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This is a summary of my opinion. There is much material to add.
Both the material and spiritual world exist.
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I think you and I are basically two sides of the same coin (and not in the way we've been accused of for years).
Correct me if I'm wrong, but you seem to be implying that aliens and the like are essentially the angels/demons of the Bible (if not a bit more nuanced than that), and that there is a material world and spiritual world that they can cross between.
On one hand, in the broadest of strokes, *if* any of this is even real, I would say I agree.
But if I had to bet, I would tweak that theory, by coming at it from the opposite direction, and say that certain aspects of the Bible are potentially an interpretation of aliens and the like, and that the delineation between the "material" world and the "spiritual" world only exits due to our limited understanding of reality; that our "material" world is potentially the most rudimentary reality, but that there are other realities/dimensions/frequencies "above" and "beside" ours, that these beings potentially dwell in and can move between. In other words, calling them "angels" and "demons" or Greek gods or any other religious deities/entities were merely the best ways we knew how to explain them, but it's all ultimately based in science (just science we don't yet understand).
For me, it's kind of like Noah and the flood, in that basically *every* religion has a story about a great flood, each one with different catalysts, different details, and different lessons to be learned. But instead of the Christian version being the only objective "right" version, and all the others being the "wrong" version, it could be that there *was* a massive flood thousands of years ago, potentially caused by, say, a multi-continent meteor shower (watch Graham Hancock's Ancient Apocalypse on Netflix for more on this theory), and that *all* the various religions that endured/emerged in the wake of that flood, simply interpreted it differently, adding their own, respective catalysts/details/lessons, in line with their respective religious beliefs.
To me, if - and this is a big IF - aliens were around back then, observing from the shadows, perhaps influencing things here and there - IMO, a number of religions/religious beliefs and practices potentially stem from them, in much the same way.
Or... there is a God and no aliens... there is a God *and* aliens... there is no God but there *are* aliens... or there is no God and no aliens.
Who knows?! That's part of what makes this subject so interesting to think about.
To be honest, though, I'd rather not get into religious discussions in this thread, as to avoid religious arguments - I'd much rather stick to the "nuts and bolts" - but I appreciate where you're coming from.
