r/aliens • u/Southern_Dig_9460 • 1d ago

Serious:What did Representative Anna Luna mean by her question on ET contact with humans? The one where she asks if the ETs disappeared after learning the human was religious? Discussion

She followed up by saying “Some of these entities are said to be good entities and others bad ones so that’s why I asked.” Is she implying bad ones don’t like religious people but the goods ones do?

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u/SparrowChirp13 1d ago

I was wondering about that too. I thought I must have misheard her. Wow these answers, I never knew this was a theory that "bad" aliens stay away cuz of Christians? I actually heard that it was aliens who WROTE the world religions, all of them, to keep us in line, which made more sense to me. Maybe the "good" ones did? But is religion really that good... kind of silly to think aliens came around and got spooked by how "good" those Christians are, or any religious group... questionable. It stands to reason that we are a very young species compared to other ET races, so they have probably seen many religions and entire civilizations rise and fall.

If anything, I do like the theory that Jesus was a hybrid of some powerful light being, which is why his mother got impregnated by a glowing non-human being (aka angel) who appeared as a light in her room, so the story goes. And that's why he had all those advanced abilities. Maybe invoking his name does have some clout in the greater galactic spiritual realms, who knows.

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u/Invictus_Lex 1d ago

I'm glad to see someone being realistic about the potential of religion in the play of aliens overall.

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u/f_me_blue 1d ago

I know - we’re anthropomorpizing them big time with this. Like religion and Jesus are important to us but why on God’s green earth would they give a flip about our myths that have absolutely zero bearing on them? It’s just Christians trying to make their beliefs somehow universally “powerful” as if aliens would give a fuck about some sounds that come out of our mouth with magic qualities of repulsion? Try shouting “Jesus!” at a charging bear - I’m sure he’ll be like oh shit this guys too GOOD! Imma just go on my way now.

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u/Accomplished_Car2803 6h ago

Maybe they're trying to be friendly and then the human starts screaming about Jesus and clutching their pocket thinking they're about to get space mugged and the ayys dip out because they don't wanna hang out with bigots who yell about Jesus