This might make you doubt my sanity only if you can stop yourself from cursing me to hell for blasphemy. Yet, at the cost of being ostracized by the civilized society, I can’t help but feel compelled to put forth this question that has infected my thought process since my adolescence – “Is God an alien?”
Is God an Alien?: Early Impressions
When I was an extremely impressionable teenager, I had the misfortune of reading a series of books by Eric von Daniken, starting with Chariots of the Gods. These books fuelled my imagination! There was so much evidence of intelligent life existing out there in the vast universe and still more evidence that this intelligence had reached out to us time and again.
Is God an Alien?: Exploring Possibilities
Imagine me taking a helicopter and decided to land it in the heart of the Congo basin where civilization as we know it is yet to reach. How would the people who have never seen a chopper or a person in a helmet and anti-contamination suit describe what they see? Some would say that this chariot came down from the skies and from it, alighted beings in strange attire. Others would draw the scene for posterity and still others would make up stories about it to tell their children.
Couldn’t this be exactly what happened when intelligent life from another planet came into contact with the ancient Mayans or Egyptians? There are stories in almost all cultures of the Gods coming down from the skies to mingle among the humans and even interbreed.
Do not get me wrong. I’m not an atheist. I do believe in a Supreme Power or Energy. The only thing I wonder about is whether this Supreme Being really comes down from the skies as we tend to believe or whether we are confusing this Being with the quintessential extraterrestrial.
Do read the sequel to this post that provides solid evidence attesting my belief.
Such a good read.. I am intrigued to read more from you Romila around this topic. thanks for such a fun read.
the word Alien is created by us humans& from childhood we r fed with these stories what ever is from outer space is an Alien.
what if we look at it from a different perspective? i myself believe in a higher power(if not through a certain religion,i rather believe religions are mere guidlines to keep human beings on the right path, guidlines to make us better human beings ,which obviously is being manupulated alot these days )back to the topic-what if the whole Galaxy is a mere past time creation by that power, n watches down upon us like ants moving through an ant house??? i guess we are just pets of our higher being.
bt nice piece though..made me thought …of stuff too.gonna read the rest of the links u mentioned. keep up the good work
(hope ur thoughts dnt get you sued by some freak)