Christianity And Flying Saucers

 Christianity And Flying Saucers


Though the title of this treatise is meant to be a little humorous--I hope we will have a serious consideration of the issues--mostly "theological" issues--surrounding UFO's, or UAP's ("Unidentified Anomalous [or Aerial] Phenomena").  People also talk about USO's ("Unidentified Submerged Objects" [which are thought to be in the oceans]).  Of course, UFO's stand for the long-standing designation of, "Unidentified Flying Objects."

 

I think, as a boy, I once heard that the supposed UFO situation in Roswell, NM, was "hushed-up" largely because of concerns that the existence of alien beings would seriously damage the Christian belief system.  I only mention that, because that is the primary focus of this treatise.

 

First of all, as Holy Spirit-convinced regenerated Christians, we accept that the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the written Word of God--and that they are infallible, inerrant, and comprehensive in their scope of describing God's entire creation.  We will be dealing mostly with this comprehensive dynamic in this little paper.

 

The written Word of God clearly teaches that the blessed Holy Trinity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, created, from nothing ("ex nihilo") everything that exists in the contingent [created] universe, (Heb. 11:3).  Before creation, only the three Persons of the Holy Trinity existed.  The Trinity created the universe, particularly, through the Second Person, the eternally-begotten Son of God, the Christ who would come, (Jn. 1:3; Col. 1:16-17, [20]; Heb. 1:2-3a).  This was especially-fitting, since Christ would be made incarnate in the creation; and He (now Jesus Christ) is forever at the very heart of the created universe.

 

And though we have no squabbles with the Copernican Revolution's disclosure that the Earth revolves around the Sun (and not vice-versa); nonetheless, in a very real sense, the Earth, and no other astronomical object, is at the "center" of the Theological Universe, if I may say it like that--(with Jesus Christ, as mentioned before) at the heart of even it (the Earth).

 

Now, to seek to "cut to the quick," is it theologically/scripturally "possible" that there is "life" [especially "intelligent" life] on any other planets (or astronomical bodies)?  Does the supposition--true or untrue [see my 25th Treatise]--that there are a ka-jillion [my term] other galaxies and planets, etc. out there, necessarily make inevitable that there *must* be "life" on some of them?  I would argue, "No." . . . Now, if we were simply considering this question from the angle of, "Is it logically/conceivably possible for there to be 'life' on other planets, etc.?"--then, maybe we would say, "Yes."  But, I think there are strong arguments for why this is not the case--and all of them center on Jesus Christ and God's written revelation.

 

. . . First of all, the Fall of man into sin affected the entire creation--and this means it totally impacted all the previously-referenced "ka-jillion" other astronomical bodies "out there."  (A neat text that alludes to this, is 2 Pet. 3:12, [just for your reference].)

 

The Holy Trinity sent Christ into this world to be a Man--not an angel or any other kind of created being.  God became Man (and not an angel, [as just mentioned]; and this critical truth governs everything with regard to any kind of created rational/intelligent beings.  God's written Word clearly teaches that He (the Lord) created human beings and angels, as the only beings who are rational and endowed with intelligence (that far exceeds what the animals are capable of). . . . IF this is true; and all Christians who accept the Bible as God's Word would affirm it, THEN, for us, at least, the idea of rational/intelligent "other" non-human and non-angelic beings is impossible.  (And, of course, we would argue that this is objective truth for all people.)

 

Now, for the sake of argument; or to think hypothetically or theoretically, what would happen, if someone actually "produced" evidence of alien beings who have come to Earth, and have somehow been "apprehended" dead or alive?  How would we Christians respond?  We would have to say that there were beings that God made, who also came under the Fall of Man (in Adam)--but who were not human, and not angelic (either).  What would they be?  It is hard to say.  But, thankfully, I do not believe we will ever have to face this question, (despite the fact that some people are apparently claiming to have "seen" some of these beings).

 

With regard to UFO/UAP/USO sightings, etc., what are we to think about these?  Frankly, I am not one to wholesale-ly deny or dismiss the legitimacy of many of these claims.  What is going on out there (or down here)?  Could these be angelic beings--either demonic ones, or even elect ones [in some cases]?  Maybe; it seems to me to make sense.

 

But again, the glory in all these questions is not, "Is there 'life' out there?"  Instead, it is, "There is True Life right here--and that Life is the Person of Jesus Christ, the very Son of God."

 

Rev. Mark J. Henninger

Treatise #45

1 December 2025

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