myself asking for the right words. Since my relationship with God is new, I haven't studied enough to quote bible verses (thank God for Google) and my confidence is low--even as I write this blog. Still, I blundered on (in both cases.)
I said something like, "Even if we discover conclusive evidence that aliens have visited earth, to me that is even more proof of a higher power with intelligence beyond our comprehension. It seems as though these more evolved beings came here to teach us what they learned from the very same loving God...The Creator of us all.
He said, "I don't understand."
And I said, "God doesn't expect us to understand everything--only to love each other and have faith."
Hebrews 11:3 (ESV)
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
John 20:29 (NIV)
"Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."
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