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This cover of the current Biblical Archaeology Review
[July/August 2017] shows a recovered (from Sidon in Lebanon) limestone figurine
of a deity.
I imagine AA theorists will see the figure as a representation
of an ancient alien [ET] visitor.
But there are no ancient or present ET visitors to Earth and
you know why, if you’re logical and sensible.
Noted physicists Brian Greene, appearing on a recent science
cable network, along with other eminent physicists, offered that if
extraterrestrials had stumbled upon Earth they’d see us much in the way that
we’d observe an anthill: nothing special here.
I disagree, as do many of you I suppose, and that view
besmirches the ET visitation concept promoted by AA theorists and many, almost
all, in the UFO community.
Earth is special, at least as I see it, but alone in the
context of our galaxy (the Milky Way) and even more so in context of the
universe, both seen and unseen (hidden).
If there is intelligent life in the galaxy/universe, and it
seems probable to me, it comes in various configurations:
There may be civilizations, advanced beyond ours, who, for
whatever reason, traverse areas of space, just to satiate curiosity or for
scientific inquiry, or to sate boredom.
There may be civilizations like that of the Eloi in Wells’ Time
Machine novel who are satisfied with their Eden-like existence and have no
desire to seek existential pleasure elsewhere, outside their planet.
There may be Spartan-like civilizations ready to conquer
other civilizations or living species for a multiple of reasons, exampled by
why Earthlings have done and seek to do with their explorations.
For me, here’s the problem, as you know: Earth, in the
context of what we see and know about our galaxy and the whole universe itself,
is so perfunctory and obscure and insignificant that one can’t imagine,
intelligently, that Earth would attract advanced species (ETs) from afar.
There are too many planets and interesting places in our
galaxy and beyond to keep inquisitive or adventuring ETs occupied.
Earth is not a special place, outside our own evaluation. It
just isn’t.
That many of you UFO buffs and those who see ET visitation
as a real possibility who are not rational about the reality that has befallen
you with NASA’s gatherings of how vast the galaxy and universe are.
Persistence in the ET delusion is not only detrimental to
the idea of scientific verisimilitude but one’s mental health.
RR
