Aliens and the Bible

This is one of those instances where you can make something up and then insert into the Bible.If god didn't exist and aliens have been to earth before, this passage could be describing a spaceship that the viewer *thought* was god, dontcha think? I mean, its not impossible.I realize that from simply reading the Bible, this scenario is not implied. But if you are the type who likes to make stuff up and insert it into the Bible, then this passage could be describing a spaceship.I know that you're opposed to that type of Bible *study*, but it looks like you just hand-waving instead of addressing the situation.

How can you tell the difference? If the technology was advanced enough, you wouldn't be able too. Considering that, then all of Jesus' miracles could have been faked if he was an alien with significantly advanced technology.

Yes, the made-up situation. Simply saying that the situations simply are not described doesn't address the possibility of those situations being legitimate.The Bible could be not literally true and instead be a puzzle that needs to be figured out through interpretation. In that sense, there could be passages that need the theology to be "made-up", so to speak, in order to find their true meaning. I mean, the theology is not at face value, there is a deeper meaning hidden in the text. Well, I am not personally but there seem to be quite a few of those types running around. But they could be.Just saying that they don't describe it doesn't address the possibility. It is just hand-waving. From the author's point of view, yes. But what if the author was mistaken and was desribing only what they thought was god, but in reality was a spaceship. Don't you think the description of a spaceship that was thought to be god could look somthing like the passage from Psalms?

That's the hand waving I'm talking about.Why is it "just silly"? Its not impossible. Well, not really.If someone said that that Psalm's passage could be describing a unicorn, then I would say no. But if they say that the passage could be describing a spaceship, then I'd say maybe.It has to fit the passage at least some. It can't be any fantasy.

The Bandersnatch is a fictional character invented in the 19th century. Its pretty much impossible for that passage to be diescribing the Bandersnatch.A spaceship has a higher probability of existing than the Bandersnatch so I'd say it is a slightly better interpretation. I'd expect typical imagery and if you saw a spaceship in those times, you might think it was god too. If you wrote a passage about what you saw, it might look something like that Psalm. Its fun.But also, if someone knew that aliens existed and that they had been reported as god in the past, and this passage was a record of one such occurance, then they wouldn't be making up shit at all but uncovering the truth.Making shit up could be an honest approch to uncovering hidden meanings in the Bible that are uncovered through interpretation.There's other reasons too.But for you to just go by your assumptions and hand-wave the interpretation as "just silly" really doesn't do anything at all.

As far as we know. True. And there is nothing inside the passage to suggest that it wasn't god. I agree that the passage is descibing god and not a spaceship. I just don't like the hand-waving of an interpretation simply with the label of "silly". Its not an worthless or impossible interpretation. Plus, it has some entertaining implications.